Selling a Home

It is no secret that today’s real estate market is favoring buyers. Inventories are high, time on market is longer than before, and buyers are able to be picky and are able to negotiate when they find a home that they like. In a slow market, many buyers will feel empowered to place low offers [...]

When we list a property for sale, one of the most frequent questions and concerns is how best to coordinate showings for buyers when the seller still lives in the house. If the home is vacant, we simply tell agents that there is a keybox and they can “show anytime”. When the home is still [...]

It is no secret that today’s real estate market is favoring buyers over sellers. Buyers have more inventory to choose from, a larger number of motivated sellers, plus less competition for homes than in years past. I wanted to share a story about a recent transaction that we were involved in to demonstrate some big [...]

Next week is Thanksgiving which is the start of the holiday season. The holidays are historically a slow time for real estate sales. It is also a stressful time with many family events and time demands. It can be tempting to avoid the stress and anxiety of keeping your home on the market during the [...]

I recently wrote a post about lowering the price of your home. This got me thinking about a similar topic that we hear from sellers quite often these days. If your house has been listed for a number of months but hasn’t sold, should you take it off the market now and re-list it later, [...]

Today’s slower real estate market has shifted the market in favor of buyers. Homes are on the market longer, inventory of unsold homes is higher, and price concessions from the seller are more common. In our brokerage this has increased the number of “uncommitted buyers” that we have been working with, both on the listing [...]

Sellers ask us all of the time about the best methods of advertising their homes for sale. In the past, the answer was fairly simple. You used to be able to put a sign out front, list it in the local MLS, and place classified ads in your Sunday newspaper. Today’s home buyers spend the [...]

If you are selling a home and it has been on the market for awhile, you will ask the question “Should I lower the price to get it sold?” It is a tough question for buyers and agents alike and often an unpopular topic to talk about. As a seller, it is important to realize [...]

It is no secret that the real estate market has slowed down in the past year. Inventory of homes for sale is up, and the time on market for home listings has increased. In the past, selling a home was pretty easy. Demand was high and competing offers were quite common. In contrast, today’s market [...]