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seller: Do it NOW!!! - 02/17/09 11:40 AM
If you are planning to sell your home in Silverdale, Bremerton, Poulsbo or anywhere else in Kitsap County, I have some advice for you: list your home for sale ASAP!
If you are planning to move away from Kitsap County WA in the next 6 to 8 months, you need to list your home as soon as you possibly can. You need to price it very competitively, stage it beautifully, and find an agent who will market it very aggressively.
Why list your Kitsap County home for sale now if you aren't planning to move for six months? Because the numbers say you should.
Right … (4 comments)
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seller: What does it cost me to have you as my Buyer's Agent? - 02/15/09 10:42 PM
You'd be amazed at how many people never ask....
Actually, it's a great system for Buyers. When a Seller lists his property with an agent, he agrees to pay the real estate agent a certain percentage of the sales price. The Seller's agent then puts the property in an enormous database, which is called the Northwest Multiple Listing Service in Kitsap County real estate lingo. The listed home is then available for other real estate agents to access and show to potential buyers.
If another agent brings in a client to purchase the property, the Seller's agent splits his commission with the … (44 comments)
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seller: Adding Absorption Rates to Listing Presentations - 02/27/08 02:20 PM
What is the absorption rate in your area? Do you know? Do you use them in your listing presentations?
The absorption rate is the percentage of homes on the market that sell in any given month. The absorption rate assumes that no other homes will be listed before the current inventory runs out. Therefore, make sure your sellers realize that the absorption rate is used as a guideline, that other homes will come on the market in the meantime.
When used in a listing presentation, the absorption rate will give sellers a good idea of how long they can expect it to take before … (12 comments)
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seller: Dangers of Overpricing Your Home - 11/03/07 01:41 AM
Many Sellers have the mistaken idea that they should price their home a little higher than they expect to get for the sale of their home. Please, do NOT fall into this trap! In today's market, homes need to be priced aggressively in order to attract ready, willing and able Buyers right away, in order to get the highest net return.
If you overprice your home, many Buyers won't even look at your home, thinking it is out of their price range.
Those Buyers who do look at your home are shopping by comparison, and looking at your home may convince them to make a bid … (2 comments)
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Marlene Scheffer, Realtor to Kitsap County, WA
Bremerton,
WA
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Address: 2135 Sheridan Road, Suite F, Bremerton, WA, 98310
Office Phone: (360) 377-5699
Cell Phone: (360) 689-6836
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Here you will find my thoughts and insights into the real estate market in general, as well as tips for Sellers, Buyers, current Homeowners and other real estate agents. Many of the market updates will apply specifically to Kitsap County, in other words, Silverdale, Bremerton, Poulsbo, Port Orchard, Kingston, and all areas in between. Many of the trends seen in Kitsap will overflow to surrounding cities, such as Gig Harbor, Belfair, Allyn, and even Bainbridge Island. I hope you will find this blog helpful and useful.
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