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Monday, December 31, 2018

Why You Should Not For Sale By Owner #BetterThanFSBO

Why You Should Not For Sale By Owner #TimeToSell #BetterThanFSBO #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor#BetterThanFSBO: #Sell Your Home For More and Pay Less #Time To Sell #ChrisBJohnsonRealtor #Sellers Pay ZERO Commission #List Your Home & Pay No Commission #Better ...

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Real Estate Agent with Allison James Elite CA. BRE 01501699
 
Your home is probably the biggest asset you own. This is why you should hire a professional to guide youthrough all your real estate transactions. My goal is to help 24 to 28 families each year either buy or sellhomeI am NOT interested in Selling 100 or 200 homes a year because I would not be able to give each family the time, attention and energy they deserve..................
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In today’s market, as home prices rise and a lack of inventory continues, some homeowners may consider trying to sell their homes on their own, known in the industry as a For Sale by Owner (FSBO). There are several reasons why this might not be a good idea for most sellers.
Here are the top five reasons:

1. Exposure to Prospective Buyers

According to NAR’s 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 95% of buyers searched online for a home last year. That is in comparison to only 13% of buyers looking at print newspaper ads. Most real estate agents have an Internet strategy to promote the sale of your home, do you?

2. Results Come from the Internet

Where did buyers find the homes they actually purchased?
  • 50% on the Internet
  • 28% from a real estate agent
  • 7% from a yard sign
  • 1% from newspapers
The days of selling your house by putting out a lawn sign or putting an ad in the paper are long gone. Having a strong Internet strategy is crucial.

3. There Are Too Many People to Negotiate With

Here is a list of some of the people with whom you must be prepared to negotiate if you decide to For Sale by Owner:
  • The buyer who wants the best deal possible
  • The buyer’s agent who solely represents the best interests of the buyer
  • The buyer’s attorney (in some parts of the country)
  • The home inspection companies, which work for the buyer and will almost always find some problems with the house
  • The appraiser if there is a question of value

4. FSBOing Has Become More And More Difficult

The paperwork involved in selling and buying a home has increased dramatically as industry disclosures and regulations have become mandatory. This is one of the reasons that the percentage of people FSBOing has dropped from 19% to 7% over the last 20+ years.

5. You Net More Money When Using an Agent

Many homeowners believe that they can save on the real estate commission by selling on their own, but they don’t realize that the main reason buyers look at FSBOs is because they also believe that they can save on the real estate agent’s commission. The seller and buyer can’t both save the commission.
study by Collateral Analytics revealed that FSBOs don’t actually save anything, and in some cases may be costing themselves more, by not listing with an agent. One of the main reasons for the price difference at the time of sale is that,
“Properties listed with a broker that is a member of the local MLS will be listed online with all other participating broker websites, marketing the home to a much larger buyer population. And those MLS properties generally offer compensation to agents who represent buyers, incentivizing them to show and sell the property and again potentially enlarging the buyer pool.”
If more buyers see a home, the greater the chances are that there could be a bidding war for the property. The study showed that the difference in price between comparable homes of size and location is currently at an average of 6% this year.
Why would you choose to list on your own and manage the entire transaction when you can hire an agent and not have to pay anything more?

Bottom Line

Before you decide to take on the challenges of selling your house on your own, let’s get together to discuss your needs.

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Chris B. Johnson is a REALTOR® who Specializes in Short Sale and REO Transactions. Chris has been Certified as a California Association of Realtors HAFA Specialist, a National Association of Realtors Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource, Chris B Johnson Realtor is a Certified Distressed Property Expert, Certified Short Sale Negotiator, Certified Default Advocate and Certified Pre-Foreclosure Specialist. With a full time staff dedicated to short sale negotiations and transactions, we have been successful with (almost) every short sale to date.  LinkedIn Pro    UpNest    What's Your Home Worth?


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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Stocks on a roller coaster ride and Real Estate Still a Good Buy as Fed raises rates again

Stocks on a roller coaster ride and Real Estate Still  a Good Buy as Fed raises rates again: Number 1 Realtor in Moorpark & Camarillo*, Top Three Realtor’s in Ventura County*, *AR Best Real Estate Agent, Luxury Home Auction Specialist, Your ...


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Your home is probably the biggest asset you own. This is why you should hire a professional to guide youthrough all your real estate transactions. My goal is to help 24 to 28 families each year either buy or sellhomeI am NOT interested in Selling 100 or 200 homes a year because I would not be able to give each family the time, attention and energy they deserve....
The final days of December have the stock market reeling as the Dow could possibly have its worst year-end return since 1931, The Great Depression. All major U.S. equity indices are approaching bear market territory with the Nasdaq briefly hitting that on Thursday.
The Dow took a nosedive Wednesday afternoon as the market reacted to the Federal Reserve’s final rate hike of 2019. The markets continued to fall on Thursday with the Dow dropping another 464 points. The Fed raised its benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter point, putting it in a range of 2.25 to 2.5 percent.
In the press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed board members cited an economy that’s growing in some areas and showing signs of softening in others. He said that makes their decisions less certain and more dependent on data. “There’s a fairly high degree of uncertainty about both the path and the ultimate destination of any further increases,” said Powell. “I think from this point forward, we’re going to be letting the data speak to us.”
The Dow and the S&P 500 are both in corrections with the Dow ending Wednesday trading at a new 2018 low. The global markets also plummeted, hitting two year lows, as fears of recession only grew stronger on the Fed’s announcement.
While the stock market may be sinking, that also means long-term interest rates are going down. When the Dow plummeted earlier this week, and the global market was shaken, bond yields also went down as investors looked for the safety of government debt. Many lenders posted rates below 4.6 percent earlier this week.
As Treasuries rallied after Powell’s announcement, yields dropped to their lowest point since April of this year. As the yields dropped, the yield curve between the 10-year and 2-year also continued to flatten while the 2- and 5-year yields inverted. The 10-year Treasury note briefly touched 2.75 percent, a yield not seen since early April. The 10-year note was trading at 2.78 percent in early morning trading on Friday.

Home sales and starts

Housing starts overall were up for November according to the Commerce Department’s report. However, this was mainly due to a large increase in multi-family housing.
Single-family home starts are struggling, down more than 13 percent from November of 2017. This was the third straight month of declining single-family housing starts. October’s housing starts, originally showing an increase, were revised down to instead show a decrease of 1.6 percent.
Analysts also expect that new home sales will once again see a decline. October saw a nearly 9 percent decrease in new home sales, according to the Census Bureau, which was a nearly 2-and-a-half-year low. The November report form the Census Bureau will be released on Dec. 27.
Existing home sales saw a bump up in November, increasing by 1.9 percent according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the second straight month of increases in existing home sales. Sales are still down 7 percent from a year ago.
Home prices are still gaining as well. The median existing-home price for all housing types (single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops) was $257,700, an increase of 4.2 percent from November of 2017.
According to the NAR data, unsold inventory is sitting at a 3.9-month supply which is better than where it was a year ago at 3.5 months. However, the NAR’s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, says the availability can be misleading. “Inventory is plentiful on the upper-end, but a mismatch between supply and demand exists at affordable price points.”
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