{"id":112,"date":"2006-07-20T20:00:41","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2006-07-20T20:35:20","modified_gmt":"2006-07-21T03:35:20","slug":"drop-a-dime-on-a-relo-win-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/112\/drop-a-dime-on-a-relo-win-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop a dime on a relo, win $50"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a listing that’s been on the market since June 15<\/a>. I know, that’s only<\/i> a bit over a month… not too long in today’s market. But, this is a gorgeous, well appointed house in a great community, with really smart sellers. They keep the home immaculate, it shows beautifully and it’s priced well, comping to or even less than what the same model in the same subdivision sold for last autumn, after last summer’s rabid housing boom in Phoenix had ended. We didn’t try to edge the price up, like so many sellers are still trying to do. And the house has been marketed well. I’m proud of the differentiating factors we bring to our marketing. I’m not talking about the typical post-in-the-ground, ad-in-the-paper and flyer-in-the-box, but the kind of marketing that I believe Seth Godin<\/a> might give a nod to if we were on his radar.<\/p>\n

When I met with the sellers last night, I couldn’t give a good explanation as to why the house hadn’t even shown<\/i> since the end of June. Sure, the market has slowed. But there are still folks out there buying houses. Perhaps conventional wisdom would have them lower their asking price, but I don’t believe price is the factor. I explained that theirs is a move up house and until someone lower on the food chain is able to sell his house, he won’t have any freedom of movement. My idea all along has been that this is a great house for a relocation. Yesterday Greg posted this from the Business Journal of Phoenix<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A new report by a research group called Federal Funds Information for States ranks Arizona first among states in terms of economic momentum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the day before, this came from from the same publication<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Quick, what do Mesa and Milwaukee have in common?<\/p>\n

The two tied as the least vulnerable to natural disaster among the nation’s 50 largest cities. But Mesa wasn’t the only Arizona city to land near the top of the list created by SustainLane.com. Phoenix and Tucson tied for the No. 3 spot along with Cleveland and El Paso, Texas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a listing that’s been on the market since June 15. I know, that’s only a bit over a month… not too long in today’s market. But, this is a gorgeous, well appointed house in a great community, with really smart sellers. 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Downward pressure on commissions is gone \u00a0\u00a08. Developers\/builders welcoming us again \u00a0\u00a07. Discount brokerages vanishing \u00a0\u00a06. FSBOs are extinct or nearly so \u00a0\u00a05. Foreclosure\/short\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":533,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/533\/for-sale-by-owner-sellers-can-help-move-real-estate-market-into-new-buyers-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":4},"title":"For-sale-by-owner sellers can help move real estate market into new buyers’ world . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 13, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I gripe about the meager little 350 words I get in my column in the West Valley sections of the Arizona Republic. 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