How Long Does It Take To List My House?

May 13, 2008 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Home Selling 

Question: How long does it take to list a house?

Answer: About 2 minutes if you can sign your name several times quickly.  I’ll be right over.

But seriously folks…

Usually, it takes me about a week to get everything I need prepared.  If you need to make repairs or paint or otherwise do sprucing, then tack on about 3-4 days once you’re all done for me to get my photographer in there.

I don’t like my listings to hit MLS without complete information and fabulous pictures.  I want to be able to answer questions about your property from day one, so I get everything verified and prepared before the listing is entered.  Once your listings hits MLS, I’m uploading pictures usually within minutes so no one sees it without photos – only once chance to make a first impression!  I want to have my brochures ready and in the house and waiting for that first potential buyer.  I want your blog page to go live as soon as the listing does.  These things take a little time to prepare.

So if the house doesn’t need any cleaning or painting or sprucing?  It takes about a week to go from you signing the listing agreement at our listing appointment to your home being for sale and in the Tucson MLS.  It could go a couple days one way or the other, depending on my photographer’s schedule.  Trust me, he’s worth waiting for!

tags: , , ,

Comments

Got something to say?







Get Blog Posts Via Email!
Search this Site
Loading

Got A Question? Ask!

Other Information That Might Be Helpful

  • Long Days on Market – Good or Bad for Buyers? (October 23, 2008)

    Speaking of long days on market…
    Question: Is a high days on market in Tucson good or bad for me as a home buyer?
    Answer: It depends.  A house that has been sitting the market forever could mean several things. 
    If the price hasn’t changed in a long time, it could mean that the Seller isn’t very [...]

  • The Camera Phone House (October 20, 2008)

    I showed a home the other day that has been on the market – continuously – for 899 days.  Which begs the question: why hasn’t this home sold?
    Two big reasons.
    1) It’s overpriced for the condition of the home.  It’s a partial remodel, with a bad paint job, missing baseboards, some original vinyl, with a brand [...]

  • Where’s the Floorplan? (April 22, 2009)

    Question from the audience: why do listings for existing homes show tons of details, maps, pictures, virtual tours, fact sheets about every possible detail – but not floorplans?
    My Answer:
    I do floorplans occasionally – they’d be linked along with the rest of the virtual media.  I know in some other parts of the country, it is [...]

Equal Housing Opportunity Realtor
Clicky Web Analytics