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sellers: How do you tell your sellers their house is not worth what is was? - 01/28/10 11:56 AM
How do you tell the sellers their house is not worth what is was 2 years ago?
How do you tell them?
You sold them that very house. It was a deal - then.It is a beautiful house.It is a home.This is now. Sellers lost their job, have to relocate, got sick, got married, got divorced, had a baby (or two).There are many more reasons.How do you tell them?You have the numbers and it doesn't look pretty.The neighborhood is filled with short sales and bank owned homes.Homes bought two years ago are now selling 25% lower.That is about $100,000 less than the … (22 comments)
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sellers: Selling a Home - Part 1 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - The Price Warp Zone - 12/12/09 11:48 PM
The Price Warp Zone - Selling a HomePart 1 ~ Between a rock and a hard place.Price, Price, Price! Priced too high. Priced too low. Priced in the middle - but it feels too low... Can't price any lower? Have to get this price or that...At the end of the day, the sale of a house comes down to price - a price a willing and able buyer is willing to pay for your house.This is a series of posts about pricing a home to sell (or priced to sit - see post about that here) through a few real life … (5 comments)
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sellers: Expired! No Way! - humor - 12/08/09 01:14 AM
Expired!!! That can't be!What? Why? How did this happen? There can be 1001 reasons excuses why your house didn't sell and yes, the listing Expired. Well, not really, but for fun here are 10 reasons as to why your house might have Expired.1. The buyers didn't see that value in our house
2. The buyers for our house bought the neighbors house3. There just weren't any buyers out there4. Nobody liked the location :(5. My agent never called me, nor did they take me to lunch!6. My agent didn't - wait who was my agent?7. Well, we never really wanted to move anyway...8. … (23 comments)
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sellers: Priced to Sell! Priced to Sit! - 11/27/09 08:42 PM
Priced to sell!How come the PRICED TO SELL house is still on the market then? 180 some days later? Listed with the original price.You probably see this too every now and then. The advertisement screams PRICED TO SELL! This one will go quick! Seller Motivated! Ok, seller extremely motivated...Yet the house is sitting on the market and not going anywhere anytime soon. And when you look at the price, well, it's not really PRICED TO SELL! At least not in terms the buyers think about PRICED TO SELL.Often it appears that the PRICED TO SELL house is one of the most … (56 comments)
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sellers: Selling a house in Highlands Ranch - Planning the sale - 06/14/09 11:43 PM
Selling a house in Highlands RanchPrior to putting your house on the marketYou own a house in Highlands Ranch CO and you need to sell your house?Whether you have to sell your house because of relocation, downsizing, illness, divorce, etc. You know you need get your house sold. Do you just jump in and get that bad boy on the market your do you plan the sale?Before putting the house on the market - a few - ok, many - things to consider
do you have equity or do you OWE MORE than the house is worth if you owe more … (0 comments)
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sellers: When are monthly market reports updated? - 03/21/09 11:51 PM
When are Market Reports updated?If you are looking for and tracking market reports for a certain area, you might have wondered when the reports get updated. What day of the month do the new reports get posted? I can't answer for others. This is how our market report updating is done (on monthly market reports). Let's take March for instance.In March we will post a report including numbers for the previous month - February. We would like to post this as soon as March arrives - butIf we do this, we will be missing some sold data.For example. I am ready to … (4 comments)
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sellers: What if my house doesn't sell? - 03/18/09 01:37 AM
What if my house doesn't sell?You may have wondered. Oh it usually will, but the question is at what price? And the bigger question is - is that price acceptable to you?What if my house doesn't sell for the price I am willing/able to accept?Today many areas are seeing sluggish home sales. I am talking specifically about home sales here in Denver area. Some pockets are doing really well and houses are in demand and are selling quickly, for a great price. But then there are other areas that are not doing so good. Once upon a time...When your house is put on … (7 comments)
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sellers: What's not yours - is not yours to take - 03/06/09 12:30 AM
What's not yours - is not yours to take!I had something totally different planned for tonight's post but a recent turn of events compelled me to write this instead.
Have you ever had a problem where a seller accused of your buyers taking something from their house? Or maybe you felt you needed to grow eyes in the back of your head, when showing houses to your buyers whose children kept asking ever five minutes if they could take this or take that. What do you do? I guess it depends who you are, what your values are and from where … (26 comments)
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sellers: Can an Open House sell your house? - 01/18/09 12:08 AM
Can an Open House sell your house?The short answer is YES, it is possible. Does it happen very often? No. A very small percentage of homes are sold from an open house. As small as 1-2%, depending on the area, agent, house etc. Many variables here.Lets dig in. The Long Answer.First, as a seller do you want your agent to hold an open house? (If you don't, that is perfectly fine).If you are wondering - Maybe?Bring it up during the listing appointment.Ask the agent:"What about an open house?" or "Do you do open houses?"Some agents will flat out say they do … (4 comments)
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sellers: Denver Real Estate - Thinking about selling your home? Buyers are buying! - 01/07/09 12:02 AM
Thinking about selling your home in Highlands Ranch? Or Lone Tree? Buyers are out in force! In the last few days we have shown houses to several buyers. Each home has had many showings within the last couple of days.When submitting offers we hear that many homes have other offers coming in or that they just received an offer creating a multiple offer situation.We have talked to many other agents in the area and they are experiencing similar increase in buyer activity. Recently many areas have also seen declines in the number of homes coming on the market. Read - more buyers, … (5 comments)
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sellers: How was your customer service today? - 12/24/08 12:51 AM
How was your customer service today?When holidays are near people tend to get "absend-minded", frustrated and angry with crowds, shopping, post office, other people - anything. I get that. Holiday preparations can create a lot of stress.
