Barb Schlinker The Real Estate Voice

Everyone is saying the market is really strong for home sellers.  So why do the details of selling need to be carefully managed?Market indicators are very strong.Available Inventory down by 51% from 1 Year AgoTotal Number of Homes that Went Under Contract UP by 22%Average Days on Market = 19 DaysIf you are buying a home, that presents the issues of:  Low inventoryCompetitionIf Buyers agents think it works the way it used to work, they will be in for a rude awakening!Just last week, I had multiple agents calling and flopping on the floor because they could not get in to see my two hot listings of the week when THEY or their buyer WANTED TO SEE THEM!I’ve had agents confront my sellers about:Being at the home for showing“Didn’t your agent ‘school you’ on how this works”I love my seller’s response…“Last I checked I still own the house!”Getting the buyer the house takes a lot more effort than the comfy way we used to do things:Set up a showing..wheneverHope they like itGo write an offerHope there is not competitio