How do we get people to want to come look at our house much less make an offer?

Tigereye
Home Seller
Lancaster, SC

Our house is in Lancaster, SC. We have it listed with an agent. We have reduced our price by $15K which is under market value and appraisal. It is a great house in a good neighborhood. We moved to be closer to family.
Our house was built in 1964 but it has been updated. It is 1764 sq ft, 4 bedrooms 2 full baths, formal dining room, living room, den, kitchen. I have staged it as best as I can. It is on an half acre of land. No garage/carport but big driveway where either one can be added.

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Tigereye
Home Seller
Lancaster, SC

Oops I guess I responded incorrectly to end up being the first post...I thought that it would go on the bottom.

Wed Sep 2 2009, 10:26
Tigereye
Home Seller
Lancaster, SC

My realtor is with Allen tate and I am told that our house is posted in several websites, It is listed in two mls (charlotte & SC). She has posted tons of pictures of our house. We are also in homeland online and there books.

We have reviewed the comps in our area with our realtor and we are priced lower than the homes that just sold in our neighborhood within the last two months. Our price is $145,000. The other houses that sold in our neighborhood was $154,700 & $175,000. We are in a good school district.

Everytime that I talk to my realtor she says to reduce the price and not to offer a bonus to the agent. She says that an agent can't make the sale it is the buyer so give it to them. We need to get a certain amount out of this home and have a very small window of negotiation now that we have reduced the price as much as we have.

What other advertising can I do?

Wed Sep 2 2009, 10:25

interesting topic on many threads, here is a new blog

http://www.trulia.com/blog/taylormadehomesales/2009/08/negot…


How do you get buyers to your home?? Try something different. Offer a higher commission to the buyers side

You can do this several ways

flat fee service, pay a small fee to a listing agent, you can offer what ever you want to the buyers agent

negotiate the listing contract, based on 6% total commission, demand 2% for the listing agent/ 4% to the buyers side

or offer an extra point, lets say 7% total, 3/4 spit

all up to you

regardless of how you do it, fact is, higher commission homes sell faster than lower

capitalism at work!

Mon Aug 31 2009, 16:11
Abraham Mills
Agent
Greenville, SC

Either you have a generic agent not advertising it properly, or you are still out of league price wise.

Good Luck!

Mon Aug 31 2009, 13:56
Michelle Drum
Broker
Newport, RI
FIRST ANSWER

You property must still be over market value. Buyers today are coming "out the woodwork" only if it is a great investment

Mon Aug 31 2009, 13:53

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