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The first step to selling a home is learning about legalities and the process of selling a home in Colorado. If you would like a handbook on the home selling process, we will immediately email one to you. Just fill in your name and email address here. |
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Hire a Realtor®. Call us at Porter House Realty, 303.296.3666. If you want to get the best price for your home, you want the knowledge and experience of real estate broker helping you with the transaction. Our knowledge of the market and experience with the process will make the transaction easier and more profitable for you. >>> |
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Get your home ready for showings. We use a great stager to make sure that all of our listings look their best. See 10 Tips for staging a home. >>> |
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Complete all the required paperwork. In addition to the agreement required to list your home, there are several disclosure documents that are customary and necessary to complete a deal, including: square footage disclosure, lead-based paint if the property was built before 1978, mold or other disclosures, and closing instructions (authorizing a title company to handle the closing.) >>> |
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Review an offer. As your Realtor®, we will present every offer received as soon as possible. We will negotiate the terms of the contract on your behalf and will prepare a contract proposal. |
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Review inspection objection, if any, and reach resolution of buyer’s objections. The buyer has the right to inspect the property and object to the condition of the property or inclusions. It is necessary that you resolve any objections; you can offer to do repairs or give the buyer a credit against the purchase price, for instance. If the parties cannot resolve the objections, the contract will terminate. |
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Review title work, and object if necessary. >>> |
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Confirm buyer has a loan commitment that will allow buyer to purchase your home. The standard form contract has a deadline for the buyer to terminate the contract if the buyer can not obtain financing. To avoid surprises at that time, we require a lender letter from each buyer showing that the buyer is at least pre-qualified for a loan that is adequate to purchase your home. We stay in communication with the lender to make sure there will not be any problems proceeding to closing as scheduled. |
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Review closing figures and documents. It is customary in Colorado for the Title Company to prepare settlement sheets for the parties which itemize all of the credits (deposits) all of the debits (charges) due to and from each of the parties. The Settlement sheets are typically prepared after the Title Company receives input from the buyer’s lender of the amount of the loan and the amounts that the lender is charging the buyer for the loan. |
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Pack and move. >>> |
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