buying: Making the offer
- 05/28/08 08:00 PM
Hey are you ready to make an offer? When you prepare an offer to purchase a home, you already know the seller's asking price. But what price are you going to offer and how do you come up with that figure? Determining your offer price is a three-step process. First, you look at recent sales of similar properties to come up with a price range. Then, you analyze additional data, such as the condition of the home, improvements made to the property, current market conditions, and the circumstances of the seller. This will help you settle on a price you think … (0 comments)
buying: Name Branding.
- 05/28/08 05:16 PM
Does name branding matter? Well let's consider the last time you were out of town, perhaps striking up conversation with someone on a plane and the topic of conversation gets to relocation. Not only is our relocation department tops but when local real estate companies without name branding are not only missing out on millions of dollars of creative and directional advertising but they're also harder names to remember. Remembering Coldwell Banker however is not difficult to do and just for that very reason. Can you see the benefit to not only buyers but sellers in that kind of branding? … (3 comments)
buying: Look on the court house steps! Where is everybody?
- 03/15/08 03:18 AM
Remember when the foreclosures first started hitting the market and investors clamored on the court house steps? Where did everybody go? You know what that means? I think it means hey... now is the REAL time to buy! The only folks you see today on the court house steps are the banks buying back the loans. Of-coarse that raises another issue, or sad tale for those insurance companies they're looking to have pay off the loan. That's why you'll see the banks buy back at $114,000.00 and put it on the market for $100,000.00 a month later. They're getting their money from the … (2 comments)
Hey are you ready to make an offer? When you prepare an offer to purchase a home, you already know the seller's asking price. But what price are you going to offer and how do you come up with that figure?;)
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