Center City and Main Line Real Estate Blog

One of the most difficult decisions a seller needs to make is when to put their home on the market is when to sell. Putting too much emphasis on timing as opposed the appropriate price of the can be counterproductive and result in the property staying on the market for months.

THE TIMING FALLACY

It’s common to talk about real estate as a seasonal industry, suggesting that sales are related to the time of year rather than recognizing that any number of other factors can have a far greater impact than timing or season. No two years are the same and home sales can take place at any time of year.

Beliefs create reality right? And when agents tell their clients to wait until Spring, then that is when they will sell. However, homes sell throughout the year.

Each home and each micro-market are unique. It’s important to carefully analyze what’s best for you. We will analyze real buyer activity in your market, and choose the “bulls eye” for your goals.

This means that there are no hard-and-fast rules when it comes to the timing of a listing.

PRICING AND MARKETING

Pricing and marketing are the only two factors we can control. My job is to provide expansive, create marketing to make sure your home has the greatest possible exposure, to the best potential buyers.

For insights on pricing and marketing, visit SellWithSusanna.com.

What do you think of when you hear words like “foreclosure” and “short sale”?? Most don’t think of multi-million dollar estate homes. But reality is that sometimes luxury home owners face impossible situations. Like a home that’s worth only 1/2 of what it was in the peak of the market, or simply “under water” on values and the market won’t support a successful sale.

No one is exempt from tragedies like a medical crisis that can turn your life upside down, no matter what your income bracket. I’ve found my luxury clients face some additional challenges. While many people suffer from lack of resources, on the other hand bad information can come from high net worth advisers.

For instance, a client of mine was given advise by her attorney to make significant repairs / improvements prior to selling based I believe on a Zestimate valuation. It wasn’t a correct valuation and ended up causing the owner to incur more debt instead of simply resolving the bad mortgage debt.