House for Sale in Hope Mills, NC http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.htm?zprop=80888702. Recently dropped

Carol Auman
Home Seller
Hope Mills, NC

price to $299,500. It's a custom built home, large 3 bdrm 2 1/2 bths with livingroom, den and bonus room. We've had an open house back in March and a realtor van in April. Still no offers. Have added some extra decorating to the rooms since pictures were taken. Any advice to someone wanting to sell ASAP due to a new job relocation? Help

Answers (2)
Keith Sorem
Agent
Glendale, CA

As always, Cindi has a good answer.

The most useful thing you can do is to ask your Realtor for a list of homes that have sold since your home hit the market. Homes are selling, the Realtors are not on vacation, they are simply selling homes that show their buyers more value.

The next thing is to ask your Realtor for a list of homes that are directly competing with your home. Go over the check them out, make a list of what features they have. Then go back to your home and objectively compare them. This should help you alot.

The easiest way to increase value is to lower the price. However, that is not the only thing. Talk with your Realtor about what you can do to increase value. If your Realtor has no ideas, then ask them to find some. If you like, have your Realtor contact me and i'll give them some ideas.

Wed Jul 30 2008, 07:22
Cindi Hagley, W...
Broker
San Ramon, CA
FIRST ANSWER

In my expereince...if a home has a lot of people viewing it byut no offers in the forst 30 days, it's at least 5%overpriced. No viewings and no offers in that same time period....at least 10% over priced. I know that's not what you want to hear....good luck!

Tue Jul 29 2008, 18:27

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