Professional Services for Home-Sellers

If you have decided to sell your home there are many things you need to consider when selecting a local real estate agent. Before you even pick up the phone to call, you should have a solid idea of what attributes will be important to you in selling your home. Real estate agents in southern New Hampshire have varying levels of experieince and skills. As a home-seller, the worst time to learn all about your real estate agent is after you've been locked into a long term listing agreement. 

First and foremost you need  someone who values honesty and integrity in their relationships with clients and customers. Trust has to be the cornerstone of your relationship with your realtor during the home-selling process.

Experience is a very important attribute. Having dealt with a variety of home-selling issues and developed marketing skills over a fifteen year period is an important asset to you as a seller. However, in evaluating an agent, it is important to make sure that time spent in the business is not simply a worn out milestone rather than an asset.

Your sales professional should have an understanding of how to use an appropriate pricing strategy and an effective incentive package directed to other Realtors.  Your marketing strategy must insure that your home is in demand by both buyers and the Realtor community. Many agents never learned how to develop effective strategies in this important area during the boom years.   

You also need to make sure that the person you select is up to date with current technology, puts all their effort full time into the real estate business and is still successful in selling homes in the current market environment in southern New Hampshire.  

It cannot be understated how important the internet is in marketing homes. Over 86% of buyers used the internet to search for a home in 2007, according to a recent Realtor survey.  The agent you select has to know how to leverage the use of the internet and online marketing to your advantage. It begins with the agent's company web-site but you should make sure that the agent you select also has their own personal web-site. This allows them to highlight their own listings and is a source for generating new home-buying customers.  Both the company and the agent should have a consistent program in place to make sure that their sites are found in searches by buyers looking for homes in the area. Here are some of the internet strategies you real estate professional should be using:

• Personal Agent Web-site with e-mail updates and google mapping. 
• State of the art company web-site with a high traffic volume.
• Enhancement of listings on Realtor.com.
• Provide listing feeds to Trulia, Yahoo, Prudential.com and more.
• Online search advertising. 

It is important that your property is highlighted to buyers in the most attractive way. There are many competing properties and buyers have many alternative homes to choose from. A full color brochure containing all of the appropriate property information makes your home stand out from the competition. When you interview agents be sure to ask them to provide a sample of their marketing materials. 

While your home is on the market you deserve to have your sales professional stay in touch with you regarding the activity on your home. You want up to the minute information by a variety of communication methods so you know what's going on with the competition and the progress that is being made. A two tier approach is best with personal communication from your agent and automated e-mail weekly updates with Online Seller Advantage. Online Seller Advantage provides you a weekly report showing new competing properties, price reductions and other pertitent information regarding the marketing of your home and current market conditions.  

It is also very important that your real estate professional has skills in negotiation and transaction management. You will want a competent person working with you throughout the home-sale process. Once you have negotiated a purchase and sales agreement you need an agent who is proactive and stays on top of the dates and details. This is one of the most critical area of expertise you need in the real estate professional you choose. 

Kristie Dinsmore lists homes and condominiums in every style and price range in southern New Hampshire. She works hard to sell all of her real estate listings no matter what the price. She also represents sellers who need the special set of skills that only a certified Fine Homes Specialist can provide. She has experience selling the highest tier of luxury homes in southern New Hampshire. So rest assured that whether you have a upscale waterfront residence or a garden style condominium you will receive her full attention in the marketing of your home.  

We are in a unique real estate market and home-sellers need the resources of a real estate professional that has the strategies to sell a home in spite of current market conditions. Homes are selling in southern New Hampshire. The decision of who should represent your interests and to guide you has never been more important. Kristie has helped many sellers in the past few months to get their homes sold despite market conditions. It takes and unique and determined individual.

Kristie Dinsmore's strengths offer you as a home-seller a real advantage. She would be happy to meet with you without obligation to discuss her qualifications and how she can put her skills to work in selling your home.   Your meeting will be low key and low pressure. It will give you both an opportunity to meet each other and see if you should begin the process of representation. Call or e-mail her today:

KRISTIE DINSMORE | k.dinsmore@att.net | 603-898-9038 Extension 21 | 603-548-7230

A personal performance record is not necesarily the most important factor in selecting a real estate professional.  It is the attributes that are behind the accolades that are most important, especially when entering into professional representation.  However, a personal performance record is a way for you to judge whether a sales professional is obtaining results. Be sure to ask all of the agents you interview to provide their sales information. Here is Kristie's professional sales results for your review:

Personal Performance Record 

Awarded the Leading Edge Society Award in 1996 and 1998.

Top 10% of Prudential Real Estate in North Ameirca.

Awarded the President's Circle Award in 1997, 2002,2004,2005.

Top 5% of Prudential Real Estate Agents in North America.

Awarded the Chairman's Circle Award in 1999, 2001.

Top 3% of Prudential Real Estate Agents in North America.