Paint Your Way to an Increased Selling Price

If you are considering painting your house a new color, you may want to check you're your homeowner's association first. The color that you paint your house can affect the value of all the other houses in your neighborhood. That's one of the reasons that many homeowner associations limit house painting color choices for homes in their communities.

A bright green house with purple and pink polka dot shutters can effectively make it almost impossible for anyone else in the neighborhood to get full value for their home if they choose to sell. A cohesive house painting color scheme that's carried on from property to property adds enormously to the appeal of a neighborhood.

In order, the best choices to paint the exterior of your house are: white, gray, blue, tan or brown, cream, beige, green, yellow and red. Over 37 percent of all homeowners surveyed said that if they were repainting a house, they would choose white. Although gray is the second most popular color, most realtors would recommend painting your house a pale shade if that's your choice. Lighter colors brighten a house and make it seem more spacious.

If you do want brighter accents in your exterior house painting scheme, limit yourself to the front door and shutters. A front door that's painted a friendly blue or warm red puts buyers in a good mood as they enter your house.