Top 5 Reasons Your Home is Still on the Market
You see other homes selling rather quickly but your South Florida home is still hasn’t sold. Why? There are several factors in play when selling a home; pricing is just one of them. Here are the top 5 reasons your home has not sold yet.
1. It’s overpriced. If your home is too far out of the ballpark on pricing Realtors won’t even show it. Buyers don’t want to waste their time making an offer and getting rejected. Currently in the Ft. Lauderdale area there is enough inventory that buyers can move onto something else they feel they have a chance at getting.
2. It’s difficult to show. If another agent can’t get into see your place they will just show the other homes for sale. If it requires 24 hours notice to show some agents will bypass it simply due to time constraints. Sometimes the listing agent is so busy that they can’t show it at the desired time so the buyers agent eliminates it from the list of homes to view.
3. It’s odd. Let’s face it, some homes are just plain odd. If it’s been chopped up, added onto 20 times, has crazy colors, dark rooms, strange sized rooms it’s going to take a LONG time to sell.
4. The photos in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) are bad. This is far too common. The photos are taken by the agent with their phone and they’re dark, they don’t capture the room well so the rooms look small, there’s only a few photos (we can input up to 26 photos in our system). Photos are very important. We have many buyers who have purchased homes solely on the photos (and video)!
5. It’s cluttered and full of personal items. Many buyers cannot see past clutter and are distracted by personal photos on the walls, etc. They lose track of the basics of the home; the layout, condition, upgrades, etc. that are really important.
If you would like a free evaluation of what could be done to help your home sell please call one of our experienced agents now at 954-895-8999. If your home is presently listed, ask your agent for honest feedback on what could be done to help make it more appealing to buyers.