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12-01-2007, 09:01 AM
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Have you seen any SOLD signs, lately?
I drive extensively around Manassas every day. Yesterday it occurred to me, that I have not seen a SOLD sign in at least two months. There are hundreds of homes for sale. Did you see a SOLD sign in your neighborhood today? How long has it been? Where is your neighborhood?
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12-01-2007, 09:06 AM
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... but do realtors even put up "sold" signs? I mean, between the accepted offer and the closing, anything can happen. If anything, I might see "contract pending" but I'm not even in Manassas any longer so I don't know how homes are selling. Obviously not very well!
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12-01-2007, 09:38 AM
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The Post still publishes home sales on Thursday, so apparently houses still sell occasionally.
The SOLD sign is just an advertisement for the Realtor anyway.
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12-01-2007, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by car54
The Post still publishes home sales on Thursday, so apparently houses still sell occasionally.
The SOLD sign is just an advertisement for the Realtor anyway.
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Ah, good point. Sometimes they just leave it up for a long time just, as you say, for advertisement.
The real story about real estate in Manassas is probably that the upper tier of homes can't sell and/or prices are falling quite sharply in that range. Just sort of an educated guess. |
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12-01-2007, 11:18 AM
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You'll see several SOLD signs in the Cascades (north part of Sterling). The realtors leave them up just as long as they possibly can!
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12-01-2007, 11:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by normie
You'll see several SOLD signs in the Cascades (north part of Sterling). The realtors leave them up just as long as they possibly can!
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See, I wonder at what moment in time they put these up. Until you have closed, anything can happen - how embarrassing as well as confusing to have to take down a "sold" sign. Maybe it is between closing and the time the new person moves in that they keep these up?
PS - I know Sterling very, very well. In the late 90s, I would drive from McLean to Algonkian Park every weekend so that my puppy could swim. Plus I had friends in Potomac Falls, and Sterling on the other side of 7. And I used to shop at the Target - is that Sterling?
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12-01-2007, 11:37 AM
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Not sold in a while, but there are two homes now under contract in my particular neighborhood in Cascades this week. Yea!!
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12-01-2007, 11:39 AM
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Not sold in a while, but there are two homes now under contract in my particular neighborhood in Cascades this week. Yea!!
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Maybe these are the folks from this forum we've sent that way??? |
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12-01-2007, 11:43 AM
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If that is the case, that would be great! We have two more for sale actually, both under $600K now - great neighborhood!
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12-01-2007, 12:37 PM
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They sure did used to put up the SOLD sign on top of their FOR SALE SIGN. I haven't seen any UNDER CONTRACT signs lately, either.
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