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Sellers Should Lower Price Expectations
In light of a new wave of foreclosures and distressed property sales, home seller’s may need to lower their expectations about home asking prices.
Recent reports find that nearly one in every four current home sellers (not seller’s of bank owned property) have dropped asking prices an average of 10.6 percent from their original listing price. In dollar terms, that is equal to another $27.4 BILLION, yes BILLION, slash in the equity of US homes. Ouch!
The good news for home seller’s is that higher interest rates and a rapidly approaching deadline for an $8000 tax credit is creating urgency among buyers. A recent uptick in sales proves that homes priced aggressively are selling very fast. But, homes priced above the competition continue to sit and languish on the market for months on end. Simply put, there is great demand in the market now…at the right price. Seller’s may need to sharpen their pencils, but buyers are actively purchasing homes.
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Sellers and Realtors Disagree on Home Pricing
Results from a study just released by HomeGain revealed an ongoing ’tug of war’ between home sellers and real estate agents. According to the survey, 50 percent of homeowners said their houses should be priced 10-20 percent higher than agents have recommended. Conversely, 60 percent of real estate agents reported that prospective buyers are telling them that home asking prices are still too high.
One thing we can learn from this study is that one of these groups is certainly wrong. Either home owners are unrealistic about what their houses are worth or agents are too pessimistic about what the home will sell for.
On one hand, agent’s have more knowledge about the market than the average home seller does and they do talk with buyer’s every day. Yet, real estate agents have an incentive to push prices lower. The lower the price, the faster the sale, the quicker they can ring the cash register and move on to the next deal. So, what should a home seller do???
- Ask 3 real estate agents what they would list your home for. Ask questions and understand the reasoning behind their different price recommendations.
- Know your competition. Check out every house that is for sale in your area, price and size range. Visit Open Houses to verify the condition and ammenities being offered by the competition. Use InfoTubes and InfoBoxes on for sale signs to gain helpful insight about homes for sale in your neighborhood. Explore property MLS listings on Realtor.com.
- Visit New Home Subdivisions. All things being equal, most buyers would chose a new home over a pre-owned home, if everything was equal. Find out how builders are pricing new homes that are similar to yours. Keep in mind that builders also offer thousands of dollars in incentives or special financing, and they include these things in their asking prices. Try to learn everything you can from the builder and deduct the incentives and specials that you can’t match from their asking price to get a realistic look.
- Visit your county property tax database. Most counties provide sales and comparable home information online. Your local taxing department is the final authority about what homes actually sold for.
Remember that homes are selling every day, if they are priced right. While seller’s want to hold out for the best offer, agents want to make quick sales. The real truth about asking versus selling prices lies somewhere in between, so home seller’s need to check their facts, first.
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Frank Sinatra’s Desert Hideaway for Sale
Calling all Frank Sinatra fans. You now have a chance to own a piece of Rat Pack History for only $4.8 million.
Villa Maggio, Frank’s desert hideaway, located 30 minutes from beautiful Palm Desert, CA is up for sale. Mr Sinatra named the gorgeous estate after the role he played as Private Angelo Maggio in the movie “From Here to Eternity”.
Some more interesting facts about Sinatra’s Villa Maggio include:
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Old Blue Eye’s built his desert hideout in the 1970’s. He used it as a getaway for his family and friends.
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The property sits on 7+ acres and is perched over the valley at an elevation of around 4300 feet.
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The Rat Pack traveled on the Pines to Palm Highway to reach the mountain top hideaway, or they they flew to Palm Springs, then Sinatra helicoptered them to the property.
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Sinatra owned the property for 12 years, then donated it to Loyola Marymount University, which sold it for $1.4 million in 1989.
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The property is presently owned by a celebrity.
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Sinatra designed the kitchen in the home himself. He loved to cook, especially pasta dishes. His kitchen has remained unchanged through the years.
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Photographs of the famous hideaway are fantastic. Click Here to check out the wonderful slideshow of Villa Maggio. (One picture features the original telephones with 50 lines).
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Proof that Photo’s Sell Houses
InfoTube receives a number of questions about buying and selling property. But, the two questions ask most often are “Are there any photo’s of this property?”, closely followed by “Is there more than one photo of this home?
The importance of providing quality, multiple property photo’s and video tours can not be understated. By referencing the Point 2 chart above, you quickly see that the more photo’s equal more interest. And where you find interest, you find more offers and more sales.
When observing buyers who are shopping for a home on the internet, the following pattern is obvious and consistent.
- Ad’s with NO Photos: Buyer’s completely ignore these listings and move onto the next house.
- Ad’s with One Photo: Buyers’s click on these ad’s, but when they look for more pictures and find none, they become immediately disappointed and skip to the next house.
