Sell a Home in Portland
Top 1% Seller's Agent
Planning on selling a home in the next year or so? You've come to the right place. Stephen FitzMaurice, Principal Broker is a top 1% sellers agent in Portland with over 2,000 local sales under his belt and writes extensively about the Portland real estate market.
The Right Way to Sell
Our team charges 4% commission max. and we pay more online to market our Portland and SW Washington homes so they sell faster and for more. (In Salem and Bend areas we charge 4.5% max.) We have a reasonable commission fee, while still providing more marketing and services than our competitors. We back it all up with a cancel anytime policy for no charge.
If you’re thinking of selling your home in the next twelve months, Stephen would love to tour your home. Call today to set an appointment.
Stephen FitzMaurice, Realtor
4% Max. to Sell a Home
Cancel Anytime Policy
Licensed Since 2003
503-714-1111
When to Use a Drone Video to Sell a Luxury Home
Aerial drone videos are a relatively new but powerful marketing tool that can help you sell the right luxury home. Here are two main reasons to use a drone video to help sell your home: 1. If you have an amazing view (like the video below) pictures cannot capture the value of a majestic view. […]
Sell your Portland Home – Offer Received
This is a video I send out to all my clients when their home receives their first offer on Portland real estate market. We created an informative video series in order to preemptively answer common questions when someone puts their home on the market. We encourage the seller to do a full review of the […]
Is Your Portland Home Selling?
How many showings should your home be getting once it goes on the market? As a Portland real estate agent, I’ve learned that every seller has their own expectation – some are fine with one potential buyer looking around every week are so, some are calling in indignation if their home gets less than ten […]
Portland Green Home Certifications – Demystified
It’s a green spring in Portland – vibrant parks, happy gardens, and more home buyers shopping for green homes, too. A recent real estate survey found that 60% of buyers list green or sustainable features as a must-have in their dream home, and in Portland, eco-consciousness runs deep. Home buyers, whether they’re purchasing their first […]
Nuisance Neighbors Need Not Destroy Home Values
Judy lives in a modest house in NE Portland. She has always taken pride in her home, keeping it very clean, inside and out, and keeping up with all the maintenance. Judy keeps to herself but she does smile and wave at the neighbors, although lately it’s been getting harder to do that. In the […]
Sell Your Portland Home – Active on the Market
This is a video I send out to all my clients when their home goes active on the Portland real estate market. We created an informative video series in order to preemptively answer common questions when someone puts their home on the market for the first time. The video contains valuable information about their listing’s […]
Why is my home not selling? Five Reasons
1. Bad pictures. When NAR (Nation Association of Realtors) surveyed home buyers nationally to find out what was the most important element in their home search, the response was overwhelming. Home buyers picked photos as the most useful element in their home search process (NAR 2014 Home Buyers and Sellers Report), over price, description, and […]
Increase your Portland home value with Short-Term Rentals
In July of last year, the city of Portland voted to allow homeowners to offer short-term rentals in their homes or accessory dwellings. Are they the new threat to the sanctity of Portland neighborhoods, or a smart way for first-time home buyers to earn a little money off their investment? Short-term rentals have been embraced […]
Sell Your Home Fast With Professional Staging and Photography
Spring buying season is here and Portland home sellers will need to make some big decisions. Picking a great real estate agent is first. After that, it would be a good idea to start thinking about who will help you stage and photograph your home. Is staging really that important? It depends. If you have […]
Sell your Portland Home Fast in 2015
In 2014 I sold 54 Portland area homes as their listing agent in less than 30 days. In about 3 weeks from now, I’ll be releasing a little e-book titled, “5 Secrets to Selling your Home in Less than 30 Days.” It will be available on Amazon.com and other sources. I thought I would write […]
What is my Portland Home Value?
Admit it. You, like many people — whether or not they’re actually interested in buying or selling a home — have typed your address into Zillow to see what homes in your neighborhood are worth. You might have even seen a “Zestimate” on your own home. How accurate is that number? Actually, according to the […]
Sell Your Portland Home Fast – Stage it!
Maybe you’re just putting your Portland home on the market and can’t wait to get it sold, or maybe your home has been sitting on the Portland real estate market too long. Hopefully, your Portland listing is in the hands of a good real estate agent with a great marketing plan (see ours here). But […]
5 Steps to Get Cash for Making your Portland Home Green
Are you putting your home up for sale on the Portland real estate market this fall? You may be looking around for low-cost improvements you can make to boost your home’s value. Or maybe you’re a new Portland home owner who felt the cold air seeping through your single-pane windows last winter and thought “Ouch, […]
Portland Home Tests: Oil Tank Sweep
Portland homes are heated in many ways. Some use electricity, some natural gas, and there are even a few homes that just use a wood stove or fireplace (not to mention Geo-thermal, heat pumps, and a variety of alternative methods!). Oil heat is not as common but it has been in use since the 1940s, […]
Portland Real Estate Danger: Asbestos
It’s not a mold or a metal; a fungus or a gas. It’s not a chemical from a lab or something beamed in from space – in fact, this household hazard has been in use for 4,000 years! Asbestos is actually a mineral that forms long fibers with a wide array of uses. Unfortunately, its […]
Portland Home Tests: Sewer Scope!
Continuing our series on home tests Portland real estate agents recommend on older Portland homes, let’s talk about everybody’s favorite subject: Sewage. Okay, most of us would rather not think about what happens when we flush the toilet or run the garbage disposal, but just as you wouldn’t buy a home with fraying electrical lines […]
When my wife and I decided to sell our home we started to search for agents who work for less than the 6% standard commission. Slightly skeptical, I decided to call Stephen for a consultation. Stephen came very prepared with comp sales, marketing techniques, and several other items pertaining to the sale I never would have considered. We sold in six days.
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