Tucson Home Selling
The Seasons of Real Estate
I grew up in Ohio where every year we had a garden. I knew when it was time to get out the tractor, plow the garden, get it ready to plant and when to put what seeds and plant in the ground. It was like second nature for our family.
You had to time the planting [...]
Why Selling in a Buyers Market Might not Be as Bad as You Think
It is easy to see how selling your home in a seller’s market is a plus for sellers. You might be surprised to find out how selling in a buyer’s market could be even better in the long run.
Most Home Sellers become Home Buyers.
There are some exceptions:
The investor
The second home owner downsizing
The winter visitor becoming [...]
Tucson Home Sellers Pricing for Maximum Exposure.
I just read a post Nickle and Diming Sellers at The Real Estate Guide. It is right on the money when it comes to pricing your home. There should be a lot of consideration that goes into pricing your home to go on the market. Unfortunately, quite often, the only consideration is how much the seller [...]
Tucson MLS Statistics for October 2006 (Now Available)
The Tucson MLS usually has the previous months statistics available on the 15th of the following month. They have been getting a large number of requests from agents and the public to get those numbers out quicker. The MLS reponded by having those number available to us yesterday November 7, 2006. They came out so [...]
Future Consideration When Selling Your Tucson Home
I’m afraid too many home seller’s are spending time looking back and not looking forward to the future. I’ll try and keep this short and to the point.
If you are a Tucson Home Seller, or selling a home pretty much anywhere in the country you should consider the following things:
The longer your home is on [...]
Is it a Game of Chicken or a Mexican Standoff?
Right now in Tucson our Real Estate Market is A Buyer’s Market. It has been A Buyer’s Market for about 6 months. The public hears over and over it is a buyer’s market. The high inventories of homes on the market all over this country indicate it is a buyer’s market. I expect to see it [...]
Tucson MLS Statistics October 2006
I know people are wanting to know what the real estate numbers are for October here in Tucson. We all do, but the month isn’t over yet and the statistics aren’t released until the 15th of the following month, (if we are lucky) it was the 19th of October before we got September’s numbers.
The most [...]
Seller Incentives in a Buyers Market
Wednesday October 25, 2006 Page 14A ”Tucson Citizen”
cartoon by Jim Borgman
We are seeing more and more seller incentives as the Tucson Market Cools and Inventories rise. The good news for sellers in September, fewer new listings and appreciation of about .5% in sales prices.
I read last week of a seller incentive of a new maserati with [...]
Days On Market (DOM) Not a good gauge of anything.
Days On Market (DOM) When we take clients to see homes they often ask us “How many days has it been on the market?” If it has only been on a few days, the reasoning goes they probably won’t be willing to take an offer that is a lot lower than their asking price. However, [...]
Tucson Housing Market, It Isn’t Valentines Day Anymore!
I keep trying to come up with ways to let sellers know the Tucson Real Estate Market is now a buyer’s market and the implications for putting your Tucson House on the market.
Let me try and draw a word picture of today’s market in Tucson.
Remember last Valentine’s Day. You tried to buy a dozen red [...]
Tucson Real Estate Market | Selling in a Buyer’s Market (a tip)
On September 8, 2006 I wrote the article for our website
Tucson Home Seller – Price it Right or Keep it till 2007 I quoted this article in a blog the other day Tucson Home Sellers Price is Right or Jeopardy. Articles and statistics in the paper keep saying the prices for Tucson homes is coming down. [...]
Zillow.com For Fun ONLY!
We received this in an email this morning “I was able to get some comps on the property from zillow.com, so I have a rough idea what properties like mine are selling for.”
I would never consider consulting a fortune teller to make business decisions. I would never consult a Quji board period. I would never, ever, ever [...]
