FREAKING out! Please tell me more is about to come on the market!

[Anonymous]

Maybe because FCPS has a late spring break this year?

[Anonymous]

When I sold my house in 22207, a neighbor asked me to sell to their friends. But we went ahead and put it on the market and had an open house. We got a ton of offers and it was bid up about $30k over the list price.

When you're selling privately, I think the buyers want a 'deal' since they think they're saving you the hassle of cleaning, staging, etc. But it wasn't THAT difficult and our realtor paid for the stager & photos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in 20853 and have noticed things seem slow this year. Of the last 4 or 5 houses to sell on our block, 3 were sold without going on the market. It wouldn't hurt to aggressively put the word out that you are looking, including working connections and the letter thing.

Ivey this is the exact neighborhood where we want to be. I haven't seen a house go on the market there since January.
The problem is we don't know anyone in the neighborhood. I did meet a wonderful woman at the dog park. I need to find her again ...

[Anonymous]

I bet, not Ivey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:50k is barely an extra 400 a month, stop being so damn cheap this is DC not the failing jobless mid west

Well when $475k is the top of your budget, $50k makes a huge difference. I wish I was in a position where I could afford to not be "cheap"! Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:50k is barely an extra 400 a month, stop being so damn cheap this is DC not the failing jobless mid west

You must take pride in being a jerk to strangers.

[Anonymous]

In it to win it. Bid it up

[Anonymous]

OP, we wanted to live in that area too. Last year they seemed to list more later in the season and, many sold even before the open house You might need to enlarge your search area, we were at the same price point and could not go over 500k and afford the monthly mortgage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, we wanted to live in that area too. Last year they seemed to list more later in the season and, many sold even before the open house You might need to enlarge your search area, we were at the same price point and could not go over 500k and afford the monthly mortgage.

So where did you end up? Are you happy?

We just want a community, lots of kids/young families. Don't really know where else to look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, we wanted to live in that area too. Last year they seemed to list more later in the season and, many sold even before the open house You might need to enlarge your search area, we were at the same price point and could not go over 500k and afford the monthly mortgage.

So where did you end up? Are you happy?

We just want a community, lots of kids/young families. Don't really know where else to look.

Have you looked in the Hungerford neighborhood (RM cluster)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I sold my house in 22207, a neighbor asked me to sell to their friends. But we went ahead and put it on the market and had an open house. We got a ton of offers and it was bid up about $30k over the list price.

When you're selling privately, I think the buyers want a 'deal' since they think they're saving you the hassle of cleaning, staging, etc. But it wasn't THAT difficult and our realtor paid for the stager & photos.

But didn't the realtor's commission eat up all your "extra" $$? You went through listing and open houses just to break even?

[Anonymous]

We were hoping this weekend would bring more....and not. One home we had our eye on went private before the listing went live. Another decided not to sell this year after finding nothing they wanted to buy. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

I would consider broadening your search area.

[Anonymous]

Do you like the house 50K overpriced? Could you make a lower offer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were hoping this weekend would bring more....and not. One home we had our eye on went private before the listing went live. Another decided not to sell this year after finding nothing they wanted to buy. Ugh.

Same thing with us. Only house we would consider is 50-60K overpriced and had been sitting on the market for 44 days now however that won't consider an offer that is lower.