Priced To Sell

November 20, 2008

In today’s volatile market, buyers expect to get a great deal when then purchase a home. It’s almost as if they want to be rewarded for being brave and credit worthy. So how do you price your home so that it’s competitive enough to get buyers looking at it, but high enough to allow the negotiating room buyers need so they can assure themselves they purchased the home at a discount?

A while back I showed a home that had been reduced for a quick sale. It was a great deal. The buyer I was working with loved the house and made an offer (90% of list price) on the home. The offer was rejected. When I asked if the buyer would have been happy with the purchase price if the home had originally been listed higher and he’d offered the current list price. The buyer admitted that buying the home at a discount was more important than finding the right house at the right price. He absolutely could not pay full list price for the home, even though the list price was below comparable homes.

It’s difficult for sellers to understand that some of the appreciation they’ve experienced over the last few years has been wiped out. But if a seller has owned for more than about 8 years, he still should have built up enough equity to be able to price well, leave a little room for negotiation and walk away from the table with some profit. Compare profits to what your stock portfolio or retirement is worth, and sellers in most parts of the country are still OK. Yes, there are areas in the country where sellers are upside down in their mortgages, but how many of these sellers have owned for more than 8 years?

So if you’re a seller with enough equity to negotiate, do so with grace and gratitude. Hopefully, you’ll get just a good a deal when you go to buy your next home!



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Latitude: 45.260865 -- Longitude: -93.442575


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As of the census of 2000, there were 18,510 people, 5,906 households, and 5,102 families residing in the city. The population density was 248.2/km² (642.9/mi²). There were 5,946 housing units at an average density of 79.7/km² (206.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.80% White, 0.31% African American, 0.45% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.19% of the population. There were 5,906 households out of which 49.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.8% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% were non-families. 8.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.13 and the average family size was 3.33. -- Source: Wikipedia.com




Minnesota 2000 Census Population Profile Map

Ramsey Minnesota United States
Population 18,510 4,919,479 281,421,906
Median age 32.1 35.4 35.3
Median age for Male 32.1 34.4 34
Median age for Female 32.2 36.3 36.5
Households 5,906 1,895,127 105,480,101
Household population 18,510 4,783,596 273,643,273
Average household size 3.13 2.52 2.59
Families 5,101 1,255,141 71,787,347
Average family size 3.33 3.09 3.14
Housing units 5,946 2,065,946 115,904,641
Occupied units 5,906 1,895,127 105,480,101
Vacant units 40 170,819 10,424,540

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