homes for sale arizona: REALTORS® Need to stand up to reality
- 09/10/10 02:59 AM
There is a posting today by a Keller Williams agent in Portland, OR about how she declined to take a land listing from an unrealistic seller. She should be congratulated many times over! There is a business model being followed by many agents in my community, and elsewhere I assume, that says take any listing you can as by so doing you will control the inventory when the market turns around. It sounds like a good plan on the surface, but I could not buy into it. I feel you have to be honest with people, just like the above agent. (3 comments)
homes for sale arizona: What to do with too much inventory?
- 12/07/09 03:35 AM
Last Friday I ran a list of homes for sale in my market and listed on the Tucson MLS. It is astounding! The number just keeps on rising. The tally was 97 and there are several other homes listed elsewhere. Our normal sales level is about 35 and our normal number of homes for sale is about 45, with 60 being off the charts in the past. I believe everyone of the local REALTORS® is doing what they can to attract buyers, but it seems we just attract more and more sellers. I'm looking for any novel ideas out there to (2 comments)