Selling a home in Florida?

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Selling a home in Florida?
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Selling a home in Florida?

• To put your house or condo on sale is intricate,
  whether you're moving from a palatial estate to a
  downtown apartment or you want to upsize your
  space.
• Both cases has its own legal consequences.
  Although the procedures involved in selling a
  home are similar regardless of where you reside,
  Florida's real estate laws are unique in some
  respects.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• That explains why most sellers in Florida prefer
  to have a professional realtor specialized in
  real estate services.
• The first step in selling a home in Florida might
  be confusing. How to find the best real estate
  services agency?

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Selling a home in Florida?

• Get references from other home sellers and check
  clients reviews on websites such
  as Zillow and Trulia. Its recommended to find
  licensed Florida real estate agents. 
• Having found a real estate agent, you just need
  to sign a listing agreement in order to give the
  agent the right to market and handle the sale of
  your property. Thats it!

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Selling a home in Florida?

• The real estate agent commission that you (the
  seller) will pay typically ranges from 5-6 of
  the house sales price, and is split between your
  real estate agent and the buyers agent.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• A professional agent who provides you with real
  estate services, will help price your house,
  appraising the current values of similar
  properties in your locality effectively market
  your house to prospective buyers and handle
  other tasks, such as checking required documents
  and negotiating with buyers.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• According to State law in Florida, sellers should
  disclose any facts or conditions about their
  property that have a crucial impact on the value
  of the property and cannot be easily observed.
• To help sellers in making all required
  disclosures, the Florida Association of Realtors
  offers a disclosure form

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Selling a home in Florida?

• Once a purchase agreement (AS-IS) is signed by
  both buyer and seller, the transaction will go
  into whats called escrow.
• Escrow is the time period between signing the
  purchase agreement and closing. You will choose
  an escrow or title agent, a neutral third party,
  to serve as intermediary and supervise the
  process.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• The buyer typically has a lot more to do during
  this time period than the seller. On closing date
  which is mentioned in the contract, seller and
  the buyer should have fulfilled all the terms of
  your purchase agreement. At the closing itself,
  all final documents and funds will be exchanged
  between buyer and seller.
• The buyer pays you the purchase price, and you
  give the buyer a deed and other transfer
  documents and clear title to the house.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• Sellers do not usually need to be present at a
  Florida closing so long as all costs are paid and
  documents are signed. Typically, the buyers will
  sign the final documents at the office of their
  title company or escrow agent and pick up the
  keys.
• Then the buyers will record the new deed in their
  name at a local government office, and the home
  is officially theirs.

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Selling a home in Florida?

• Unlike some states, selling a home in Florida
  does not require that sellers hire a lawyer in
  the house-selling transaction.
• To know more about selling a home in Florida, get
  in touch with us today on 954-866-5858 or email
  us on clients_at_realtyservicesflorida.com.

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Selling a home in Florida?
Get in touch with Realty Services Florida today
for buying or selling your property in Florida.
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