pricing your home to sell: Is Pricing Stalling Home Sales? - 11/14/11 01:32 AM
Is Pricing Stalling Home Sales?
Recent Survey Results: 87% of buyers by survey want a “no fixes” home 67% of buyers think homes are overpriced 77% of sellers have their home overpriced  
No one thinks our Grand Rapids housing market is as normal
as it used to be.  But many disagree on why.  Most Sellers think
their home is worth more than it really is.  And most Buyers
think the home of their dreams will be available at fire sale prices. 
How do the two sides ever come together to engage in a home sale?
 

 
Each of … (3 comments)

pricing your home to sell: Why Pricing is Soooo Crucial to the Sale of your Home - 10/06/08 10:24 AM
When we sit down with potential clients to list their home, there are so many issues
 and hot buttons to discuss.  Inevitably we come to the one where we really have to
agree  to get the home sold quickly and for the most money. 
                 P-R-I-C-E Most homeowners want to start high and then come down - if they have to - to sell.
Of course, they are hoping their home is an exception, it will sell for more than the
market value of all the other homes in the area.  We see this over and over again.
If you don't price your … (8 comments)

pricing your home to sell: I'm Upside Down! Bad Solution # 3 ~ Let's Raise the Price & Discount the Commission!! - 08/29/08 05:38 AM
In making follow up calls on my listing appointments the other day, I was served
this solution to a seller's dilemma: " Oh, I listed for a higher price and with an
agent who agreed to discount their commission."
Geez. Good luck with that.  The Seller, hereafter known as TS paid more for the home than it is worth today.
TS has been in the home less than 3 years.   TS is listed above the current market
price.  TS has tried a limited service broker for over 6 months and  agreed that
they did little to help him.  TS hasn't had any real … (8 comments)

 
Terry & Bonnie Westbrook, Westbrook Realty - Grand Rapids Forest Hills MI Re (Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner)

Terry & Bonnie Westbrook

Westbrook Realty - Grand Rapids Forest Hills MI Re

Grand Rapids, MI

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Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner

Address: 5673 Far Hill Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546

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