Found 2 blog entries tagged as Selling a Luxury Home.

Selling a luxury home in Lakeway or on Lake Travis is rarely as simple as choosing a price, taking photographs and putting the property on the market.

The strongest strategy begins earlier.

Before the photography.

Before the listing description.

And ideally, before the seller spends money preparing the home.

Luxury properties are often highly individual. A custom residence may have relatively few truly comparable sales. A Lake Travis waterfront property may derive substantial appeal from characteristics that have little to do with square footage. And even within Lakeway, two homes relatively close to one another can compete for very different buyers.

For sellers, the first question therefore should not be:

“How quickly can we get the…

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Choosing a real estate agent is important in any transaction.

In luxury real estate—and particularly around Lakeway and Lake Travis—the decision can become considerably more consequential.

A waterfront estate is not evaluated the same way as a more conventional residential property.

A custom residence may have relatively few truly comparable sales. A private dock, water depth, lakebed, topography, acreage, floodplain considerations, septic system, golf-course setting, architecture or level of finish can materially shape how a property should be evaluated and marketed.

And for sellers, reaching the right buyer often requires much more than simply placing a home in the MLS.

So how should a buyer or seller choose a luxury real estate agent in…

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