Thursday, August 28, 2014

Almost Labor day and my house hasn't sold..WHY?




 If the listing for your home hasn’t been attracting buyers for a few weeks in a fast-paced real estate market, or for a few months in a slower one, you certainly have good reason to be worried. 

 

A home doesn’t sell due to a variety of factors, some of which you can control and some of which you can’t.
Let’s start with the things you can control, which also happen to be the most important elements of any home’s appeal to buyers: price and condition.

Price Your Home Right, From the Start
As I tell my clients in the beginning,  the correct price for your home is based on a thorough comparative market analysis (CMA). The reason it’s so important to price your home appropriately from the beginning is that a home that’s priced too high will languish on the market without any offers.
Even if you lower the price later, you will have lost the momentum of the initial listing period and buyers will assume there’s something wrong with the home. Eventually you may sell it, but more than likely the final sales price will be lower than your correct initial price would have been. Price your home too low and you have lost out on potential profit. Buyers today don’t care what you paid for your house when you bought it. They don’t care if you make a healthy profit when you sell. They only care about paying a fair price in today’s market.
Your price should be based on current local market conditions, not on what you need to pay off your mortgage, what your neighbor sold her place for a year ago, nor your guesstimate of what your home is worth. The comparative market analysis (CMA) will look at recent sales, homes that didn’t sell and were pulled off the market, and current listings to guide your price decision. If there aren’t any buyers making offers on your property, it might be time to lower your asking price.



Condition of Your Home- DeClutter and Curb Appeal
Regardless of your local market conditions, buyers have high expectations for your home, beginning with the exterior. While you don’t necessarily have to spend a lot of money, you do need to raise the level of your home’s curb appeal with some sweat equity. Pull weeds, trim the grass, plant a few flowers and perhaps paint your front door to make sure prospective buyers don’t decide to drive away.
Inside, your home needs to be consistently clean, neat, decluttered and depersonalized so that buyers can visualize themselves living there. Your Broker should be able to suggest ways to  prepare your home for a sale, which, by the way, is nothing like the way you live in it. Your kitchen counters should be cleared, your bed always made and your dishes always put away in case a buyer wants to visit.

Marketing Your Home
When you choose a REALTOR®  to list your home, make sure you ask about photos and a marketing plan. 98% of buyers look online first at properties so it’s crucial that your home has multiple professional-quality photos that make it look as enticing as possible, and that your home appears on multiple websites so buyers can see it. A listing without a photo or with one badly lit photo isn’t likely to generate many offers.


Make Your Home Available
One of the more challenging aspects of listing your home for sale is that you must make it available to buyers as easily as possible. Buyers prefer to see a home without the owner there, so make sure there’s a lockbox at your property and that you allow nearly unlimited access to prospective buyers.





Overcome Challenges
Sometimes market conditions or a specific flaw in your home make it tougher to sell as quickly as you would like. I  can help you evaluate the market and let you know if you need to offer particular incentives, such as closing-cost help. If your home has an awkward floorplan or is located on a busy street, allow me the opportunity to come up with ways to emphasize its positive aspects and deemphasize any negative aspects, such as by staging the backyard or highlighting the renovated kitchen.
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Ron Goldstein,MBA
Certified Luxury Broker@Berkshire Hathaway Chicago & St. Petersburg
Principal, Silver Professionals
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Monday, August 11, 2014

Ahh...Spa/Steam Rooms. My fav. place to go post workout!









Sold..4000 SF Gold Coast Urban Oasis w/ Professor's Library. #mdlchicago

 
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JUST SOLD! 97% of Asking Price
865 N Lasalle Boulevard | Chicago, IL 60610
$1,260,000 MLS# 08537000
 
Stunning home on the Gold Coast!
Beautifully serene & quiet Gold Coast living in this completely renovated classic Chicago rowhome. 4000 sqft urban oasis incl: Radiant htd flrs, top chef kitchen, stately Professor's library/family rm w/beautiful millwork, 3rd flr master suite w/3 walk in closets, lush backyard & gardens. The home is flooded w/natural light & charm.Adj. to the best restaurants, shopping, transportation.
Bedrooms: 3 | Bathrooms: 3 Full, 1 Half
4,000 sq. ft. | Year Built: 1891
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Picture yourself collecting shells on Trip Advisor's BEST Beaches then coming to your affordable lifestyle or 2nd home in Tropical St. Pete. Carpe Diem..For the Ongoing Collection of LIFE!



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Tastes for Everyone in the Family!
Browse through world class museums, or stroll along streets lined with graceful Mediterranean-style architecture. Whatever your taste, St. Petersburg offers you everything under the sun.
Tampa ranks No. 3 best city to find a job
Cocktails and Dog Watching!
JIVE ALONG BEACH DRIVE: Cafe tables and umbrellas, a wide array of bars and restaurants and the Tampa Bay area's best parade of people - and often their dogs - are a nightly occurrence along downtown St. Petersburg's Beach Drive. With waterfront parks on one side, and shops and restaurants along the other, this is the city's most fashionable promenade.
St Pete beach drive seeing major resurgence!
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/pinellascounty/2014/06/09/st-petes-beach-drive-seeing-major-resurgence/10248807/

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AFFORDABLE FOR THAT LIFESTYLE HOME OR 2ND HOME!
SUNSHINE CITY
The sun almost always shines on St. Petersburg, the "Sunshine City" that enjoys an average of 361 days of clear skies per year. Combine that with 244 miles of glimmering coastline along Tampa Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, Boca Ciega Bay and the intra coastal waterways and you have one hot beach destination. Catch the sun, surf and sand at Ft. De Soto Park, or take a hike up the 37-mile Pinellas Trail. Enjoy a Devil Rays game during baseball season or escape to the shady oasis of the Sunken Gardens.
Tampa ranks No. 3 best city to find a job
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Carpe Diem..For the Ongoing Collection of LIFE!
Check out downtown ST. PETE & all the culture!
From the newly built Sundial to every style of Music, concert and performing arts venues, St. Pete. Check out 50 fascinating things to do!
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