Sell your Champaign-Urbana area home with a plan, not guesswork.

Selling well takes more than putting a sign in the yard, placing the home in the MLS, and hoping the right buyer appears. AroundCU combines local market knowledge, practical preparation advice, careful pricing, and active follow-up so your home is positioned to attract serious buyers.

Our goal is simple: help you sell with confidence, for the best possible price the market will support, with fewer surprises along the way.

Thinking about selling? Start with the competition.

Tell us the rough kind of home you own and we will show a short MLS-based preview of the market around it. We keep the deeper comparable-home review for a real conversation, because condition, location, updates, timing, and buyer feedback matter too much for a one-size-fits-all answer.

Ask for the full seller review
Starter read for 3-bedroom homes in Champaign County

Recent closed sales are averaging close to original list price, but the useful question is which homes earned that result and why.

210 active public competitors right now
70 new competing listings in the last 30 days
581 similar homes closed in the last 6 months
98.0% average sale price vs. original list price
What we would review with you: the specific homes buyers will compare against yours, where your likely price range changes buyer demand, which preparation items may matter, and whether the current pace supports listing now or waiting.

What you should expect from your Realtor

Pricing with context

A strong listing price is not just an average of recent sales. We look at competing homes, condition, location, buyer activity, timing, and the story your home tells compared with the rest of the market.

Preparation that matters

Not every repair or update pays for itself. We help you focus on the improvements, staging choices, and presentation details most likely to affect buyer confidence.

Marketing beyond the basics

The MLS is important, but it is only one piece. Your home needs clear photos, useful descriptions, broad online exposure, buyer feedback, and consistent follow-up.

How we help before and after your home "goes live"

  • Review comparable sales and active competition so you understand your price range.
  • Walk through the home with a buyer's eye and identify practical ways to improve first impressions.
  • Create a customized marketing plan rather than relying on the old ā€œ3 P'sā€ approach: put up a sign, place it in the MLS, and pray.
  • Watch showing activity, buyer comments, and market changes so we can adjust thoughtfully if needed.
  • Help evaluate offers beyond the headline price, including financing, contingencies, timing, and risk.
  • Coordinate the details from contract through closing so deadlines, inspections, and communication stay on track.

A better selling experience

Selling a home can feel personal, emotional, and complicated because it is. You deserve someone who will tell you the truth, explain your options, and keep working after the listing agreement is signed. We take the time to understand your goals, your timeline, and what would make the move a success for you.

Contact us to receive a complimentary Seller's Packet. It outlines our marketing approach, the information we use to help price your home, and the tools we customize for each seller.

We really enjoyed using Mariya's website as a search tool. That helped us greatly to rule out a lot of properties in our range of interest and cut down the time spent touring houses. We only spent two days of actual house-hunting before we found the house we made an offer on. We also appreciated the great advice that Mariya provided during the entire process (ranging from general home-buying knowledge to personal home-improvement experience) and her leading us to the best people to contact for different needs. As a result, we feel that we were served by the top experts in the area for financing our purchase, inspecting our prospective home, etc. All along the way, our feeling was that our realtor was on our team; there wasn't any step where we felt we were left to fend for ourselves. Rather, our impression was that Mariya went out of her way to make our first home purchase smooth, stress-free, and even enjoyable! It all made for a confident and very satisfied experience for us!
- Eric and Amy C.