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: 44.776612 -- Longitude: -88.602054

ZIP Codes for Shawano, Wisconsin	54166
Area Code for Shawano, Wisconsin	715
Time zone for Shawano, Wisconsin	CST

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Shawano is a city in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,298 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Shawano County. The name is from the Menominee language, meaning "to the south". -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Wisconsin 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Shawano	Wisconsin	United States
Population	8,298	5,363,675	281,421,906
Median age	38.3	36	35.3
Median age for Male	35.7	35	34
Median age for Female	40.6	37.1	36.5
Households	3,432	2,084,544	105,480,101
Household population	7,805	5,207,717	273,643,273
Average household size	2.27	2.5	2.59
Families	2,076	1,386,815	71,787,347
Average family size	2.91	3.05	3.14
Housing units	3,587	2,321,144	115,904,641
Occupied units	3,432	2,084,544	105,480,101
Vacant units	155	236,600	10,424,540

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