Buying or Selling a Home - Your investment or retirement

No one wants to lose money selling a home. That’s why the government provides countless subsidies to encourage home ownership, including tax relief. In normal markets, homes outpace inflation by about one to two percent annually, but when markets heat up, home owners have the opportunity to net more. The downside is that overheated markets eventually return to the “mean,” or typical appreciation. In doing so, some markets overcorrect, leaving sellers short.

With many employers no longer providing retirement funds, and social security at risk for the next generation, many home owners want their property to fill the financial shortfall. While that’s possible, it’s not a consideration in pricing your home. Your buyer will not want to pay for you to move up, for your retirement, or for equity you may have removed from the property in order to pay for college educations, furniture, or credit card loans. 

The bottom line is that no buyer will pay more than a home is worth in the current market. They may have paid more in the past, and they may pay more in the future, but what they pay today is a matter of supply and demand.

If you want to sell your home quickly and for the most money possible, price to entice buyers, and let them see for themselves that your home is in best condition for the neighborhood.

Anthony Stokes Pereira (845) 624-8100 Ext. 188

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

I can help you with every aspect of buying or selling your home because I'm experienced, because I am a Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Real Estate Professional . . . and because I care.

As your Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Sales Professional, I will provide you with the information you need to make an educated decision.

The relationship between a home buyer or seller and their agent is based on trust, shared goals and understanding. I strive to continually improve and to do this I listen and take the needs and wants into consideration.

For assistance with any of your real estate needs, please contact me, whether it's to get started on helping you realize your goals and dreams, or just to ask a question - no pressure, no hassle, no obligation - just a friendly conversation. I would welcome the opportunity to make a difference for you.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate - Rand Realty, founded in 1984, is the No. 1 real estate brokerage in the Greater Hudson Valley with 25 offices serving Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Rand has more than 800 sales associates, as well as a commercial real estate company (Rand Commercial Services), mortgage company (Rand Mortgage), title company (Hudson Abstract Services) and insurance agency (The Hudson Group Insurance Agency). The company’s Web sites are: randrealty.com, randcommercial.com, randmortgage.com, www.hudsonabstract.com and www.hudson-group.com. Rand Realty is also on Facebook and Twitter. Anthony Stokes Pereira web site www.anthonystokespereira.com . Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.