Good point, Mary.  Some buyers also need to be educated that although the market may be slow, there is still not blood in the streets (thank goodness).

Brian,

I totally agree!  Thanks for the response.  Have a great week end! 

I usually tell buyers that a builder does not negotiate very much if at all.  We have one builder who prices his houses the same whether he sells it or an agent sells it.  I love his doing that.  But he does not negotiate;  the price is firm.  I wish all of them were that way.

Barbara,

Thanks for the response! 

I do agree with you Mary. I hope you might have had some bad experience because of this.

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Mary, I always think about days on the market when I list new construction. I try to wait untill I can get a decent picture of the exterior and then I list. I worry that listing to early may make the listing get cold as the realtors show it at first then by the time it's done it's not new anymore and kind of forgotten.

Maybe I should be listing earlier??

Sasha,

Thanks for the response.  Have a great weekend!

Jennifer,

The last builder home I sold was barely framed.  I have sold them with just the footings poured.  I think we need to list early, and educate the Realtors!

Well in that case I better get out there and list Diamond Key!!!

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This is a very valid point. My husband is also a builder and it drives him crazy when people look at the days on market thinking they can make a lower offer. I may just do an informational on this very subject.

Katharine,

Thanks for the response.  Your husband is like mine, low offers he does not like.