(I understand the market is slow))Currently i reside in Maryland, and i DESPERATELY need to sell my house due to school districts , before the beginning of the school year.
My house has been on the market for 4 months and we have gone through fixing appliances and cleaning the house throwing junk away , painting, planting ..basically my house is in perfect condition .. its better then when i bought it .. i have put flowers on the outside (a lovely garden)
i have lowered the price to 310,00 . Its the lowest price in the neighborhood . I even bought new carpet and i still cant get my house to sell .I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!! Its getting so stressful and i have to moveeeeeeeee! I have IMPROVED my house alot .... Anyone have any suggestions?
2007-07-17 18:49:47 · 5 answers · asked by pleazehunnayy3 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Yes,, the answer is above!!!
Make your house smell good and someone will buy it....
THAT'S the advice you get for free. PUH-LLEEESE
You think that the TV show gets every house sold ?
They ONLY show you the ones that make for good TV.
Simply, there may be no buyers in your price range. People are absolutely fooled about the "value" of their house and their equity and paper profits.
Unfortunately you have found this out the hard way.
It's all supply and demand. Imagine what would happen if 2 or 3 times the number of people were trying to sell houses today. It would be a small % of homes, but prices would plummet. It still could happen.
Raise the % commission offered to the selling agent, and keep your fingers crossed.
2007-07-17 20:35:02 · answer #1 · answered by CommonCents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When push comes to shove like that you could consider a lease to purchase or simply lease the house or rent it by the month through a managment company who can keep an eye on the place if you can't. If you have to sell the place in order to buy another then you might be SOL. You might find it easier to just lease your home for about 1.5 times the mortgage payment and then you wouldn't have to come up with so much to rent in the district you want to live in. It sounds like you have done everything you can think of but why not watch that show on Saturdays called Sell This House...it is amazing what they do to fix a house up to the point that it sells right away after having been on the market longer than yours...just an idea...good luck.
2007-07-17 18:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by LEC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relax you only need one buyer, if your house is listed make sure the realtor is advertising and showing it. Open houses don't always work and are mostly a way for real estate sales people to meet future buyers of other houses but sometimes they do work. I and my mother each bought houses at open houses and my brother sold his by owner at an open house.
Besides keeping the house sparkling clean and uncluttered make sure it smells nice. If you ever had pets ask people without pets to come sniff your house. Sprinkle a bit of cinnamon in a warm oven just before lookers come and never ever cook smelly foods while selling. A sparkling kitchen or bathroom with a faint scent of Pinesol smells cleaner then one with vanilla candles.
2007-07-17 19:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verify the interior is sparkling and uncluttered. Even the closets and storerooms. do not sell off it outdoors or interior the storage in case you have one; positioned it in storage in case you want to maintain it. This contains all that stuff on the table and the counters. Out! not interior the cabinets or under the counter tops. in case you employ some thing in many situations, verify it particularly is sparkling, yet shop it off the countertop. not lots on the partitions. fix up small paint or wallpaper defects. Shine all timber with a severe-high quality wax polish. eliminate airborne dirt and dust. Get the crud out of the corners and under the furnishings. fix all small problems, like cracked living house windows, broken sash cords. Wash the living house windows interior and out, inclusive of the hurricane living house windows. by ability of the time you're performed, you will desire to be asking your self why you want to sell such a severe-high quality living house. finally, bake some thing chocolate till now skill customers come.
2016-10-21 21:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Contact a real estate agency and request a QUICK SALE
2) Auction...making your lowest price the starting bid
3) Contact HGTV or TLC websites and look for shows such as "SELL THIS HOUSE"..."BUY ME"..."MOVING UP"
4) Offer incentives (thru the agency) that whoever successfully buys the house (loan approved, papers signed, closing over, etc) get a gift....Theater tickets...Gift card for dinner...Gift card for Home Depot, Lowes, etc
2007-07-17 19:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