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What Fees Do Sellers Pay in Northville?

Selling a home in Northville, Michigan is a significant financial transaction – and it involves more than just finding a buyer. If you’re planning to sell a home here in 2025, it’s important to understand the various closing costs and fees you’ll be responsible for as a seller. Whether you own a single-family house in a subdivision, a downtown Northville condo, a townhouse, or a luxury estate, the sale will involve expenses beyond the agent’s commission. This comprehensive guide breaks down what Northville home sellers typically pay, using the latest data and examples to help you budget. We’ll also explain which fees are negotiable and how working with an experienced local team (like The Perna Team) can make your sale more cost-effective and predictable.

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How to Evaluate the Right Offer for Your Home

Here are the things that sellers (and buyers) should be paying attention to.

Today I’m coming to you with a couple of tips about how to evaluate an offer when you’re selling in this market and how to make a winning offer if you’re buying. I’ll talk about important factors in multiple-offer situations, including price, contingencies, and occupancy.

Cited below for your convenience are timestamps that will direct you to various points in the video. Feel free to watch the full message, or use these timestamps to browse specific topics at your leisure:

0:25 — Why contingency dates and time frames are so important in this market

1:02 — How financing details play a role in determining the strength of an offer

1:55 — Pay special…

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Sold in 1 Day? You’re Leaving Money On The Table

Selling your home in one day means leaving a lot of money on the table.

Recently, I’ve seen agents and sellers alike sharing stories about how they were able to sell a home within a day. Well, there’s a problem here: If you’re going with a buyer within the first day, you’re probably leaving a lot of money on the table. With so much demand, it pays to let multiple offers roll in, choose the best one, or create a counteroffer. You simply can’t do that in a single day, and today I’ll be explaining why.

For your convenience, I’ve included timestamps for today’s video topic. Feel free to navigate to the section(s) you’re most interested in viewing:

0:05—Introduction on why selling in one day is the wrong route to take

0:51—The average…

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Fall Is the New Spring

In 2020, our fall market will be much like past spring markets.

Fall is definitely the new spring market, as you’ll learn in our upcoming webinar on Saturday, September 12. We’ve seen the spring season extended and then extended again thanks to extremely low interest rates. It’s a fantastic time to get your home on the market and get it sold for top dollar.

The Google search terms “Sell my home,” “Sell my home fast,” and “I need to get out of my home” are being searched at a rate 46% higher than they were just six months ago. This means there is a ton of inventory about to come on the market, and we need to dig in to see when the best time to list yours is. I think inventory will double, and it might even double again. This could…

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