As usual I agree with Perry. (btw Perry did you buy a home? I was reading that you bought something off of craigslist so I think I incorrectly interpreted that to be a home)
Littlelady, I am sure you take everything on this board with a grain of salt as do I. The very best things you can do are as follows:
1 – Have your realtor keep you updated with the acitivity in your neighborhood. All the actives, pendings, solds, cancelleds, expireds and withdrawns.
2 – Scope out the competition. Go to visit the competitors when they have an open house or even have your realtor show you thier home by setting up an appt.
3 – Make sure you are priced aggressively.
4 – Solicit feedback from those who visited. It is unlikely this will help much but it cannot hurt. If you change the price then make sure your realtor contacts those who came by.
5 – Above all do not panic. It has only been a week.
— I AM a bitter wannabe buyer AND priced out of the neighborhood I want to be in. Some people like to assert thier opinions in harsher manners then others, what can we do right? Anyways if you stay on top of things and work closely with your realtor your house will indeed sell. While there are ALOT of lookers out there I can tell you there are bonafide buyers out there as well. Why? I have no clue but they are there. I do not personally have any looking in Santee but I have a few, sdrealtor does as well, and it wouldn’t surprise me if other realtors who post here don’t have them.
Am I saying the market isn’t going to go down, of course not. I am saying that if you be proactive and keep doing your diligence to make your home the best deal (be it price, showability, condition, etc) out of the competitors, it will sell.
