Sunday, January 21, 2007

Pricing Your Home

As most markets experience an "adjustment" period, buyers are fewer and farther between. Sellers usually ask their listing agent for a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to properly gauge their asking price in these dynamic conditions.

But as a buyer, how can you be sure that your offer is a reasonable one? Some sellers simply ignore current market conditions, expecting to fetch the same prices as a year ago. You may need some assurance. Particularly, you need to know how many homes are on the market now vs. a year ago, and how the average sales times compare. Ask a real estate pro to provide you with the very same CMA that the sellers request!

Once you've located a home you're excited about, a CMA report will compare it with similar properties, and give you a very good indication of whether the asking price truly reflects its value. Such a report costs you nothing, yet gives you the peace of mind that your offer is a solid one, and you're not risking one penny more than you should!

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