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The New Home Seller Mentality

The five or six years have been a great time for people selling their homes. The biggest issue sellers seemed to face was simply the decision as to the best time to sell. Once that decision was made, one could practically ask for anything and get offers rolling in. Sellers had all the leverage. Buyers regularly worried about losing out on properties and would happily pay a premium for just about any home. With appreciation rates skyrocketing and interest rates at historic lows, buyers just figured they would make money anyways.

As the home market cools, the leverage is the buy-sell process is switching to the buyers. Sellers can no longer ask outrageous amounts for their homes and expect to get flooded with offers. For sellers, this is a sad, but true development.

While things may favor buyers at the moment, many sellers are having problems changing their mentality. They are still acting like the market is hot. They figure out the value of their home compared to others in the neighborhood and then list their property for something much higher. After the last five years, it comes as a shock when the home just sits and sits with no offers coming in. If you are having this problem, you need to reset your thought process on how to go about selling your home. Yes, you are actually going to have to work at it.

The most important thing to consider is the price you are both listing the home for and willing to accept. If you try to sell at the top of the market for homes in your area, you are going to have problems. Home values are trending down, not up. Buyers also know they should never buy the most expensive home in a neighborhood since it limits their potential appreciation. If your home is priced at the top of the market, you are throwing your bait out to high above the buyers. This is not necessarily a mistake if you are willing to wait and wait for an offer. If you want to sell now, however, you need to aim for the middle of the market. Get an analysis of comparable homes in your area and their prices. Compare your homes to the field and price accordingly.

The legendary real estate market of the early decade is finished. As a seller, you need to adjust accordingly.

The New Home Builder

Once you have decided to buy a new house and even perhaps have it built for you. You will need to select location, financing and the builder you will use. It is a big decision and must be carfully handled so that you are happy and satisfied with the end result. Having a home built is expensive and you need to balance what you need with what you want so that the house is everything you imagined so that you can move happily into your new home instead of going into the poor house.

Selecting a Home builder is even more important than the financing and the location. The home builder's commmittment to quality will become evident as your new home ages no matter is the home is a modular, log, custom, or tract type housing. The builder decided on the quality level of the materials based on the price points of the final product, your home.

Of course, you cannot expect to see first rate top of the line products throughout a home that's being built to an affordable price point. Still the quality of the finished materials should be of good quality and be expected to give years of use. The builder who cuts corners on finished materials a customer can see has probably cut even more on the stuff that cannot be seen like insulation, proper sealing for drafts, and other energy efficient methods.

Buying a home form a cheap builder may seem like a good deal but once the real costs become known, it's to late to do anything about it. Instead of looking for the absolute cheapest price, look for the best value. The best value will offer the best product for the price and not just let the price determine the value.

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