Reasons To Get A Home Inspection Before Listing Your House For Sale

If you are getting ready to sell your home, you might want to consider getting a home inspection completed before you list it. While this is not required, it can be helpful for the following three reasons:

To Find Out If It Has Major Problems

When someone looks to buy a home, they will most likely get a home inspection on it. Would you rather find out then that something is wrong with your house, or would you like to get this out of the way so you can decide how to handle it before you list your home? In either case, you will most likely have to make repairs on the item if you want to sell your house, and it is often better to know what is wrong with your house before you try selling it someone else.

You Can Let Buyers Know You've Already Done This

A second good reason to consider getting a home inspection first is that it can be a positive thing to potential buyers. When people come to see your home, you could leave the home inspection report on your countertop. By doing this, you can let them know that you are confident that your home is in great shape. Letting them see this can ease any concerns they have, and it can help them feel more confident with buying your house.

In addition, a potential buyer could also save money by skipping the home inspection of your house since you already had one done recently. Some buyers will do this to save money, while other buyers might not trust the home inspection a seller had completed.

It Can Help You Price Your House

One other good reason to get a home inspection is to help you set the asking price of your home. If you find out that your home has some issues that buyers might not like, you could either fix the problems or consider them when setting your asking price for the house.

If, for example, the inspection reveals that you need a new roof, you could lower the price of the house by the amount it would cost to replace the roof to compensate for this. Another option is to keep the price what you originally wanted, but you could lower the price during the negotiations of the house to compensate for the roof the house needs.

If you have questions about selling your house, or if you are ready to list it, hire a real estate agent today. 


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