If you want to sell your house in New Milford, you are going to have to kiss quite a few of those suckers.
One comment I hear over and over again from sellers (many of whom are not on their first go round) is that they only want serious buyers to come look. I know it is difficult to get the house ready for a showing. And it is so disappointing when those frogs don't like it, for whatever reason. The neighborhood, the colors inside the house (yes they can paint, no they don't want to), it's too close to whatever, it's too far away. Yes, you think they would have known ALL of these things if they looked at the photos, looked at a map. But they want to buy a house, and it isn't chump change they are paying. So they want to make sure they see EVERYTHING they possibly can before they decide. And your house passed the online test.
My advice is... kiss as many frogs as possible. You never know which one will turn into that much coveted prince (ss, as the case may be)!
I just ran a few stats for New Milford, CT. According to the MLS, pucker up baby!
The absorption rate in New Milford today is 20 MONTHS. That means if no other homes come on the market it will take 20 MONTHS to sell our current inventory. Last month it was 12 months. That is still a long, long time. Of course that could change by the end of the month as more sales happen. But it will still be high.
And that's not all.... the average days on market right now is a whopping 273 days! Last month it was 185.
So, my advice to you is this. Kiss any and every frog that comes along. You never know which one of those frogs is the one.
It is a buyers market here in New Milford, CT. Still. It has been for quite a while. If you are reading about other places in the United States that have a robust real estate market, remember, they kissed their frogs. And now they don't have to kiss quite to many to sell.
The bottom line is this. If you want to sell there are a few things you MUST do.
- Clean it up, spruce it up, make it look as good as you possibly can. Inside AND outside.
- Hire an agent that will present your home in the best light possible.
Make sure you price it according to:
- the local real estate market
- the condition of your home
- the location of your home
Do not price it according to what you need to get. If you NEED to get more than it's worth, that is a horse of a different color.
And most importantly, pucker up baby, you got a lot of frogs to kiss!
If you want to know how much your home is worth in THIS real estate market in New Milford, CT, give me a call at 203.460.1775. I can help you to get over your ranidaphobia. (fear of frogs). I will also show you my unique marketing program, designed to get you as many frogs as possible to kiss so that you can find the prince!
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