Avery Ranch Home Selling Seminar

How To Sell Your Home With Less Stress & For Top Dollar In 2017

You will learn inside secrets from the Realtor who has sold 4 times more listings in Avery Ranch than any other agent in 2016.

• How to reduce stress and sell your home quickly
• Current Avery Ranch market conditions and trends
• What improvements add value in Avery Ranch
• Preparing your home to attract Avery Ranch buyers

Saturday January 21st
10 AM – 11:30 AM
Main Amenity Center

For more details and to register please call 512-657-9402 or email at joyce@koparealestate.com

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Austin Area Builder Close Outs!

This is the one time of the year when great deals can be found on new homes. Many of the home builders end their fiscal year December 31.

That means they become motivated to sell existing inventory before the end of the year. Homes need to close by the end of the year and with typical closing times being 30-45 days that means you need to act fast.

If you have been thinking about making a move or buying an investment property by the end of the year call/text anytime to 512-791-7473 or email at eric@koparealestate.com and we can help!

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Home Check Up

It's hard to believe 2017 is almost here.

If your plans for next year include selling your home or you're just curious about the value of your home give us a call at 512-791-7473 or email at eric@koparealestate.com.

The spring selling season starts in January in our area so it's not too early to begin getting your home ready for the market. Let's talk about what you should or shouldn't do to add value to your home.

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Buying a Home? 4 Demands to Make on Your Real Estate Agent

Are you thinking of buying a home? Are you dreading having to walk through strangers’ houses? Are you concerned about getting the paperwork correct? Hiring a professional real estate agent can take away most of the challenges of buying. A great agent is always worth more than the commission they charge, just like a great doctor or great accountant.

You want to deal with one of the best agents in your marketplace. To do this, you must be able to distinguish an average agent from a great one.

Here are the top 4 demands to make of your real estate agent when buying a home:

1. Tell the Truth About the Price

When making an offer on the home you want to buy, make sure that your agent walks you through their plan for getting both the…

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A Lack of Listings Remains 'Huge' Challenge in the Market

The housing crisis is finally in the rearview mirror as the real estate market moves down the road to a complete recovery. Home values are up, home sales are up, and distressed sales (foreclosures & short sales) are at their lowest mark in over 8 years. This has been, and will continue to be, a great year for real estate.

However, there is one thing that may cause the industry to tap the brakes: a lack of housing inventory. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), buyer traffic and demand continues to be the strongest it has been in years. The supply of homes for sale has not kept up with this demand and has driven prices up in many areas as buyers compete for their dream home.

Traditionally, the winter months create a…

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Avery Ranch Market Update November 2016

We are seeing a slight shift in the Avery Ranch real estate market.

Sellers in Avery Ranch who maintain their home are still being rewarded with great sales prices. However, owners who have not prepared their home prior to coming on the market or who are not hiring an experienced listing agent are seeing a significant loss of market value.

The average days on market increased to 74 days, largely due to 4 homes that each took over 142 days to sell.

More telling is there were 10 homes that did not sell at all and were taken off the market. That is a significant number of homes for Avery Ranch.

In October we sold 2 homes in Avery Ranch that were previously listed with other agents. In both instances after we brought in a home stager to better…

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Who Cares About #1?

Who is the #1 Realtor in Avery Ranch? Who cares?

If you are selling your home in Avery Ranch you should care.

My name Eric Peterson, owner of Kopa Real Estate, owner of 2 homes in Avery Ranch and I have sold 4 times more homes in the neighborhood than any other Realtor this year.

So who cares? Here’s why you should care.

I’ve Seen Every Home On The Market

Because I specialize in the Avery Ranch area I have seen every home that’s come on the market this year.

When you are pricing and positioning your home you want it to be based on accurate information. Pictures and metrics like $/SF of recently sold homes only tell part of the story.

Client Testimonial

“Kopa Real Estate did an amazing job of marketing my home in Avery Ranch.…

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Have You Put Aside Enough for Closing Costs?

There are many potential homebuyers, and even sellers, who believe that you need at least a 20% down payment in order to buy a home, or move on to their next home. Time after time, we have dispelled this myth by showing that there are many loan programs that allow you to put down as little as 3% (or 0% with a VA loan).

If you have saved up your down payment and are ready to start your home search, one other piece of the puzzle is to make sure that you have saved enough for your closing costs.

Freddie Mac defines closing costs as:

“Closing costs, also called settlement fees, will need to be paid when you obtain a mortgage.  These are fees charged by people representing your purchase, including your lender, real estate agent, and…

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Why 72% Of Our Listings Sell To Open House Visitors

If you ask a Realtor if an open house will help get your home sold most will say no.

In some cases that may be because the Realtor doesn’t want to work weekends. In other cases the Realtor might not know how to hold an open house to effectively advertise and sell the home.

To discourage their clients from asking for an open house some real estate companies even charge extra fees for that service! If you are interviewing Realtors to sell your home make sure you ask if open houses are extra.

We all know there’s a big difference between something one person can’t do and something that can’t be done.

When I look back at our listings this year I discovered 72% of the homes we sold were to an open house visitor.

That statistic may sound…

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Price/SF Comparison

You may remember me talking about $/SF not being a reliable metric to use when pricing real estate in Avery Ranch.

I have a great example from 2 homes we sold in the Avery Ranch neighborhood in May.

The homes are of a similar size but the home on the right was 13 years newer, in much better condition and on a beautiful private lot compared to the home on the right, which backs up to Avery Ranch Blvd.

I’m often asked “What’s the average $/SF in Avery Ranch?”

If you used the average $/SF in the neighborhood to price the 2 homes you would have underpriced the home on the right (or made a ridiculously low offer) and overpriced the home on the left (or paid too much).

When estimating real estate value it’s important to consider all aspects…

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