Information
For Sellers
If you have decided to sell your home, You
may also want to decide on which realty company to use as well as which
realtor. Interviewing several different companies as well as
several different agents from each company may be time consuming, but
it can make a major difference in how your home is presented to possible
buyers.
Be prepared to ask questions to help determine
who will professionally market your home using market knowledge to sell
your home in a timely fashion. Once your home has been made
ready for showing, and a selling price has been established, the most
important thing after that is its availability to be seen by the prospective
buyers.
Matherly Realty is a team of professionals
who believe in being accessible, because your time is valuable.
Have you tried many times to show property listed by other companies,
only to find that you could not get the agent on the phone or their
company on the phone to make an appointment. That is not only frustrating
for prospective buyers, but it would be even more frustrating to sellers,
if they knew how many times their home WAS NOT SHOWN - due to the unavailability
of both their agent and that agent's company.
The folks at Matherly Realty are available
at just about anytime by pager, cell phone, or home phone.
We do all we can to make business convenient for both sellers and buyers.
The next thing to consider is how will your
agent actually market your home. If given the opportunity for an interview,
Matherly Realty will explain to you in detail, the steps we take to
make sure your home is actively marketed. Too many agents nowadays
only stick a sign in someone's yard, and wait for someone to buy their
listing. There are many marketing tools available to all agents--all
it takes is putting those tools to use - and we do just that.
Information For Buyers
Buying and owning a home may be the largest
single investment of your life. The first step of course, is
getting qualified for a mortgage. We at Matherly Realty can make recommendations
to you for timely efficient guidance in completing this process. We
work closely with several bank loan originators working for high profile
lending institutions here in the South Missouri area. They can help
with creative financing; first time homebuyer loans, or whatever your
special needs may be, in order to have your pre-qualification letter
to you in a timely manner. This letter not only gives us guidance on
choosing the right price for your new home but also gives you some additional
negotiating power with the seller.
After getting qualified, Matherly Realty will assemble
this information regarding any special needs with regards to your home
loan along with information from you regarding your needs for your new
home. Anything that needs to be considered: schools, locality, size
of home, style of home, age of home, even the size of garage.
We can gather homes from the multiple listing
service along with color photos and descriptions so you can preview
choices. These choices can be sent to you in email, by fax,
or in person - whatever is the most convenient for you. Once we find
the home you would like to purchase, you can depend on us to help with
negotiations so that we achieve the best possible scenario for you as
the buyer.
One item we always ask for is a one-year
warranty for the home, if the seller does not already offer one.
We will also always recommend to our clients, to have a home inspection
company, thoroughly inspect all electrical systems, plumbing, heat and
air system, roof, and structural condition of the home, and then ask
that the seller make necessary repairs so that the home is in top condition
for your move in.