I’m here to save you pain, buyers. There are myths about the home shopping
experience that must be addressed. I like to make the home buying experience as
stress-free as possible, so please hear me out on these three big myths about
home buying:
Myth #1: “That house has been on the market so long I bet we can
work the seller down easily.”
Not
necessarily. Exceptionally high days on market could mean almost anything. The
seller could be bullheaded about their price. The seller may not be
particularly motivated to sell for emotional or other personal reasons. Don’t
forget: A sales-weary seller isn’t likely to respond to your host of rational
reasons why their house should be a bargain.
Myth #2: “I want to look at foreclosed homes because they’re a real
bargain and the banks need to unload them.”
Banks,
like entrenched sellers, don’t always make decisions which seem rational based
on obvious information. You can have a hard time divining the reason a bank
chooses to reject an offer for a foreclosed or distressed property, and their
decision may be based on financials which seem counterintuitive. The truth is,
many distressed sales can be longer and more fraught than regular sales.
Myth #3: “I liked this house a lot, but with this market, I bet it
will still be there if I decide to buy it.”
It’s
very, very painful to see a client love a home but fail to make a move to
purchase that home. If you fell in love with it, why wouldn’t someone else?
Just because a property has been on the market a little while doesn’t mean it
will stay on the market. The bonus myth in this one? Your “perfect” home is
probably going to be a home with some small compromises. If you don’t make an
offer on a home, you’re effectively saying, “I’m comfortable losing this home.”
My
job as an agent is to represent your interests and do my best to protect you
along the way. If you’re pursuing a home purchase in the near future, please
get in touch. There are many other ways I can lower your stress and help you
find a great home.
For more information, you can contact me
by clicking here: http://www.valeriemcconville.com/contact.html
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