If you plan to sell your home this spring,
you probably know curb appeal
very important this year.
There are a few paint colors that
Realtors believe will make you more money
and some that could really cost you.
Our own real estate expert has a closer look.
Lane Line is a managing broker at Coldwell
Banker and joins us live this morning.
Thank you for coming
in. Hey, it's great to be here.
Thanks for having me back. This
hits really close to home because we just
got a notice that we have to paint. OK,
you're not alone. This happens.
So help us pick what we do here.
Well, you know.
Filters now that there are certain
colors that may bring you a home
buyer faster and for more money.
So trivia time and multiple choice here.
Oh boy. What do you think are one
of the most popular colors for
exterior paint this year?
Grays, Blues or white?
I feel like white. Is that like
farmhouse look that people like?
Very popular and I'm going to say Ding,
Ding, Ding, ohh, all of them.
Yeah, well, raise and whites.
Let's show you an example here.
There's two right answers there.
Here's the before photo that we
wanted to show. A cute house.
This is not your house, but it's cute.
It needs a little freshening up right before.
Let's show you the after here.
Ohh well that's a different house.
That is gorgeous by the way.
That's a that's a beautiful interior.
Let's let's keep talking about
the exterior for a little bit.
That house that you saw before, they painted
it all white ohh including the brick.
They did some black trim that looked really,
really nice and maybe we can get it up here,
if not not a big deal,
but you can just see how you can take a
house like this and totally transform it.
Just with paint.
A lot of brick on there.
Imagine all of that.
White really made a big difference.
There it is.
Thank you to our director inside.
Look at the difference there.
Right.
This is,
I want to thank Sam from Jason Cummings
Group for providing these photos.
Night and day difference, really.
That's called Sea of Pearl white.
There's the before.
It doesn't even look like the same house.
It doesn't.
Yeah.
And we know as Realtors that buyers
are drawn to white and Grays is
another one that Realtors talked about.
I did a little survey yesterday amongst my
friends and they said, yes, light Gray.
Dark Gray. There's a side by side.
Not bad, right?
Pretty.
It actually looks bigger too.
White makes it look a little
bit bigger, which is great.
Clean, fresh, updated appraisers
like to see good conditions,
so that's something to think about.
What are the nose for exterior?
Well, keep in mind that you need if you
have an HOA, you're going to want to
make sure that your color is approved.
So first of all, make sure you're good there.
We do know from some unofficial
research that there are some colors that
buyers aren't exactly attracted to.
Dark Browns, bright colors, pinks, purples.
Be careful. I got to tell you though,
it's neighborhood. Pacific.
I live in Central Park.
We have all of the above and it looks great.
So you wanna stay consistent
with your neighborhood for sure.
We gotta touch on interior as
well because we saw that picture.
Best colors for interior.
Well, probably a giveaway there.
Neutrals and white walls
are back as you saw before.
This is a modern home,
so white is is recommended because
people can see their furniture, right?
They get an idea of what it feels like.
They're it's fresh, clean.
Not everybody likes white.
They think it's a little stark
so you can see a little bit of.
Difference here, this is called garage.
It's a very light Gray on the back,
Great Wall there.
It's Gray with kind of some warmer
undertones we like to call Grays.
That's white alabaster.
So again, very neutral.
If you like bright colors,
you're going to neutralize to sell your home.
A friend of mine says when
your house is on the market,
it's not your house anymore.
That's my house, by the way.
Is it with the big steer there,
I thought I'd take a picture for you.
Important to know that there's
a lot of colors out there.
So if you need help,
ask your realtor.
We know a lot of these colors off the top.
Of our heads accessible beige drift of
mist agreeable Gray is another popular one.
So ask.
It can be costly if you go crazy at
the paint store and have to repaint.
I have done it,
so you don't want to do that
well. And and Realtors know
what that color actually looks
like on a home versus you see
it on the thing and like, oh,
this looks great and it turns out more
yellowy than you want or something.
So good advice,
it's hard to tell.
Stay away from those bright colors.
If you have rooms with bright colors,
we know that buyers tend to offer you less
because they know they're going to have to.
Pain. So those kids like those
orange pink walls, they're beautiful,
neutralized before you sell and get to work.
By the way, February and March or some of
the most popular months to sell in our area.
And I believe it is February 1st.
It is. So get moving.
OK. Same to you. Yeah.
Hopefully you got some ideas now.
I did, absolutely.
Thank you so much.
I'm Corey.