Steve Edwards

REALTOR® & Broker
Strait Realty
1626 W. 15th. St.
Port Angeles, WA 98362
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Dangers Of Setting To High of a Sales Price
Setting the right price the moment you list your home will save you problems later ...


Naturally, Everyone wants to get the best price possible for the sale of their Port Angeles Home. But if you start out with to high of a sales price, then have to drop it later -- your house becomes "old news". It will be difficult to recapture that new-to-market frenzy of initial interest you might have had with a more realistic price. As a result, your Port Angeles house could take longer to sell. Much longer...

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY SELL at an above market price to a naive buyer, remember that your buyer will need to get a mortgage. The mortgage lender will require an appraisal and if comparable home sales over the last six months, and current market conditions don't support your sales price, then your buyer won't get the mortage. Your deal can fall apart. By then, it's often too late to renegotiate a price. Your Port Angeles house will have to go back on the market.

IF YOU'RE HOME HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE MARKET and comes back on, or if it sits on the market too long, it becomes harder to get a decent offer. Prospective buyers will believe that you might be feeling the pressure to sell quickly and, as a consequence, will make lower offers. The irony is that overpricing your Port Angeles home at the onset may end up giving you a lower price than you might normally have received!

The best way to establish your selling price is to get an assessment made in advance and then, with this information, take advantage of your agent's experience, to establish the right price. In the long run this almost always works better than trying to force a high price.

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