Traditional Brokerages

Found 4 blog entries about Traditional Brokerages.

This home was built by the same builder and is the same floor plan in Daybreak. Both of these homes were listed in the summer with top real estate agents. However, the result is very different…

HOUSE A

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Sold for $83,000 less Than House B!!! 4 months on Market. Had an extra Fireplace in Master and 2nd Kitchen in Basement. Same style of flooring and paint as House B.

 HOUSE B

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goBE SOLD by Utah Dave! Sold for $83,000 More than the other listing! Sold in the First Weekend on market. 

When choosing a good Realtor to work with make sure you choose one that has experience and PROOF of RESULTS! Call 801-966-4000 to see more proof.

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Same Builder... Same House... Same Area... Same Time on Market.... VERY DIFFERENT RESULTS

 

THEIRS: (LISTED WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY: good experienced agent and brokerage)

House 2On the market for almost 2 years!

Ended with a Lease Option for thousands less than ours. 

Fully finished basement with wet bar

Larger yard/ lot

More upgrades in Master Bath

 

 

OURS: LISTED with UTAHDAVE of goBE Realty

Offers within a few days!House 1

Sold for $345k

Only a partially finished basement

Smaller lot than comparable home above

 

 

Utah is a non-disclosure state on sales price. To gain sold data on listings that aren't ours call 801-966-4000.

As you can see in the apple to apple comparison that you see above, the real estate

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What not to ask when selling your home: "What is my home worth?" or "What will my home appraise for?"  This is not the right way to understand the value of your home. An appraisal is an estimate of value or to put it more simply; one person's opinion of the value of your home. As we all know that opinion is not necessarily fact, it's important to know that there is no such thing as an absolute number that your home is worth

Here's what happened to one seller of mine. The buyer's appraisal of their home came in $70,000 below list price. Yikes! After hiring 3 different appraisers on the same house all 3 came back with very different "opinions" of value. After 2 weeks of convincing the banks, the buyers, and the REALTORS, I was able to sell the home for

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You have seen the headlines "Why Pay 6%? Save $2,000 to $4,000!"

Did you really end up saving? Lets take a look at a couple scenarios.

Sometimes its tough to really know, many times you will never know. Why? Because there rarely is the exact same home for sale at the exact same time as each other listed with different brokerages. But we found some for you to look at. These two homes were on the market at the exact same time and were considered competition as they were exact comparables.

EXAMPLE A:

 

This home was listed with a discount brokerage, and 2 different nation wide traditional brokerages.

Time on market: 470 Days

Net to seller after paid closing costs: $206,200

 

EXAMPLE B:

This home was listed with a Discount

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