Prepare the home before choosing a launch date. I would focus first on visible condition, accurate listing details and a workable plan for visits, rather than assuming any single improvement will raise the sale price.
In the latest market report, 96 Troy single-family homes and condos, townhouses and apartments sold. For those homes, the typical time on market for homes that sold was 19 days. The report recorded 141 newly listed homes in the same property categories. It also recorded 194 homes listed for sale at the end of the measurement period.
The reported marketing time is not a deadline for preparing a listing or a promise about your home's sale. It is worth having photographs, property details and your plan for home visits settled before you launch. A rushed start can leave you making avoidable presentation decisions while you are also handling buyer inquiries.
Walk through the home and identify repairs or cleaning you want completed before photographs. Verify the property details you intend to advertise, including features that buyers may want to confirm. Set times the home can be shown that work for you, and decide how you will handle requests outside those times.
