What Nanaimo Home Buyers Really Want

What Nanaimo Home Buyers Really Want

While women may never be able to figure out what men want, and men may never be able to figure out what women really want, one thing is for sure . . .

It's much easier to figure out what a home buyers in Nanaimo really wants.

Here are the top 3 hot buttons that house hunters have in this market:

1.  A home and not a house - When people are house hunting they want to be able to imagine themselves living in your home.  That's why your Realtor may have suggested reducing the amount of personal pictures hanging on the wall and taking some serious steps to de-clutter.  The more a potential home buyer sees of you living in your house, the harder it is for them to see themselves living in your house.

2.  No surprises - Nothing can make a deal fall through faster than your new buyer discovering all kinds of defects when the time comes to do their inspections on your home . . . defects that they may think you should have known about in the first place.  Many listing agents suggest that home sellers do a pre-listing home inspection before putting their house on the market to avoid exactly this type of occurrence.

3.  Updated and energy efficient - Remember when you bought your first home and you thought the only expense you'd have would be your mortgage?  Those hidden repair, maintenance and updating expenses have a funny way of creeping up on you.  Odds are that unless your prospective buyer is buying their first home in Nanaimo, they've already been through this.  Any updating you can do - energy efficient windows, new furnace, new plumbing, or even a fresh coat of paint in today's latest colors - will go a long way toward making a Nanaimo home buyer more comfortable with writing up an offer on your house.