During Showings: Give Phoenix Buyers Their Space
The best thing you can do during a North Valley showing is not be there. Buyers need space to picture the home as theirs.
The best thing you can do during a showing is not be there.
Buyers need to picture the home as theirs, and they cannot do that with the current owner watching. When the seller is present, buyers rush, they do not open closets, they do not talk freely with their agent, and they leave without the emotional connection that drives an offer. The single most effective move is to leave and let the buyer and their agent have the home to themselves.
If you truly cannot leave
Step outside or to the garage or yard, and give them the full run of the house.
Keep interaction to a friendly hello and then space. Do not follow buyers room to room or sell to them; it makes people uncomfortable and cuts visits short.
Let the buyer's agent do their job. Their private time walking the home with their client is when buyers fall for a house. Interrupting it works against you.
Take pets with you or fully secure them. Pets underfoot distract buyers and shorten visits.
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Why this matters to your bottom line
Comfortable buyers stay longer, look closer, and connect more, and that is what turns a showing into an offer. When you list with me, I make sure every showing gives buyers that space while your home and belongings stay protected.
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Written by
Jon Hegreness
REALTOR / Associate Broker, Howe Realty. AZ License BR540940000. 24 years in Phoenix Valley residential real estate.
I am a full-time Valley associate broker, not a call center. If anything here raised a question about your own move, ask me and you get a straight answer from the person who wrote this, every time.
Common questions
- Can I stay home during a showing?
- You can, but it usually hurts results. Leave if possible; if not, give buyers full space inside while you wait outside.
- Should I talk to buyers during a showing?
- A brief hello is fine. Following them or pitching the home makes buyers uncomfortable and shortens visits.
- What do I do with pets during showings?
- Take them with you or secure them completely. Barking dogs and litter boxes shorten visits and distract buyers.
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