Find the part you need.
Every guide follows the sale in order, from the questions before listing to the last things after closing.
Before you list
Everything that happens while the sign is still in the garage.
- Who runs a home closing, and how to choose themLearn who commonly handles closings in your state, what each role does, and which questions to ask about services and fees.6 steps
- How to price your homeHow to gather comparable sales, review online estimates, and organize information about the home's condition and local market. Keighbor doesn't recommend a list price.5 steps
- Getting your home ready to sellA practical getting-ready list and a plan for the photo session.6 steps
- Property facts and seller disclosuresHow to gather square footage, system ages, taxes, and information commonly requested for listings and disclosures. Requirements vary by sale and location.6 steps
- How to write a listing descriptionWhat to lead with, what to leave out, and the fair-housing rules that decide how you word it.3 steps
On the market
Getting seen, getting people through the door, and getting an offer.
- Listing and marketing your homeCompare flat-fee MLS and direct-posting options, along with other ways to share a listing.5 steps
- Hosting showings and open housesHow to set showing hours, manage access, and keep records after a visit.6 steps
- How to review an offer and negotiateHow to organize price, financing, contingencies, timing, and other terms side by side. Keighbor doesn't recommend a response.6 steps
Under contract
The stretch between a signed offer and a clear-to-close.
- Going under contractEarnest money, confirmed contract dates, and the people who may need a copy of the agreement.5 steps
- The buyer's inspection, and what happens afterWhat an inspection commonly covers and the general options that may follow a repair request. Your contract and professional advisers determine what applies.5 steps
- Title work, and what a title search turns upWhat the commitment says, what a lien means for your sale, and how surveys fit in.4 steps
- Settling repairs after an inspectionHow repairs, credits, quotes, and written amendments commonly fit together. Get advice before agreeing to terms.4 steps
- The appraisal, and what may happen if it comes in lowWhat an appraisal considers and the general options when the value is below the contract price.4 steps
- The buyer's loan and common causes of delayUnderwriting in plain terms and changes that can affect a buyer's financing.2 steps
Closing
The last few weeks, and the day itself.
- Clearing title before closingWorking with the closing team on liens, title insurance, and preliminary settlement figures.3 steps
- Clear to closeThe final walk-through, settlement statement, and steps for verifying payment instructions.5 steps
- Closing dayWhat sellers commonly sign and bring, and how to confirm funding and recording.5 steps
- After closing: the last few thingsHanding over the keys, cancelling what you no longer need, and the tax paperwork that follows.5 steps
4 parts. One clear order.
If the library feels big, remember only this much.
- Before you listDecide who will help, understand the numbers, and get the home and its information ready.
- On the marketGet seen, keep track of visits, and compare what comes in.
- Under contractKeep the inspection, title, appraisal, financing, people and dates moving together.
- ClosingClear the last conditions, verify the money, sign, and hand over the keys.
Written and checked by Keighbor Research. The guides are general information, not advice about your sale. How we research
Keep the same question moving.
The guides explain the work. These cover the words, the paperwork and the numbers around it.
- The glossaryLook up any word without losing your place.Search the words
- Paperwork by stateWhat a sale in your state commonly touches, and who prepares it.Choose your state
- The whole checklistEvery step of every guide, on one page you can tick.Open the checklist
- The proceeds calculatorAn estimate of what is left after the costs of selling.Run the numbers
How your Room helps with this.
Inside a Room, each guide sits beside the step it belongs to, with the dates, documents and messages for that step close by.
Reading is free. Your Room keeps your place.
Starting a Room does not list your home.
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