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- From: jca@druwa.ATT.COM (Jill C. Arnson)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: How to go low?
- Message-ID: <23050@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:16:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.132351.4430@alw.nih.gov>
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- in article <1992Dec30.132351.4430@alw.nih.gov>, sullivan@alw.nih.gov (Jim Sullivan) says:
- >
- > 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
- > |> the nearest $100,000 that I think its worth (hint: way less
- >
- > One thing to keep in mind is that potential buyers are more than likely
- > keeping to one figure and below (i.e. $180K or less) and hoping to get
- > about 5% off the price through negotiation. If your realtor thinks
- ^^
- > that your house will sell for $150K dollars, he will suggest a price
- > about $150K+5% (about 159.9K). If you go much above this, say to $180K,
- > then you will attract those who are looking for a $170-180K house but
-
- I agree with this to a point. I think the range is closer to
- 10-15%. When I was hous hunting, I wanted to spend about $100K, but was
- willing to look at homes that were priced at 115,000. Homes proced at 130,000
- were deemed to be too much.
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- jill c. arnson AT&T Bell Labs, Denver
- jca@druwa.att.com
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