What is the first thing someone sees when they drive up to a house for sale? In most cases, it’s what the house looks like from their vehicle. It’s known as curb appeal, the look and feel of a house when looking at it from the street or the curb. And it can tell a homebuyer a lot about a home before they even walk through the front door.

It can be helpful to think about curb appeal as a form of marketing because it helps sell the home from the outside and sets expectations about the rest of the house. When a home has curb appeal, it adds a certain “wow” factor that encourages buyers to learn more. After all, you want homebuyers to approach your house and think, “I can’t wait to look inside.”

A home’s curb appeal is often based on a number of factors, such as:

• A roof that looks new and intact.
• Clean or newly painted siding.
• If applicable, a clean and freshly stained deck.
• A well-kept yard including freshly mown grass, trimmed trees, and new mulch.
• A pressure-washed driveway with no weeds growing through the cracks.
• A new or freshly painted front door.

Even the best homes can suffer on the market because of a lack of curb appeal. Luckily, it’s relatively easy to improve a home’s curb appeal, and the result can have a pretty big impact on the listing as well as the sales price. If you want to improve your home’s curb appeal, drive down the street and pretend you have never seen the property before. Take note of what you notice about the house, and look for areas that need improvement.

If you’re in the market for a new home and looking to up the curb appeal on your existing home before you put it up for sale, give us a call. We’re here for you. Contact Popish Mortgage for all of your mortgage needs.

Source: Fortune Builders