I live in Overland Park, Kansas and want to find someone who really understands the reals estate market in my neighbood. I think finding someone who is selling homes within the last few months will probably be a good indicator of this knowledge. How do I find out which agency or agents are selling homes as the listing agent? Is there a website with this information.
2006-09-15 03:52:27 · 7 answers · asked by maxton 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You can go to www.realtor.com and type in the zip code of Overland Park. It will pull up listings for you, along with realtor information. Good luck.
2006-09-15 04:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Designchc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different subject: selling early can be beneficial.
Not sure if this would help. Usually, a housing market correction last for years. It is unlikely things will brighten up in a few months, afterall, this bubble took 5 years for form.
It might be better to give some discount so you unload the house quickly and can use the gain of the home to make money elsewhere quickly. At the same time, you will save money by not paying mortgage for the next 5 months.
For example, if mortgage is $2500/mo. and you have $300,000 gain sitting in the house, by selling it now rather than 5 months later will save you $12500. It will also earn you as much as $7000 from interests (Assuming CD are paying 5.5% or higher).
Total financial benefit for selling early would be $20,000. I would give buyer some discount just because of that.
Finally, keeping a house in selling condition is a lot of work. If your realtor does staging, it costs extra to rent furnitures. If you are living in the unit, it takes extra effort to keep it clean. So, sell it fast!
http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/08/real_estate/caught_in_the_bubble/index.htm?postversion=2006090814
http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/05/real_estate/Ofheo_home_prices/index.htm?postversion=2006090514
2006-09-15 22:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by Price is what you pay for value. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your question arises from your beginning to locate an agency to sell your property, you should ask the different real estate agencies that you interview in that process to provide you with a broker's price opinion on your property but to include the name of the selling agency for the properties used as comparables in determining the price opinion of your property. This will give you an indication of who is selling what in your area and the prevelant values. This opinion is not an appraisal but a marketing tool used by licensees to determine what the market is doing in a specific area.
Buena Suerte
2006-09-15 04:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by newmexicorealestateforms 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up several large real estate companies in your area and call up the office manager. Tell him or her that you want to talk to an agent in your area with large listing inventory. Proceed to interview at least 3 agents and you want them to tell you how many listings the have currently and how many they have sold in the last 6 months.
Talking to the managers is important because they would want to send incoming business to their good agents who will price them right, get them sold and bring in a commission.
Good luck.
2006-09-15 05:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a great site to check out local agents with links to their personal websites so you can do a little research and browse their listings before you contact them. http://www.realestateforsaleinkansas.com
I'd check out the "featured" agents first, but if none of them cover your area the others in the directory are lovely as well.
Good luck!
2006-09-15 12:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this site for some realtors
http://realestateagentlive.com/index.php
2006-09-15 14:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by Matt J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any realtor's office can help you with that.
2006-09-15 03:56:08 · answer #7 · answered by Medical and Business Information 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