Barb Schlinker The Real Estate Voice

Why Pricing Realistically Gets Home Seller’s The Most Amount of MoneyBarb, Why is a Home Seller’s Decision about the Asking Price So Important in Getting them The Most Money When it Sells?1. To dovetail from the last segment about Five Keys to Thrive When Selling Your Home the 1st is “Be The Best Home on the Block and the Last is… is “Pricing Correctly”a. According to NAR, when a home seller prices their home too high then SLOWLY walks the price down, they will actually NET less money than they would have had they priced appropriately from the beginning.b. You cannot rely on most automated ‘guestimate’ valuations like Zillow, the Tax Assessor and Realtor.comi. By law the values on the Tax Assessment are supposed to be 18 months BEHIND the current market.  We have a rising market, so that value typically is too low.ii. Zillow & Realtor.com just averages all the homes around you without regard to the condition of your home, it amentities or views, no does it account for sudden market changes as we are seein