5 Reasons to Love Hiring A Real Estate Pro

by | Feb 8, 2019 | Buyers, First Time Home Buyers, Home Search, Infographic, Move-up Buyers, Negotiating Contracts, Pricing, Sellers, Selling Your Home

5 Reasons to Love Hiring A Real Estate Pro [INFOGRAPHIC] | MyKCM

Highlights:

  • Hiring a real estate professional to guide you through the process of buying a home or selling your house can be one of the best decisions you make!
  • They are there for you to help with contracts, explaining the process, negotiations, and pricing (both when making an offer or setting the right price for your home).
  • One of the top reasons to hire a real estate professional is their understanding of your local market and how the conditions in your neighborhood will impact your experience.

3 Things You Need in a Shifting Real Estate Market

by | Feb 1, 2019 | Buyers, First Time Home Buyers, Home Search, Housing Market Updates, Pricing, Rent vs Buy, Sellers, Selling Your Home

Whether you are thinking of selling your house or buying a home, today’s real estate headlines can be confusing – perhaps even concerning. What is actually happening with mortgage rates? Are home values dropping or are they just rising at a slower pace? What impact will the economy have on the Learn More…

Selling Your Home? Make Sure the Price is Right!

by | Jan 20, 2019 | Move-up Buyers, Pricing, Sellers, Selling Your Home

Selling Your Home? Make Sure the Price is Right! | MyKCM

If you’ve ever watched “The Price is Right,” you know that the only way to win is to be the one to correctly guess the price of the item you want without going over! That means your guess must be just slightly under the retail price.

In today’s shifting real estate market, where more inventory is coming to market and home values are projected to appreciate at lower rates, homeowners will not be able to price their homes as aggressively as they were able to just last year.

They will have to employ the same strategy: be the closest without going over!

As we have explained before, pricing your home at or slightly below market value actually increases the number of buyers who will see your home in their search!

Over the last six months, more inventory has come to market while the months’ supply of inventory available has dropped. This means that the demand for homes to buy is still very strong throughout the country!

Homeowners who make the mistake of overpricing their homes will eventually have to drop the price. This leaves buyers wondering if the price drop was caused by something wrong with the homes when in reality nothing was wrong, the price was just too high!

Bottom Line

If you are thinking about listing your home for sale this year, let’s get together to properly price your home from the start!

Why Houses DO NOT Sell in a Strong Market

by | Dec 18, 2018 | Buyers, Home Search, Move-up Buyers, Pricing, Sellers, Selling Your Home

Below are the 5 most common reasons why a listing contract will expire:

1. The Price
Sometimes when the market is hot, homeowners attempt to set their listing price higher. Their hope is that a motivated buyer will be willing to pay any price for a house in their desired neighborhood! Sellers must remember, though, that in today’s market a house must be sold twice; first to the buyer and then to their bank.

A buyer can agree to pay the homeowner’s asking price, but after the bank conducts their appraisal, the price might need to be adjusted. The bank will only give the buyer a mortgage for the value of determined in the appraisal.

Sellers must also keep in mind that today’s home buyers are  Learn more…