Selling Your Home in East Texas

Preparing Your Home for Sale: We'll walk through your home together and provide a customized checklist: interior touch-ups, exterior curb appeal, lighting adjustments, and staging tips that make buyers fall in love at first showing.

Multiple Listing Service (MLS): Your home is listed on the East Texas MLS, making it visible to every agent and buyer searching in the region. This is the #1 tool for getting your property in front of qualified buyers.

Internet Marketing: Your listing is syndicated to Zillow, Realtor.com, Trulia, Redfin, and hundreds of other sites. We also market through social media, email campaigns, and our own website.

Professional Photography & Signage: We invest in professional photos, for sale signs, and brochure boxes so every showing starts with a great first impression, online and in person.

Photo Flyers & Brochures: Custom-designed property flyers are available at your home and distributed to potential buyers and agents, highlighting what makes your property special.

How long does it take to sell a home in Tyler?

Median days on market in early 2026 is 28 to 42 days for properly priced and prepared homes in Tyler-area neighborhoods. Luxury homes in The Cascades, Hollytree, and Lake Palestine waterfront typically take 60 to 120 days because the buyer pool is smaller. Mispriced homes can sit indefinitely.

What does it cost to sell a home in Texas?

Typical seller costs include real estate commissions (now negotiated separately for buyer-side and listing-side post-NAR settlement), title insurance, closing costs, prep and staging, and any negotiated repairs from inspection. Total seller costs typically run 5 to 8 percent of sale price depending on the commission structure agreed up front. We walk through the math during the listing consultation.

Do I need to renovate before listing?

Almost never. The best ROI items are paint, decluttering, deep clean, lighting upgrades, and curb appeal. Major renovations rarely pay back at sale; we'd rather price the home accurately than have you spend $30,000 on a kitchen to recover $18,000 of it.

When is the best time to list in East Texas?

March through June is the strongest window for buyer demand. Family relocation timing and school calendars drive activity. That said, well-prepared homes sell year-round in Tyler. The right time to list is when your home is ready, not when the calendar says.

Why list with Kirby & Co specifically?

Two decades of East Texas-specific comps, professional photography on every listing, syndication across hundreds of sites, and the only realtor-builder family partnership in Tyler. If you might want to roll equity into a custom build for the next chapter, you stay with one team. Read full team bios.