On 4/2/17 9:11 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 4/2/2017 9:56 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 4/2/17 7:43 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 19:24:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 4/2/2017 7:08 PM, Markem wrote:


Go check out realty ads, craigslist or Realtor.com, zillow.

The pictures that kill me are when the house is stuffed to
the gills, but the pics are that nice soft focus (blurry).
You can tell the staged ones. My preference when looking at
houses, empty my imagination can fill it.

I doubt anyone has kept statistics that are valid as to
which sell best though, the messy one though are probably
last.


Most people depends on the money from the sale of their house
to use as downpayment on the new one so they want to sell
before moving. If the house is empty, why? Overpriced?
Problem with structure?
+1 -,or more


Unfortunately, that shows a blatant disregard for recent home
values and trends in the market. Our last house wasn't anything
close to what you'd consider luxury or high value, but we sold in 3
days and that was only because it took that long for the bidding
war to calm down. The home we bought was on the market for several
hours when we made our offer which was accepted within a couple
days only because it took that long for inspection. The way the
recent housing market is, homes are selling for tens of thousands
more than they were worth only a year ago and they are selling, not
in months, weeks, or day, but hours-- many much higher than
listing.

People in many housing markets can well afford to empty and stage
their homes, move into a hotel for a week, store their belongings
in PODS, and make a profit that will make these expenses seems like
peanuts.


I think that whether a house sells and how fast depends on the area
the house was located. You count not expect the same price and turn
around in North Carolina, Florida, New York City, and Los Angeles.

We have not been in the market for over 5 years, but watching the
house around us it seems like it is taking between 3 and 6 months,
and they are getting close to their asking price.


This whole debate has been over a specific selling trend that caters to
a specific buying trend. You can't say a strategy doesn't work just
because you don't see those trends in your local market. The strategy
works in hot markets and those are the markets in which it is being
used, and used very effectively.


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