What Should I List My House For? How to Price Your Home Right

Getting your home sale price right matters because setting it too low or too high can cost you in different ways. List it too cheap, and you’ll miss out on netting a higher profit, but list it too high, and it can sit on the market for months, making it harder for the property to sell. So, you’re probably wondering, “What should I list my house for?” Curious What Your Home Is Worth? Get a near-instant real estate house price estimate from HomeLight for free. Our tool analyzes the records of recently sold homes near you, your home’s last sale price, and other market trends to provide a preliminary range of value in under two minutes. To avoid the quicksand of under- or overpricing, we sat down with two top real estate agents to vet their expert advice on how to price a property to sell. “If you can price it and show it right, you can create more urgency [on] day three on the market than you can on day 33, or day 63, or day 93,” advises Kenny Klaus, a top agent in Mesa, Arizona, with 27 years of experience. Price the house wrong, and you could be stuck with a series of price cuts, which could attract lowball offers down the line, and months of extra costs, not to mention, as Klaus sa...