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Are You A Victim Of The Market? Vancouver WA Real Estate

Reblogger John March
Services for Real Estate Pros with Charisma Media Group, LLC 50622

Sellers of homes Bulffton South Carolina--if you need to sell you home in  30 days, instead of 30 weeks, there are two things you need to consider to NOT become a victim of our real estate market. This blog post by an active rain colleague about his market area applies to us here in South Carolina, too. It is worth reading

Original content by Mark Hall

Are You A Victim Of The Market? Vancouver WA Real Estate

It seems that you can barely turn on the news without hearing about how "The Market" has taken another victim. It seems this market has been indiscriminately targeting sellers and their agents and casting hexes on them. Their homes have been sitting for sale for weeks and months and years without any visits or offers. Certainly, they must be "victims" of the market! Right?

What do we know about victims?

1.  They think that they have no responsibility in their fate. Whatever it is, it has happened to them.

2.  They think that there is nothing that they could have done to prevent the outcome from happening. Their actions did not affect the results.

3.  They always have something else to blame their fate on. (The market, the weather, their agent, their neighbor, etc.)

Vancouver WA Real EstateI hate to be the bearer of bad news but, if you have a home that has been sitting on the market for weeks and months and years without any visits or offers, you either need to start listening to your Realtor® or get a new agent.

The answer to your dilemma is quite simple. You are either over priced or the condition of your home doesn't warrant the price that you are asking. (i.e.; You are over priced!) There are a huge number of homes selling in this market and some are selling in just a few short weeks.

Don't be a victim! If your home isn't selling, then you need to do one of two things: listen to your agent's pricing recommendations or find a new agent! There are no victims of the market. There are only sellers who sold their homes and sellers with over priced homes. Which do you want to be?

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Comments(2)

Mary Jo Quay
H360homes.com - Minneapolis, MN
I Move You Home

This brings to question of what are the magic words to bring all of us out of denial?  Sellers say that they 'need' a certain price point to get out from under.  Agents blame 'them,' for not hearing us. If they aren't hearing us, we have to better communication with our clients to both hear and trust us.  Sometimes, we as agents, feel that both the buyers and sellers make irrational decisions based on what everyone else is telling them.  The truth is that we have to hone our interview skills to find out what they are really thinking before everyone spins wheels.

I've been guilty of not spending enough time up front, or caving into the demands of a client without telling them that we are going nowhere.   In going through a few buyer's packets it was clear that we offer to work 24/7 to find the elusive dream, and will spin until they are happy.  So, who painted this picture?

Jan 09, 2010 12:59 AM
John March
Charisma Media Group, LLC - Bluffton, SC
"Engage, connect, prosper" (Matt 6:33)

Mary Jo, thanks for your comment.

I think being brutally frank works. I tell sellers, I will tell them the truth. I give them a total market picture.

I ask them what they think their home should sell for and how fast they'd like to accomplish that. I explain the impact of an asking price that is "above market." Then, based on the facts--I tell them what I believe their home must be listed for to accomplish their objectives. For sellers who are not motivated, you can expect that they will always want more than the market--and these folks will waste your time...

 

Jan 09, 2010 01:23 AM