Real Estate Update
By Elisa Jo Eagan
Signs of spring are everywhere! Crocus flowers are emerging from the ground in their signature variety of colors: yellow, purple, lavender, blue, cream and white. This is the beauty we long for each year, giving us hope and promise of new beginnings. The yellow daffodils and blooming forsythia shrubs are now bursting forth in full bloom as this week of Passover ends and Easter begins. Many believe that because of all of this beauty, this is the best time of the year to sell your home. I am sure that you have heard the saying “It is the first impression that counts the most.” This is true when selling your home. It is what is on the outside that matters first. Buyers will be “judging your book by your cover.” In other words, curb appeal matters!
A National Association of Realtors survey of Buyers that purchased their Home last year indicated that a home with excellent “Curb appeal” may increase the sales price of a home by an extra 7% on average and as much as a 14% boost in value of a home in some cases. Here are some tips to get top dollar for your home:
Keep your grass trimmed, neat, edged, crisp, sharp, and watered.
Fertilize your lawn with pet safe products.
Keep Your Flower beds free from weeds.
Be sure to replenish your gardens and flower beds with fresh brown mulch or root mulch. It lasts longer than black and red mulch, which is dyed and when it rains, loses its color.
Trim your hedges and flowering trees.
Install and fly an American flag on your home in support of our military and to show your love of our own United States of America.
Plant vibrant and hearty primrose and or purple and yellow Pansies in the gardens and along entrance walkways of your home, in decorative flower pots on your front porch entry. A Variety of Color is pleasing to the eyes!
Freshly paint your front door. Choose an accent color that makes a clean bright statement such as red, black,turquoise or yellow.
Place a decorative wreath on your front door in floral or in red, white and blue.
Elisa Jo Eagan ABR, CRS, GRI Military Specialist
Realtor-Broker Associate
BALSLEY LOSCO REALTY
1630 New Road
Northfield, New Jersey 08225
EJCE@aol.com
www.AtlanticCapeHomes.com
Full Time Awarded Professional Realtor Since 1985.
