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Any NJers here having a tough time selling there house before moving to NC?
I had mine listed as FSBO, and over the weekend I put it up with Century21 so it can go on MLS and realtor.com. But I have only had people ask for info and thats it. House is priced for the market.
Unfortunately the NJ market, and many others, have softened. We moved from NJ to MN in 2005. Now have home here listed since early May with hopes of moving to Charlotte area-have had 6 showings and an Open House which was a big disappointment. Have faith, if it's priced right, etc it will sell.
The priced right part is extremely important! We are in South Florida and are currently awaiting the appraisal report for our own house (which is currently under contract.) Many homes in the area have not appraised at or near the contracted price and have caused financing deals to fall through. A savvy realtor should be able to help you analyze comps and price right! Good Luck!
Well our house is priced at what other local houses sold for in the last 3 months..i put the house few dollars higher so there will be room for negotiation. There are alot of browsers, not buyers
Not sure abt florida but we listed our home in tega cay, fortmill area and i am having trouble selling it. it is really frustrating.
Same here.
Our house in Greensboro has been on the market since January, and it's priced right between our two appraisal amounts and a couple dollars under price per square foot in the neighborhood.
We had our house for sale for over a year. We kept lowering our price to keep up with the market as pricing have been coming down in Florida. It took us a year and over a $100K less from our initial asking price to get an an offer and go into contract. It has been quite frustrating to say the least. Like Mr Minsky said, banks are also being very careful with their appraisals. A lot of deals are falling through because of this. The fact that you gave your house to a realtor and it is currently being marketed will help you. Selling a house is extremely stressful and doing it yourself is even more since you are 100% involved in every step. In a sellers market, selling yourself and saving part of the comm. is a no brainer. But when in the buyers market you need an edge and you need to take yourself completely out.
I posted this on the Raleigh board but it is appropriate here too:
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I know that you all don't want to hear this but I think that it is good that so many of you can't sell you homes. NC housing prices have been rising at an unsustainable rate. The growth has been funded in part by the froth in the northeast and CA housing markets. Based on the anecdotal evidence on this board it looks like we may be hitting some sort of equilibrium.
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