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Should I Sell My House- or wait? Tracy - Mountain House CA - Susan Goulding

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Crown Key Realty, Inc; Tracy & Mountain House Sales and Property Management 01490605

Should I sell my home in Tracy, CA? home for sale tracy ca, short sale tracy ca

There are several appropriate answers to this question....I'm only going to give one answer here.... more to come.

First - WHY? Why are you wanting to sell?

Simple question however your answer can make a difference on the answer.

IF you are selling because you have equity and the $800,000 house that you wanted to buy in 2002 is now on the market for $400,000 - yes 50% off.  It might be time to sell.  Yes I know you bought your house 10 years ago, and at one time it was appraised at $500,000... however you didn't refinance or take money out... so now your house will sell for $250,000... a 50% difference -- HOWEVER do the simple math --- the difference is you save $150,000 by buying now, as opposed to buying in 2002.

 

If you had paid $800,000 -- now can buy $400,000 -- difference $400,000

Current property was "worth" $500,000 less 50% $250,000 -- difference $250,000

so $400,000 - $250,000 = a SAVINGS OF $150,000.   - WE DIDN'T  EVEN TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOUR HOUSE PAYMENT WOULD BE....

Are you ready to buy your dream home?  Do you have equity? Call me - let's see what your dollar can buy you.

Catherine Ulrey
Keller Williams Capital City - Salem, OR
Equestrian and Acreage Property Specialist

I agree with your first question "why are you selling?"  It really does boil down to their motivation.

Aug 06, 2010 06:47 PM
Toni Dalrymple
Keller Williams, Serving Home Buyers and Sellers in Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield, CA
Selling Homes in Bakersfield, CA

I say sell now. There are a lot of homes in HAMP HAFA HARP limbo waiting to be resolved.  If these homeowners dont get a resolution soon, they will be vacant and future foreclosures.  There are alot of these in Tracy and Mountain House.  If they come onto the market at the same time, there could be another wave of falling prices and excess inventory.  No body knows for sure, but it looks like that may be a strong possibility.

 

Aug 06, 2010 08:35 PM
Susan Goulding
Crown Key Realty, Inc; Tracy & Mountain House Sales and Property Management - Tracy, CA
Northern CA - Tracy & Mountain House Real Estate

Catherine - Motivation is the key.

Toni - great point Toni -- shadow inventory is released all at once -- yikes.

Aug 07, 2010 11:27 AM
Yvette Chisholm
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Rockville, MD
Associate Broker - Rockville, MD 301-758-9500

move up in a down market!

Aug 07, 2010 12:20 PM