Why no open house on this Falls Church property?

[Anonymous]

Have been watching this since it hit "coming soon," and it's on now and no open house. Have seen this with a few other properties -- why do the real estate agents do this? I rely on the open houses to see places as I don't have an agent.

We do think we like this one. There are houses in this area at this price point (it's listed at 1.1M) and houses at over 2M, but there isn't much in between and not a lot at this lower price point. Will probably end up waiting a couple of months for the spring market. But I hate the no open house thing.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/2315-Highland-Ave-22046/home/9482052

[Anonymous]

Because open houses are for lookie lous not serious buyers.

[Anonymous]

For heaven’s sake you don’t need an agent to see a property. Just contact the realtor for the seller and make an appointment.

[Anonymous]

McLean sells quickly. If you want to see it you call your agent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean sells quickly. If you want to see it you call your agent.

+1

They don't need to have an open house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For heaven’s sake you don’t need an agent to see a property. Just contact the realtor for the seller and make an appointment.

"Do you have a buyers agent call one to show it to you, are you pre-approved? All cash, usually a buyers agent will show you this." They literally won't show it to you unless you pull teeth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For heaven’s sake you don’t need an agent to see a property. Just contact the realtor for the seller and make an appointment.

"Do you have a buyers agent call one to show it to you, are you pre-approved? All cash, usually a buyers agent will show you this." They literally won't show it to you unless you pull teeth.

We bought a house about a year ago. Finally ended up getting a buyer's agent for this reason.

[Anonymous]

In a sellers market you don’t need to have one. I didn’t realize how hot the market was until I spoke to someone who has been outbid on 3 properties where each had at least 5 offers above list within 24 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a sellers market you don’t need to have one. I didn’t realize how hot the market was until I spoke to someone who has been outbid on 3 properties where each had at least 5 offers above list within 24 hours.

Was this recently? We bought a house about a year ago and this was definitely the case then (the house we ended up buying had one afternoon of showings, no open house, and multiple offers and our escalation clause had to go into effect -- I forget how much over list we paid, not much, but there was a bidding war, and we had lost another house that we bid on that had like 10 offers, half of them all-cash). I ask if the experience you are citing above is recent, because everyone says things have cooled a lot over the last year.

[Anonymous]

Easy- they dont need one. Waste of time in this market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Easy- they dont need one. Waste of time in this market.

+1

Like the listing says: location, location, location.

[Anonymous]

Most FCC listings aren't even listed on Redfin these days. They sell with zero open houses.

[Anonymous]

I like the views from this house. It’s not water or anything but it’s got some cute visuals

[Anonymous]

Wow - that has less square footage than my townhouse and super outdated, no yard. Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]For heaven’s sake you don’t need an agent to see a property. Just contact the realtor for the seller and make an appointment.

[/b]

This. MOre and more people are buying without a real estate agent. I do it all the time. Agents are used to it. Just call.