If you want to find out how much cash you can get from your property, there are many factors to consider. The selling price of a home is just one factor to take into consideration when determining how much your property is worth. A review of the market and a close look at your outstanding mortgage and tax obligations will give you a good idea of how much cash you can expect to pocket from the sale of your property.
Consult a real estate professional or home appraiser to get an accurate figure for how much your home would sell on the market. You can also get an estimate of how much your home is worth using a free online tool like Zillow, Home Gain or Zip Realty or by comparing how much at least three other comparable homes in your neighborhood have sold for recently.
Look at a recent mortgage statement to determine how much is outstanding on your mortgage.
Deduct your mortgage from how much your house is worth on the market. For example, if your mortgage is $160,000 and the house should sell for $200,000, then the equity in your home is $200,000 minus $160,000 equals $40,000.
Deduct real estate fees from your equity, if you are planning to use a real estate agent to sell your home. Fees vary from agency to agency but you can generally expect to pay 4 to 6 percent of the selling price. In this example, 4 percent of $200,000 is $8,000, so $40,000 minus $8,000 is $32,000.
