Do Open Houses Sell Homes?

Real estate professionals have long debated the importance of open houses. In a Seller’s market, where there are more Buyers than available properties and properties sell quickly, open houses are a great way to maximum the number of people that see the property in a short period of time.

The most important open house is the first weekend that your home goes on the market. Here are some tips to ensure your home is ready for it’s time to shine!

Put away your valuables and anything you don’t want people to see. This includes your laptop, ipad and credit card statements! We want to focus on your home and not whether you’re a mac or a pc!

Make sure your home is ready and that any necessary staging has been done before the open house. Wash your floors, fluff your pillows and dust your window sills!

Leave your home! Just as with showings of your property it’s also best that you’re not present during the open house. As a seller you may experience hurt feelings from questions or comments made by potential buyers at the open house!

Are you thinking of listing your home and wondering how an open house may help? Contact Us if you’d like some advice.

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Great experience working with Christine in finding our forever home. With Christine you get someone who really listens to your needs and makes the whole experience of buying a home so pleasurable. Thank you for being a part of our lives for the past 10 years. Christine and her team really go above and beyond!

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We received amazing service and assistance from Candace at the Christine Cowern group. She was responsive, helpful and very polite. She was able to answer all of our questions and was very pleasant to work with. I highly recommend Candace to anyone looking for their next home!

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Tara and Christine were amazing at communication and helping us to find our home in East York in 2018. We spent about 1 year searching all around Toronto for a home and learning the market and the process and Christine’s team was extremely patient with us as we had a lot to learn!! We did […]

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Candace was very patient with us being first time home buyers. The whole experience has been nice and we are very excited to move into our new home.

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Zero stress and record selling price. Christine and her team (Tara) are the best in the business, in my opinion. From reviewing the market for a period of time before Listing my property, to the process of collaboration on how to best showcase my home and establishment of the right price when going to Market, the […]

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We bought our first home with Ali from the Christine Cowern team, and the experience was better than I could have hoped for. I felt the support from the entire team even while still looking frantically at listings. Ali was great! We got to see any places we thought were a possibility, and were able […]

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We had a great experience with the Christine Cowern team. Tara met with us originally to help us find the perfect match on her team. We worked with Candace and she was awesome – super patient with all of our questions as first time home owners and we found a great home! Lori has been […]

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My mother and I worked with the team while purchasing a condo in Toronto. Heather was great to work with, she was knowledgeable, prompt, and kind. She made the daunting task of realty in downtown Toronto not only manageable but also comfortable. Heather was fabulous to work with, if/when I choose to move and sell […]

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I really appreciated Heather’s knowledge of the city and flexibility. I contacted the team through the website and with little notice Heather quickly lined up viewings for my daughter and myself. She was very personable and I felt very comfortable with her. A shout out to the website as well, it felt like the right […]

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Tara and team helped us sell our condo and purchase a home within the last 6 months. We have been working with them for 2+ yrs as we tried to sort out options and as our situation changed. They were very patient, never rushed us, gave us sound advice and made the process a lot […]

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My experience with my agent Heather was all positives. She felt like a friend and was invested in helping me sell my condo for the best possible price. The group helped every step of the way. I have already recommended Heather to friends and will keep recommending!

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We were delighted to have Christine and her team act as our selling agent for one property and act as our buying agent for the purchase of our condo apartment in central Toronto. Lori’s assistance in finding reliable and professional painters and movers really added value and made this transition a very positive experience for […]

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I worked with the Christine Cowern team to purchase a condo in Toronto. As a first-time homebuyer, I felt really nervous about trying to enter the market, especially in a city like Toronto. But I’m so happy I found this team and got to work with Candace MacInnis! Candace was knowledgeable, patient and supportive. She […]

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I worked with Candace MacInnis and her attention to detail and attentiveness has been beyond measure. She was very communicative, and a first time home owner I appreciate her effortless patience in walking me through the whole process and explaining everything making sure I always make the most educated decisions. Highly recommend!

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We recently purchased a condo in Toronto while living in Vancouver. Candace + Lori from this team were superstars in helping us find the right place and provided every possible support starting from driving us around, to pre-checking out condos/apartments before we showed up. They even did FaceTime from condos to show us the places […]

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Candace, Lori, and everyone we interacted with on the Christine Cowern team were a pleasure to work with. Navigating the market can be overwhelming, but we felt supported throughout the entire process as we found our perfect rental. They will be our first call for our next move!

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Great experience working with Tara and the entire team who made buying our house as easy and pleasant as possible. We’re taking full advantage of almost all the services they provide and it’s really refreshing to find a company that really gets what full service actually means!

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