The Role of Access in Selling Your House

<article class="post-655898 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry" id="post-655898"><span class="entry-date">March 21, 2023</span><div class="entry-header center-block text-center"><h1 class="entry-title">The Role of Access in Selling Your House</h1><div class="shareBlock"><div class="shareTitle">Share</div><div class="shareIcons"><a aria-label="Twitter Share Link" class="twitter solid display-inline-block" data-tracking="Post,Social Post Link Clicked,Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=The+Role+of+Access+in+Selling+Your+House&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgilliggroup.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-role-of-access-in-selling-your-house%2F" target="_blank"><span class="force-hidden">Twitter</span></a>
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<p>Once you’ve made the decision to <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/03/13/leverage-your-equity-when-you-sell-your-house/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sell</a> your house and have <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/03/01/an-expert-makes-all-the-difference-when-you-sell-your-house/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hired</a> a real estate agent to help, they’ll ask how much access to your home you want to give potential buyers. Your answer matters more now than it did in recent years. Here’s why.</p>
<p>At the height of the buying <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/03/16/what-buyer-activity-tells-us-about-the-housing-market/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">frenzy</a> seen during the pandemic, there was a rise in the number of homebuyers who put offers on houses sight unseen. That happened for three reasons:</p>
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<li>Extremely low housing inventory</li>
<li>A lot of competition from other buyers wanting to take advantage of historically low mortgage rates</li>
<li>And general wariness of in-person home tours during a pandemic</li>
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<p>Today, the market’s changing, and buyers can usually be more selective and take more time to explore their <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/02/20/spring-into-action-boost-your-homes-curb-appeal-with-expert-guidance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">options</a>.</p>
<p>So, in order to show your house and <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/02/24/checklist-for-selling-your-house-this-spring-infographic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sell</a> it efficiently, you’ll want to provide buyers with as much access as you can. Before letting your agent know what works for you, consider these five levels of access you can provide. They’re ordered from most convenient for a buyer to least convenient. Remember, your agent will be better able to sell your house if you provide as much access to buyers as possible.</p>
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<li><strong>Lockbox on the Door</strong> – This allows buyers the ability to see the home as soon as they are aware of the listing or at their convenience.</li>
<li><strong>Providing a Key to the Home</strong> – This would require an agent to stop by an office to pick up the key, which is still pretty convenient for a buyer.</li>
<li><strong>Open Access with a Phone Call</strong> – This means you allow a showing with just a phone call’s notice.</li>
<li><strong>By Appointment Only</strong> – For example, you might want your agent to set up a showing at a particular time and give you advance notice. That way you can prepare the house and be sure you have somewhere else you can go in the meantime.</li>
<li><strong>Limited Access</strong> – This might mean you’re only willing to have your house available on certain days or at certain times of day. In general, this is the most difficult and least flexible way to show your house to potential buyers.</li>
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<p>As today’s housing market <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2023/02/28/what-you-should-know-about-rising-mortgage-rates/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">changes</a>, be sure to work with your local agent to give buyers as much access as you can to your house when you sell.</p>
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