How do you decide what price to ask for your home when it's one of a kind?

Call the real estate professionals.

For an up-to-the-minute market figure, contact us. We can tell you the value range of your home by comparing it to similar properties recently sold or for sale in the area. Even though your house may have special features that make it unusual, there are many aspects of your home which are like others -- general location, size of the home, number of bedrooms, baths, size of the lot, etc. Some unique features, like a swimming pool, an historical designation or a custom floor plan may actually make a home more difficult to market.

Another way to determine the value of a home is to pay an appraiser. A pre-market appraisal may help speed a sale, especially when the house is priced at or below the appraised value. An appraiser typically looks at the records of comparable properties sold in the past 6-12 months, the home's replacement cost and the value as a rental, then reconciles the three figures in a formal report.