- Ad’s with Multiple Photo’s: These ad’s are viewed 10 times more (exposure) than those without photo’s. Buyers stay focused on these ad’s (interest) for 5 times as long, as those without multiple photo’s. These ad’s are bookmarked 90 percent more often (offers), which drives the buyer back to your listing.
- Ad’s with Multiple Photo’s and Video Tours: These ad’s receive the most attention, by far. They are also more “sticky”, with Buyer’s spending an average of 4 minutes gazing at these home ad’s. For seller’s who know they need to make their listing memorable, nothing does the job like a simple Video and multiple photo’s.
If you have a home to sell, don’t under estimate the power of visual media when it comes to web appeal. 90 percent of all home buyer’s shop on the internet, which is a multi-media platform. If you aren’t supplying a lot of high quality pictures and a good video, buyer’s simply ignore your property and spend their time researching your competition.
If you are not providing great photo’s or video of your property, then you are not doing the marketing, which is necessary to sell the home. If your agent isn’t providing these things, they aren’t marketing your property, either.
Take some sage advise. Grab your digital camera and start shooting today. If you don’t know how, make it your New Year’s Resolution to learn something new. In any type of market, pictures and video can make the difference between selling or not.
InfoTube.net offers Featured Home Listings with video tours and a 20 photo slideshow for only $19.95. The upgrade never expires and is good until your home sells. If you don’t have a computer or digital camera, InfoTube will create your Featured Home listing for only $10 more, so no excuses. Upload those photo’s and video’s today, or let InfoTube do the work. Buyer’s are waiting.
Reach Millions of Home Shoppers in One Easy Step
Selling real estate is a lot like fishing. It is a number’s game. More lines in the water mean more bites. More bites mean that you greatly increase your odds of landing the big one, in record time.
One option for increasing the odds of selling your home is to maximize the internet. 95 percent of all home buyers search for property on the web, so it is crucial to have as many lines (or links) as you can possibly have.
One way to reach 8 million home shoppers each month is with a turbo charged internet marketing package, like one offered by Why 6 Percent. The Y6 listing package advertises your property until it is SOLD, on the most popular, heavily trafficked sites for real estate on the world wide web.
For only $299, the WHY 6 Listing Package includes:
- A listing on Realtor.com, the most visited real estate website in the world. Also included, Y6 will upgrade your listing on R.com with 25 photo’s, remarks and attention-grabbing scrolling text.
- A listing on Craigslist.com, another great website for real estate, drawing millions of home shoppers each month.
- A Featured Home listing on InfoTube.net, one of the top “by owner” sites in the country. Listing includes 20 photo slideshow, video tours, free legal forms, free color brochures, map based searches and more. Listings placed on InfoTube are automatically uploaded to Google, Youtube and other sites that accept by owner listings.
- A Personal Web Address to use in all your print advertising.
- Phone Hotline provides your contact information to home buyers 24/7.
- Podcast- Add one to your webpage for even greater exposure.
- All listings remain Active until your home is SOLD.
- Low one-time fee of $299 for the entire package.
For more information, call 1-800-381-9496 from 9-5 EST, Monday – Friday, or email haline@why6percent.com to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity.
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5 Idea’s to Turbo Charge your Home Sale
If you have a property to sell, we have 5 proven marketing idea’s that you should consider. In addition to our guarantee of more buyer attention for your property, these tips are FREE and EASY to do.
5 Surefire, Guerilla Real Estate Marketing Tips for Sellers
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Use an InfoTube or InfoBox and keep them FULL at all times. Buyers love the convenience of curbside home info, which is the reason your brochures disappear so quickly. Nothing is more disappointing than an empty InfoTube, and it leaves the impression that you could care less about selling. Print plenty of brochures and be vigilant about keeping your tubes and boxes filled. There is no better advertising, and the price is literally a piece of paper.
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Place a listing for your home on every website that provides free home classified’s. 90 percent of home shoppers begin their search on the web and multiple site listings increase the odds of your property being seen. 3 MUST’s for your real estate listings are InfoTube.net, zillow and craigslist.
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Network- Place your home listing information on your myspace or facebook page. If you Twitter…Tweet your house
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Post on Real Estate Forums. Contribute to real estate forums and include the link to your home listing in your signature.
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Do a Video Tour. Video is a great way to show off your property and surrounding neighborhood ammenities. Highlight scenes that enhance your still photo slideshow. For example, if your area has a park, new school, nice shopping or great view, grab your digital camera, shoot and show us. Sites like InfoTube.net feature home video tours on their home page and they upload them to youtube automatically.
If you have a few bucks to spend, nothing increases your exposure to home buyers like an MLS listing. For $399 you can buy a showcase listing on Realtor.com for 6 months, and still sell your home yourself. The combined traffic to the MLS real estate hubs is around 8 million visitors per month. 6 months times 8 million shoppers=48 million prospective home buyers.
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