Over the weekend I showed homes to a couple who were considering a move-up purchase here in Prince William County Virginia. They were going to rent their current home, so they are ready, willing and able buyers! So I took them out to take a look at the homes that are currently on the market and in their price range.
One of the homes on the list was of particular interest to my buyer client since it appeared to have everything they wanted. The only issue was, it was priced significantly higher than the competition and it has been on the market for months. The first question they had was why? One step inside the door and we learned why:
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The seller insisted on giving all us a guided tour. Sellers please remember, what is important to you may not be important to the buyer. He was over the top, boasting about all the features of his home.
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The rooms were dated, dark, and the interior of this twenty year old home still had original fixtures and lighting.My client obviously did not like the house, however non of us wanted to be rude to the homeowner. So we listened as we walked the house with him.
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As we were trying to leave and were making small talk about utilities and the cost of running the home. The seller says, oh we don't concern ourselves with those costs to much, we make sure we are warm and cool in the summer. "We live comfortably, since we do not have a mortgage."
- So not only did we not get a good answer regarding the true costs of running the home
- You can bet if my clients liked the home the offer would be a LOW BALL OFFER!
If you are considering Selling Your Home in 2010, call me, let me help you. The last thing you want to do in this market is leave thousands on the table because you are not positioned well in the market and you sit and sit and then have to deal with all the buyers concerns that something is wrong with the house. Or you say something that will be costly in negotiations.
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Contact Peggy James or Erick Blackwelder of Erick and Company of Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-851-3085 (Peggy) or 703-590-2252 (Office).If you are a homeowner who has a home to sell, we have buyers ready and waiting for nice homes to come on the market. Give us a call and we can "GET YOUR HOME SOLD FAST" to list your property for sale we service Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Manassas, Manassas Park, Haymarket,Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Gainesville, Aquia Harbor, Garrisonville and Triangle area's .
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