But please, if you are in a customer service profession - please provide customer service to the best of your abilities. Every day of the year! If we ever, ever, provided the type of lousy customer service I have seen in the last couple of weeks - we would be out of business.Here are 12 Customer Service Tips/Notes
Smile. Even if you are having a … (5 comments)
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sellers: No Smoke without a Fire - Disclosing House Fires when selling a home - 10/06/08 11:59 PM
No smoke without a Fire!
As a listing agent, do you know if your sellers ever had a house fire? Hopefully you do, you should, right. How do your buyers (Ms./Mr. buyer's agent) react when they find out that the home they are under contract to buy, had a house fire? They may back away or they may more forward. Unfortunately house fires sometimes happen and from the real estate and sellers stand point; once the smoke clears, the dust settles, some time passes, and so on... house fires have to be disclosed when selling a house. Whether the fire was small … (2 comments)
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sellers: Silence is golden for Sellers - 09/21/08 01:39 PM
Silence is golden for sellers, Buyers say thanks to neighbors Here is a true story that can be great for buyers and not so for sellers SELLERS - Silence is Golden ~ BUYERS - thanks and keep talking When you live in a neighborhood, you talk to your neighbors, most of the time anyway. Many of your neighbors might be your good friends. You may have mentioned that you are going to sell your house and you may have received plenty of advice from neighbors: from how much so and so got for their house down the street and what you … (3 comments)
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sellers: Successfully sell your home FSBO #1 PRICE! - 09/18/08 11:58 PM
How to successfully sell your home for sale by owner #1 - PRICE
FSBO's popping up like mushrooms in Highlands Ranch CO During the summer there was very few for sale by owners (judging by the lack of yard signs) in Highlands Ranch CO. Suddenly there is a rush of activity and everyday more and more signs are popping up in the area. Some, a few, very few for sale by owners will be successful in selling their own home. Most are not. How can FSBOs get their houses sold? #1 - PRICE! THE hands-down-biggest mistake that the for sale by owners make … (0 comments)
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sellers: Putting your house on the market - Showings and Pets - 09/06/08 10:46 PM
Putting your house on the market - Showings and Pets Selling a house - Showings When you are getting ready to put your house on the market, and you have pets you need to decide where the pets will be during showings. If you have pets that are caged (birds, reptiles, hamsters etc.) or if you have a fish tank you probably do not need to make any special arrangements. Check though that there are no strange odors near the cages and look to make sure the cages and the areas around them are clean, since that could be a turn … (1 comments)
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sellers: Knock knock - curb appeal of your front door - 08/31/08 04:02 PM
Selling a house in Lone Tree CO?
Knock, Knock - curb appeal of your front door - Seller Series Getting ready to sell a home in Lone Tree CO? How is your curb appeal? What kind of first impression does your house leave to the buyers as they pull up to your curb? Step outside and take an objective look at the front entrance to your house. Buyers will be standing in front of your front door for a few moments before entering, as their agent gets the key from the lockbox. This gives the buyers time to form an … (0 comments)
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sellers: Selling a house in Lone Tree CO - Grassy does it - Seller Series - 08/30/08 08:25 PM
Selling a house in Lone Tree CO - Grassy does it - Seller Series
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence... well it shouldn't be!
If you have a house to sell in Highlands Ranch CO or are thinking about selling a house in Lone Tree Colorado, take a look outside at your front yard. What do you see? How does it look? Are there "dead" spots on your grass?If you front lawn looks great, that is excellent! If it doesn't look so good, why should you care? Well, you are trying to get top dollar for … (0 comments)
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sellers: FSBO - many ways to lose a Buyer - 08/20/08 12:31 PM
FSBO - 50 ways to lose a lover buyer If you are thinking about selling your house FSBO, please read on... there are many ways to lose a buyer. A buyer has found a townhome to purchase. The buyer is able and willing and is paying cash. The townhome is for sale by owner. The homes is nice, and would work perfectly for the buyer. It seems like a good deal thinks the buyer.
After the buyer explains that she is really interested the FSBO proceeds to tell her the rules! Here are the three main rules: #1 you (buyer) are … (1 comments)
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sellers: Selling a House in Highlands Ranch - How to Net LESS! - 08/15/08 12:11 PM
Selling a House in Highlands Ranch CO - How Sellers can net LESS Are you thinking about selling a house in Highlands Ranch Colorado? Are you going to use a Highlands Ranch Realtor® to help you with the sale of your house?
If you are, here is a story of sellers who managed to lower their net proceeds from the sale and put less of the green stuff in their pockets.
(I apologize now - this is a fairly long story) Episode 1 One sunny summer day home owners decide it is time to sell their house (or put the house … (1 comments)
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sellers: Homes selling like Hot Cakes - Home Sales in Denver - 06/05/08 02:22 PM
Homes are Selling in Denver, CO
Hot Areas of Denver for home sales: Highlands Ranch Homes for Sale, Lone Tree Homes for Sale, Parker Homes for Sale and more! Ok, we are the first to admit that we are a bit suprised. For the last 2 months or so, there has been a changing wind blowing in the Denver Real Estate Market. Yes, there are still some nayh sayers and people who insist this is a buyers market, but - a big BUT, the proof is in the pudding. 12 out of the last 14 or so offers we have written for … (0 comments)
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