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Our local agent got us in touch with an agent in the new location we are moving to. The new agent contacted me today. She tries to tell me that prices are up despite what the newspapers say and tries to talk me into looking at areas I'm not interested in. I just kind of got the impression she thinks we are suckers or something. Thanks for letting me vent, looking forward to some opinions on this type of behavior.
I had a similar situation purchasing a second home in another city, the realtor I was asked to contact from my other realtor where I used to live was directing me on where he recommended I look and not look for a new home. Well after a couple days of looking and telling him our interests are not with this style of home and/or location, and seemed he wasn't taking our interests into the puzzle -we said, Thanks but we'll find another realtor that works for "us". Long story short, we found a nice realtor with 10+ years experience in the field, and within 3 weeks we found the home of our choice and now are settled in...If you are not satisfied with a realtor, find another; nothing against the professional field but this is your future home not the realtor's. Good Luck...
Our local agent got us in touch with an agent in the new location we are moving to. The new agent contacted me today. She tries to tell me that prices are up despite what the newspapers say and tries to talk me into looking at areas I'm not interested in. I just kind of got the impression she thinks we are suckers or something. Thanks for letting me vent, looking forward to some opinions on this type of behavior.
I know this is an older thread, but it could be even more relevant today than is was in February (though perhaps not for the OP). Anyway, Austin is a good example of how statistics can be used to create a false impression. The overall market here is experiencing difficulties. (Please refrain from the "it's all local and some submarkets in Austin are doing OK" posts.)
Active listings are way up. Sales and pending sales are way down. But average sale price is steadily increasing. But this doesn't mean "prices are going up." It is more likely that it means that less expensive homes are experiencing more difficulty selling, probably because lower income buyers are experiencing more difficulty getting loans. But it's easy to see how someone could quote that statistic and give you a very different impression of what's going on.
Our local agent got us in touch with an agent in the new location we are moving to. The new agent contacted me today. She tries to tell me that prices are up despite what the newspapers say and tries to talk me into looking at areas I'm not interested in. I just kind of got the impression she thinks we are suckers or something. Thanks for letting me vent, looking forward to some opinions on this type of behavior.
The location is Connecticut - but as an update to this old thread, we didn't go with that agent. We found a different agent and he was great. In August we moved into our new home (a short sale that had come down about 30% in price) and we're very happy here!
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