{"id":2067,"date":"2025-02-21T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/should-i-update-my-house-before-i-sell-it\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:30:00","slug":"should-i-update-my-house-before-i-sell-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/should-i-update-my-house-before-i-sell-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Update My House Before I Sell It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250221-Home-Updates-That-Pay-Off-When-You-Sell-KCM-Share-original.png?w=1220&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Should I Update My House Before I Sell It? Simplifying The Market\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Home-Updates-That-Pay-Off-When-You-Sell-MEM-original.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Home-Updates-That-Pay-Off-When-You-Sell-MEM-original.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"a screenshot of a web page\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Some Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>With more homes for sale and buyers being more selective, it\u2019s smart to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2025\/02\/13\/the-secret-to-selling-this-spring-start-the-prep-work-now\/?a=783612-02a11606fc81d6a6e402d49bc5bfe20b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">strategic updates<\/a>.? But how do you decide what\u2019s worth doing? ?You lean on an agent.<\/li>\n<li>An agent will be able to tell you what buyers want, quick wins that\u2019ll have a big impact, and what projects have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jlconline.com\/cost-vs-value\/2024\/key-trends-in-the-2024-cost-vs-value-report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">best ROI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What projects are on your to-do list before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2025\/02\/05\/the-3-biggest-mistakes-sellers-are-making-right-now\/?a=783612-02a11606fc81d6a6e402d49bc5bfe20b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">selling<\/a>? With only a month left before spring, connect with a local agent so you know what\u2019s worth the time and effort.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/21\/should-i-update-my-house-before-i-sell-it\/\">Should I Update My House Before I Sell It?<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\">Sandpoint Realty<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Highlights With more homes for sale and buyers being more selective, it\u2019s smart to make strategic updates.? But how do you decide what\u2019s worth doing? ?You lean on an agent. An agent will be able to tell you what buyers want, quick wins that\u2019ll have a big impact, and what projects have the best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sandpoint-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}