Tips for selling your home in this fall

Summer is coming to an end which means the leaves will start changing, the weather will begin cooling and we'll all be spending more time inside our homes.

It may also be the time of year when you begin wondering if you truly want to stay in your home. Many sellers think that fall is a bad time to put their home on the market but, as real estate experts will tell you, that's simply not the case.

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5 tips to improve your home's resale value

By AMY MCFADDEN

Is the house you’re moving out of designed to sell?

If you’re looking to add oomph to your address before planting a for sale sign out front, area real-estate agents say you can do it yourself with little expense. “There are lots of low-cost ways to get your house ready to sell,” says Steve Klemm of Sangamon Realty in Springfield.

Tip 1: Up against the wall
Klemm says his No. 1 suggestion is to take down any wallpaper in the kitchen, living room and master bedroom. Then paint the interior walls a basic, neutral color.

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