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Dangers of Over Pricing your Home

By
Real Estate Agent with Bankers Realty

1. MINIMIZES OFFERS

An Overpriced house discourages prospective buyers from making offers since thedifference between the asking price and market price becomes substanial.

 2. AGENT ENTHUSIASM AND RESPONSE

Agents lose interest in property that is overpriced. They do not spend as much time showing the house as they would if it were priced right.

3. QUALIFIED BUYER EXPOSURE

Overpriced houses fail to attract qualified buyers, or attract "wrong" buyers

4.DECLINE IN SHOWINGS

Agents Avoid showing overpriced houses in order not to lose credibility with buyers

5. LOSES PROSPECTS FROM SIGNS

Prospects who learn about the house from the sign get turned off if it is overpriced. They do not pursue the matter to even see the house

6. LIMITS FINANCING

Financial institutions and mortgage companies finance only a [ercentage of the real value of the house. If the house is overpriced, they usually will finance a lower percentage, thus reducing the available financing.

7. WASTE OF ADVERTISING DOLLARS

A house that is unrealistically priced fails to get normal advertising response. This reduces the effectiveness of advertising and results in the loss of advertising dollars.

8. LESS FOR SELLER

Eventually market interest in the overpriced property completly declines. As the stage is reached, the seller becomes desperate and he begins to feel he would sell at any price. In the meantime, he or she must bear maintenance and holding cost. The net results is that the seller gets much less than he could if the house was correctly priced in the first place

 

Connor T. MacIvor
RE/MAX Gateway - Santa Clarita, CA
661.400.1720

Fantastic.  That is good for flash-cards..  Very good....

All My Best,

Connor MacIVOR

Sep 06, 2007 10:23 AM
Faith LaRosse
Springer Realty Group - Limerick, PA
Serving Berks, Chester & Montgomery Counties

So true, Barbara!  Sellers usually think, "Oh well, if it's too high, I'll just drop it later." They don't realize all that goes on in between that time.

Faith LaRosse

Sep 06, 2007 10:53 AM
Lori Lincoln And Associates
Top Agent Serving Dighton Taunton, Rehoboth and more! - Taunton, MA
Top Agent Taunton,Dighton Rehoboth &more
Now if we can get the agents who just take any listing to stop it already..maybe some of the homes will sell!
Sep 06, 2007 12:27 PM