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- From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
- Subject: Re: How to go low?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.230249.10178@i88.isc.com>
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- Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:02:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.192605.1179@tessi.com> allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:
- >pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes:
- >
- >>In article <Bzy0wq.6yE@boi.hp.com> bobpassl@boi.hp.com (Bob Passell) writes:
- >>=Another request for net.wisdom!
- >>=
- >>=I have my house on the market, priced $100 dollars below
- ...
- >>=Keeping in mind that her contract is up on 12/31/92
- >
- >>=Homes in our area sell for just about what we're asking all
- >>=the time, in an average of 90-110 days. We've been on the
- >>=market for 95 days and have had lots of activity but no
- >>=offers. I have called a sample of the realtors bringing
- ...
- >
- >>What *did* they say about why no one made an offer?
- >
- >>I'd recommend calling a few REs and getting MVAs from them. There's only
- >>one reason that a house doesn't sell, and that's price. If no one has
- >>made an offer, it may be that the asking price is indeed far out of line.
-
- >Or . . . maybe this time of year is not the best for home sales? I've
- >owned and sold two previous homes, and I sold both of them in the spring.
-
- This may be closer to the truth....
-
- The fact that there has been a lot of activity and you are getting
- showings indicates that the price isn't too far out of line - if it
- was, the realtors wouldn't waste their time with showings.
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