Hmmmmmm . . . No, You Didn't Change the Price -- Best Real Estate Practices
Maybe it was a mistake? Why would anyone play games on a listing that has been active on the MLS for only thirteen days? What do you think?
Who remembers the song "Games People Play"?
"Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean"I was reminded of the song toay when I was looking up some listing for clients I'm working with. I noticed a property had a "Price Change" . . . here's how it appeard in the multiples:
See those little boxes to the right? That "H" in the purple box is the HISTORY of the listing. I clicked on it because I was curious to see what the priced "changed" to.
Reading from the bottom up . . . the property was original listed on 7/8/012 for $325,000. Today the price was "changed" {wink, wink} to $249,900 . . . and just as quickly as it was changed FROM $249,900 it was changed back to . . . .
THE ORIGINAL LIST PRICE.
This "price change" was only done to get the listing into the PRICE CHANGE category and get it under agent's noses again.
Oh the games people play.
I just hope that all the price changes done to this listing today . . .down to $249,900 . . . they back up to $325,000 was all SIGNED OFF by their client. Because last time I checked, price changes had to be approved by the seller.
BEST REAL ESTATE PRACTICES: DO NOT change list price up and down (or down and up) just to manipulate the listing in the MLS.
OOPSIE DOODLE -- why do I get the feeling that the seller doesn't have a clue?!?
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