Selling Your Condo In A Seller’s Market
If you’re thinking that just because you are selling your home in a seller’s market you can ask whatever price you wish for it, you are absolutely right. You CAN ask for whatever price you want. But that doesn’t mean you are going to get it. Many homeowners make the mistake of thinking that there are 10 buyers lined up in front of each home that’s for sale and all of them are just hoping you’ll pick THEM to sell your house to. However the reality is when you’re selling your home in a seller’s market you’ve got to be just as reasonable regarding your asking price as you do at any other time.
The simplest definition of a seller’s market is that there are far more buyers looking for homes than there are homes for sale. This will have an impact on the economy, the perceived value of your home, and the price you can ask for it. But banks usually will not loan more than 80% eighty percent of the appraised value of the property so you home still needs to be priced at or close to the appraised value if you expect anyone to be in a position to get the financing to buy it.
And with the recent changes within the economy these restrictions get tighter each day. That already means that anyone who desires to buy your home is going to have to come up with a substantial down payment on their own just to make up the difference between the appraised value and the market value. You might have to sit on that house for a while if you are asking for even more than market value.
One mistake that homeowners make when trying to sell in a seller’s market usually happens during the first week the home is on the market. All of a sudden there are Real Estate agents bringing folks through their home 2or3 times each day and there’s a flurry of activity. By the end of the first week there is an offer on the table that is not quite what the seller is asking for however the agent positively feels it’s negotiable. And then the seller turns the offer down and tells the agent they need to raise the asking price! They’ve clearly priced it too low. Look at all of those folks who’ve been here and it’s only been on the market for a week.
But what that seller fails to realize is that that flurry of activity is only going to last one or 2 weeks because the house has just come on the market and everybody wants to see it. However that doesn’t mean that everybody wants to pay his asking price and they definitely will not want to look at it again if he raises the price even more. If the first offer you receive on your house is within reason and has room for negotiation, it’s often in the sellers best interest to work with it and get the house sold. Whether it is a seller’s market or not, people are still only going to pay what the house is worth.
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