7 Options for You When Your Home Will Not Sell
Things You Can Do When Your Home Isn't Selling
What is the most common reason a property fails to sell? It's overpriced.
Factors that make a home unsellable "are the ones that cannot be changed: location, low ceilings, difficult floor plan that cannot be easily modified, poor architecture," Robin Kencel of The Robin Kencel Group at Compass in Connecticut, who sells homes between $500,000 and $28 million, told Business Insider.
When is the best month to sell a house? The best month to sell a house is June, though May is a close second, according to a May 2020 report from real estate research firm ATTOM Data Solutions.
If the property doesn't sell at auction, it becomes a real estate owned property (referred to as an REO or bank-owned property). When this happens, the lender becomes the owner. The lender will try to sell the property on its own, through a broker, or with the help of an REO asset manager.
Your home's value drops when you neglect repairs and updates
If you need to sell your property quickly, drop the asking price to about 90% of the market value. It's a much more cost-effective way than simply waiting to sell at the original asking price or using a quick house sale company, which pay on average 75% of market value.
In fact, selling to a cash buyer is often the fastest option to get rid of your home. The best part about selling to a cash buyer is that the sale is guaranteed to close, so long as they have the funds available to pay you.
The short answer is yes, empty houses do take longer to sell than furnished, occupied or staged homes. A study from the Appraisal Institute found that vacant houses sold for 6% less than occupied houses and stayed on the market longer. There are a few reasons why this is the case.
In a seller's market, you can usually get away with fewer fix-ups before selling. However, a home that needs repairs will still deliver a lower price in any market. 1 In slow markets, buyers might not even bother to look at a home that needs work.
One reason for a home not selling is it has not been marketed correctly. The homeowner and their agent are trying to sell a secret! If the potential buyers of this property don't know it exists, the price is irrelevant. You can't even give away something if no one knows about it.
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