What Is My Home Worth?

Automated valuation tools are useful for a rough orientation and unreliable for a decision. They work from public records and past sales, so they cannot see that your lanai was rescreened last year, that the roof is nine years old, that your unit faces the water while the identical one that just sold faces the car park, or that insurance on your street reprices at every renewal. In Manatee and Sarasota County those factors routinely move a price by six figures.

What We Look At

• Closed comparable sales in your community over the last ninety days, and what is currently under contract
• Active competition — what a buyer would see next to your home this week
• Condition, age of roof and systems, and the upgrades an appraiser will actually credit
• Waterfront access, dock, elevation and flood zone
• HOA or CDD fees, and any rental restriction that widens or narrows your buyer pool
• Days on market for homes in your price band right now

What You Get Back

A realistic price range rather than one flattering number, the comparable sales it rests on, a recommended list price with the reasoning behind it, a short list of the preparation worth doing and the preparation that is not, and an estimate of what actually lands in your account after commission, taxes and fees. You can sanity-check that last figure yourself with our closing cost calculator, and look up the assessed value and tax history of any parcel at the Manatee County Property Appraiser.

Before You List

Pricing is the one decision that is hard to undo. A home that sits gets read as damaged goods, and it usually ends up selling below where a correct opening price would have landed it. Read how to price your home and preparing your home for sale, then what the Florida selling process looks like from listing to closing. If the property is an investment rather than a residence, selling an investment property in Florida covers the tax side.

Selling From Outside the United States?

FIRPTA withholding takes 15% of the gross sale price at closing unless it is planned around months in advance. That planning is set out on selling as a foreign owner. Ready to talk about a listing instead? Our seller page explains how we work and what it costs.