getting no showings while my neighbors sell their homes!!! (feedback, appraiser, agent)

[cab0ad]

I have a home on the market and has been for 60 days or so. I've only had 4 showings total. My real estate agent told us its because noone is really looking right now, especially in our area. but our neighborhood has had 2 sales in the past 2 weeks!!! we haven't had anyone even look at us in the past 2 weeks! our homes are comparable and ours was listed 10,000 cheaper than 1 of them and 20,000 cheaper than the other! what can I do to get some more traffic??? We've already dropped the price 5,000 and we've added a home warranty and closing costs. No feedback from the 4 people who did look. we have plenty of pics and a virtual tour too. here's a link: REALTOR.com: Find a Home - Listing Detail

what can we do to get more traffic? Its discouraging to not have any showings and see all of your neighbors selling!

[Roma]

Just some thoughts:

Did the 4 showings give any feedback at all even if they were negative? Anything?

Is your agent advertising your home, besides with Realtor dot com?

Does he make himself available?

I knew of a house for sale at the beach and the agent selling the home could hardly ever be reached. He lived over a hour away and was their family friend. That is why they used him but no one ever was able to see the house because they couldn't get a hold of him to show them the home. The home was a multi million dollar home and it was their second home so they were never there either. To see the home you had to have their agent show it to you with yours of course. It was in their contract.
It sat there for sale for a looooong time. I guess the owners were in no hurry to sell their home?

[rrah]

Sometimes it doesn't matter if you're house is the least expensive in a neighborhood. If it doesn't have features a buyer wants, than a price difference of $10-20,000 might not make a difference to them. IAre those other houses the same style? Your's appears to be a tri-level. Some people just don't like the house style and won't look at them.

In looking at your listing photos it appears as if there is too much furniture in the master bedroom and overall. Some of the paint colors might turn people off. It's time to really, really move some stuff out of the house and depersonalize it. Then ask your agent to retake the photos.

[cab0ad]

We did remove furniture from the master bed and the nursery to make it look bigger. new pics were taken but never reposted. is the blue room really obtrusive?? our realtor said it was ok since the paint/wallpaper/bedspread all matched.

[mom2gurls]

Wow living in NY...I haven see a home under 200k in a decade..and yours is very nice.

Okay..first level seems very very nice..neutral colors and the like.

Second floor...wayyyyyyyy too much furniture..would be turnoff to me and I will tell you why..I have girls..and even the floor plan "works"..I would need to have a girl and boy to buy or go thru the effort of repainting the boys room and scraping off the border....of which alot of people wont do.

That is the biggest hinderance that I see..too much furniture in the bedrooms and the blue paint in the boyrs room. I think a solution would be...get rid of all the furniture (kids toys etc etc etc)..and if, if , if you can..throw a drop clothe down..and repaint at least the kids room in a neautral beige (like you have downstairs..it looks really nice)...retake the pics..and then go for it!

[Northwoods Voyager]

Whoa there...an agent unavailable is never an excuse. Other agents in his/her office should always be ready and willing to 'show' for the listing agent. The agent working for CabOad should have given her/him any and all comments, positive or negative. How else does the seller know just what feature, etc. is a turn-off or a plus? And CabOad, Have you had 'open houses'. Sometimes these are beneficial and at other locations a total dud. I know! Has your agent had an 'agents tour'? I would suggest a 'sit-down' w/your agent and go over any and all of your concerns. Work together on this. Let the agent know of your concerns and frustrations. I know my sellers and I have done this in the past for homes that seem to take longer to sell or have had so few showings. Of course some homes are in slow moving neighborhoods, which does not appear to be the problem in your area. Have you ever been in these 2 homes that sold? What makes/made them so different from your home. What features, staging, etc. did they have that you could use? From your pictures your home appears to present well. Again, talk to your agent. In my area we have said that there are basically three reasons why a property does not sell:
1. Price 2. Location 3. The agent

If the price has been set 'right' perhaps w/the assistance of an appraiser, ok.
Can't change the location But price accordingly and make curb appeal work for you.
Your agent must do her/his best in their marketing plan i.e. advertising, internet exposure, flyers, open houses (if area uses this as a sales tool),
contacts w/past clients.

In other words, some properties seem to just 'sit there' way longer than what seller and agent would like. We also like to say 'there is a buyer for every property'. Sometimes I feel like saying : 'yeah, right' when a listing sits there and doesn't sell as quickly as we originally thought it would. So, have you had your home appraised? I am not referring to a CMA. I wish you good luck and again just talk w/your agent in a friendly, concerned, neutral manner to work together. It may help.

[mom2gurls]

Oh is the master bath blue too? time to make that neautral as well.

[Northwoods Voyager]

So right, but I didn't want to appear too negative. Home does need to be de-furnished. A new word? And okay, the colours are a bit much. Plus the MB does need something to appeal to buyers. But overall not really so bad.

[Sgoldie]

Plant some flowers all around the base of those pine bushes in the front. The inside looks fine but the outside is too plain vanilla.

[Anu2]

I agree that the two small bedrooms seem to be too crowded. What are the dimensions of the two smallest bedrooms? They look quite small--I'm assuming that the furniture may be making them look smaller than they are. Did the other houses in your neighborhood have the same number of bedrooms and baths? Were they the same size bedrooms? How about the kitchens--were they upgraded?

Apart from that, I would try to better stage the bonus room (I'm assuming that's what the other room is). Everything is just pushed up against the wall so it's not inviting.