INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You'll have to organize a lot of information once you get a list of recent sales, and the most efficient way to do this is with a spreadsheet. Make a separate column for all the information about properties, including address, lot size, square footage, home style, year built, garage size, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, condition of the property, and selling price. Start by plugging in your own house's information, though of course leaving the selling price section blank for now. You'll then plug in other properties as you asses the list of recent sales you've acquired.  If you've never made a spreadsheet before, read Make a Spreadsheet in Excel. If you're unaware of the square footage of your own home, look at your real estate documents like closing papers. The square footage will be listed on the appraisal report of your house. You might also be able to find it in county records, but the appraisal report will be more accurate. If you can't find your home's square footage, you can get a rough estimate by measuring the outside of the house. In feet, measure the length and width of the house and multiply these two numbers. Subtract the garage, enclosed porches, hallways, and closets. This will give you a larger number than the actual square footage. You could get a more accurate estimate by finding the area (length x width, just like with the outside) of each interior room. Then add these numbers together. When you've acquired the necessary information about sales, you have to start sorting the properties. Start by rejecting any sales that occurred over six months ago. The real estate market changes quickly, and sales more than six months old could be too outdated to be useful. Only use older sales if you can't find any data on a more recent sale. After finding the most up to date sales that have occurred in your area, you can start assessing the information to find comparable properties. Remember that you probably won't find properties exactly like yours. The aim is just to find properties that are most like yours out of the list of sales. Using the following criteria, find comparable properties to get the best idea of what your home will sell for. Then plug them into your spreadsheet to compare them to your own home.  Lot size. Square footage. Home style. Number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Also include whether these are full bathrooms, with a shower and toilet, or half, with just a toilet. Age. Location. Types of amenities such as patios, decks, pool, fireplaces, landscaping, property condition, land value, and view. Whether or not there is a finished basement. This is where a good deal of estimation comes in. Since it's unlikely that all of the homes you'll put on your list will be identical to yours, you'll have to make them fit yours and then adjust the sales price accordingly. Adjusting the market price is a difficult process. It would help if you consulted a Realtor or someone else who is experienced in the real estate market. She will know the value of certain specifications for properties.  For example, say you find a house that is exactly like yours that sold for $200,000, except it has two bathrooms and yours has one. Try to estimate what it would have sold for without that extra bathroom. A bathroom can add over $10,000 to the market price. You therefore estimate that the home would have sold for $190,000 if it had the exact specifications of your house.  A Realtor will be able to provide the comparative market analysis and has experience in making the estimates and adjustments based on differences. Make sure that you consult an experienced Realtor. When comparing Realtors, look at how both how many sales they completed as well as the prices of the houses they sell (and whether they tend to sell above or below market price). Once you've adjusted the sales price of comparable homes, you should be able to make an educated guess on your home's market price. For example, if you chose 4 homes and they had sales prices of $240,000, $248,000, $255,000, and $257,000, you can make a good estimate that your house will sell somewhere between $240,000 and $257,000. When coming up with adjusted sales prices, only use the final selling price of a home. The asking price of a home doesn't tell you anything; sellers can ask anything they want, but it doesn't mean they'll get it. Use only prices that houses actually sold for. This will tell you the market value of the area you live in. After you find the expected market price of your home, you should use this number as your asking price. Do not try to add too much money to this number because an overpriced home will take longer to sell. If you plan on putting your home on the market, talk this over with your Realtor to find the ideal asking price.

SUMMARY: Make a spreadsheet on your computer. Look for homes that have sold within the last six months. Find at least three homes that are most like yours. Adjust the sales price if necessary. Use the adjusted sales prices of comparable prices to estimate your home's market value. Use the market value to find your asking price.


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