Seattle & Eastside Home Sellers Facts to Know 1) It's a Sellers Market: ..And will likely remain so under $1MM for awhile 2) The Goal is to Maximize Your Return on Your Home Sale: Easier said than done. Just putting your home on the market alone without the proper consulting, repairs, staging and marketing can be dangerous to your bottom line. Real estate is a testy business and the general public has become used to viewing very beautiful homes that photograph and walk through well, have the proper marketing and have been upkept and have the proper repairs completed prior to listing. Homes that do not go through this process prior to listing have generally paid the consequences of bringing in a lower dollar figure than expected by the home seller. 3) 4) 5)