Tri-Cities, Washington, real estate and homes - thoughts and conversation.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Sellers on Aug 23rd, 2008
A really nice couple I know are going to try to sell their house for-sale-by-owner. They asked me for an approximation of title and escrow fees, so I gave them an estimate. Then I reminded them that as sellers in the state of Washington, they’d need to pay excise tax on the sale of their [...]
Posted in Buyers, Sellers, Tri-Cities Market on Aug 15th, 2008
But it’s not really that scary. We had a fantastic year last year, so this year is ‘just normal’ comparatively.
The important figure to consider is the supply of homes on the market. If there are more than 7 months worth of homes on the market (it would take 7 months to sell out the current [...]
Posted in Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Jan 21st, 2008
It’s always driven me crazy when people write ‘motivated’ in an ad. Of COURSE they’re motivated, they wouldn’t be selling their house if they weren’t. Turns out putting motivated in the ad sells the home faster, but for less money, on average.
I hesitate to use ‘beautiful’ in an ad, because it feels like an overused word. However, [...]
Posted in Buyers, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Nov 29th, 2007
I have to admit that when I have a fix-it problem around the house, my never-fail tip is to call the handyman. But for those of you without a handyman’s # on your cell, or a husband like mine is awesome on a lot of levels, but home repair is not his milieu, then check [...]
Posted in Real Estate Career, Real Estate Industry, Sellers on Nov 18th, 2007
…well, I never really left it, actually. I’ve been crazy busy this week. One of the things I’ve been dealing with is a laundry list of requests from some buyers that sellers I am representing need to evaluate.
One of the things that a buyer will do when they are skittish or nervous or have changed their [...]