We at Bagent's Agent's are trying to provide our home sellers with unique marketing advantages to sell their home in this slower market. We have started to provide Talking House to our listings.
Talking House is a pre-recorded message about your home that is played on a transponder from the home over the am radio air waves. A sign is put in the front yard of your home, and anyone that passes by may at anytime tune into the am station and listen to the best features your home has to offer.
This is just another way that we are trying to provide the best service to our clients. If you would like to enlist the help of Bagent's Agents to sell your home please contact us so we may meet with you and let you know what we can do to get your home sold fast and for top dollar.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
How to make your home stand out
You can help your house sell quickly and at a good price -- even in a slow market -- by following these suggestions from readers.
It takes a lot more than sparkling windows, scented candles and chocolate-chip cookies to sell a home in today's market.
But those are among the take-home tips for home sellers from the folks who replied to an MSN Real Estate message board request for advice on making a house stand out.
But those are among the take-home tips for home sellers from the folks who replied to an MSN Real Estate message board request for advice on making a house stand out.
Above is an the beggining of an article that is written with quotes from home sellers. It covers a lot and there are some good ideas. Just click on the above title for the complete story.
Friday, October 19, 2007
New Commercials
One of our new added features includes us making web commercials for all of our listings. With this power we not only have them available to view on our blog and website but we also send them out in our email signature for every email we send out. You may view some samples here by just clicking on their picture.
This increases the exposure of our listings tremendously, and is very helpful in today's market. In the market today with so many houses, the buyers have options and a lot of houses to choose from. We try and get our homes in front of as many people as possible and this just adds another value that we can bring.
We are offering these commercials to any of our listings along with virtual tours on all listings, professionally created color flyers, and loads of other things to help our listings stand out so our home sellers realize their dreams of selling their home quickly, for top dollar, and being able to make their transition to their next home.
If you would like to discuss what we could do for you, please feel free to contact any of us at the numbers provided.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Inventory of county homes for sale grows
If you think you're seeing more "For Sale" signs around Clark County, you're right.
The inventory of homes for sale here is the highest in at least five years, according to new figures. A year of sluggish sales contributed to a 12-month inventory of new and pre-owned homes on the market in September, the biggest backlog since records started being kept in 2002, according to RMLS, the regional listing service.
It would take 12 months to sell an estimated 4,595 homes for sale countywide in September if no new listings were added. In August, the supply was 7.7 months; it was 6.4 months in September 2006.
The figures reflect a standoff between sellers and buyers, according to local real estate agents.
"Buyers are in no hurry," said Mike Lamb, an associate broker with Windermere Real Estate/Stellar Group in Vancouver. "Their expectation is that prices will go down."
So far it hasn't happened. The median sale price in September increased to $267,500, compared with $266,000 during the same month last year.
Sellers are waiting it out as well, and some are "holding onto a false sense of appreciation that may not be justified in this market," said Kathy Rylander, also a Windermere associate broker.
New homes account for much of the excess inventory, a situation that has caused a dramatic slowdown in new home building. Locally, the county has issued 1,024 permits for construction of single-family homes through September, a 20.3 percent decline from last year.
"Builders are having a rational reaction to the marketplace," Lamb said. "As things slow down, they're building fewer homes. We're going to have to work the inventory down."
Home construction represents a $350 million piece of the local economy and supports several thousand jobs in construction and related services.
The situation locally mirrors nationwide trends. In September, housing starts fell to the lowest level since 1993, dropping by 7.3 percent to 1.2 million units, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
New home sales are projected to fall to 805,000 nationally this year, down 23 percent from 1.05 million last year, the National Association of Realtors said last week.
Lamb predicted the Clark County market would stabilize, driven by the area's high rate of employment. Countywide unemployment rates have hovered between 4 percent and 6 percent for the year, near the target of 5 percent considered full employment by economists.
"People have jobs," Lamb said. "There aren't reasons for a really big real estate bust here."
In the meantime, local builders are focusing more than ever before on sales and marketing, said Matt Lewis, acquisition and planning manager for Vancouver-based Pacific Lifestyle Homes.
The sector barely kept up with demand two years ago.
"Now, we're fighting for every sale out there," Lewis said. "It means you need to be at the top of your game. That's what we're trying to do with attractive, well-priced homes in good areas."
The inventory of homes for sale here is the highest in at least five years, according to new figures. A year of sluggish sales contributed to a 12-month inventory of new and pre-owned homes on the market in September, the biggest backlog since records started being kept in 2002, according to RMLS, the regional listing service.
It would take 12 months to sell an estimated 4,595 homes for sale countywide in September if no new listings were added. In August, the supply was 7.7 months; it was 6.4 months in September 2006.
The figures reflect a standoff between sellers and buyers, according to local real estate agents.
"Buyers are in no hurry," said Mike Lamb, an associate broker with Windermere Real Estate/Stellar Group in Vancouver. "Their expectation is that prices will go down."
So far it hasn't happened. The median sale price in September increased to $267,500, compared with $266,000 during the same month last year.
Sellers are waiting it out as well, and some are "holding onto a false sense of appreciation that may not be justified in this market," said Kathy Rylander, also a Windermere associate broker.
New homes account for much of the excess inventory, a situation that has caused a dramatic slowdown in new home building. Locally, the county has issued 1,024 permits for construction of single-family homes through September, a 20.3 percent decline from last year.
"Builders are having a rational reaction to the marketplace," Lamb said. "As things slow down, they're building fewer homes. We're going to have to work the inventory down."
Home construction represents a $350 million piece of the local economy and supports several thousand jobs in construction and related services.
The situation locally mirrors nationwide trends. In September, housing starts fell to the lowest level since 1993, dropping by 7.3 percent to 1.2 million units, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
New home sales are projected to fall to 805,000 nationally this year, down 23 percent from 1.05 million last year, the National Association of Realtors said last week.
Lamb predicted the Clark County market would stabilize, driven by the area's high rate of employment. Countywide unemployment rates have hovered between 4 percent and 6 percent for the year, near the target of 5 percent considered full employment by economists.
"People have jobs," Lamb said. "There aren't reasons for a really big real estate bust here."
In the meantime, local builders are focusing more than ever before on sales and marketing, said Matt Lewis, acquisition and planning manager for Vancouver-based Pacific Lifestyle Homes.
The sector barely kept up with demand two years ago.
"Now, we're fighting for every sale out there," Lewis said. "It means you need to be at the top of your game. That's what we're trying to do with attractive, well-priced homes in good areas."
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