House purchase/sale, how is the demand? Looking for experiences

  • Erstellt am 2018-10-01 17:26:08

ypg

2018-10-01 22:37:50
  • #1


Five years ago we sold a house, which was a popular terraced house in our area. The houses sell there at roughly the same price, for example to tenants from the same area, but also to young families as well as older couples. We even had a detached single-family house, I am a part-time real estate photographer. So we funneled through a total of 30 couples and singles with companions every evening over two weeks starting in the late afternoon. That was a exhausting and tough time. We handed out sheets with the house’s ancillary costs to everyone. After two weeks, only sporadic emails from interested parties came, otherwise a few second visits. The phone stayed silent for a while. In the end, we felt that only we wanted something from others...



You can’t. A tip: don’t believe that your house is so important to others who have no interest. It may be that the house in your focus is the ultimate, but others also have their own lives which they do not spice up with house visits. Maybe one will be, but rather you have to expect that interested parties will also look at other houses. They don’t even have to be interested in your area. It could be that they work 30 km away and normally look on the completely other side. Also, buyers like to see one or two more houses just to have comparisons. When we searched (before the internet, so with newspaper ads), we took everything. Everything!



These calculators should be treated with caution. You can make your house a dust collector on the market with the wrong price expectation – then it means: patiently taking the house off the portal and staying quiet for three months.

Never underestimate the work of a broker :D And advertising photos are also made according to psychological aspects ;)

I believe there is a book about selling one’s own house.
 

Obstlerbaum

2018-10-01 23:03:00
  • #2
Depends on where you live. In urban areas, it's easy to manage, but outside of them, I would also work with a realtor.
 

Curly

2018-10-02 10:17:32
  • #3
We live near you and have sold our house through an agent. The agent set a much higher price than we would have and took care of everything, such as the deposit for a buyer’s reservation, bank financing confirmation, etc. The agent also already has a large list of interested parties, and it only took a few days until our house was reserved. We received significantly more money than the house construction had previously cost us.

Best regards
Sabine
 

Mottenhausen

2018-10-02 13:46:44
  • #4
I also experienced during our search that it was said: place a bid, we will collect bids for 3-4 weeks and then arrange viewings only with the highest bidders. Pah! And that in Saxony, where the market is still significantly more relaxed.

My impression at the moment is that if the location is right, the house is almost irrelevant. If the location is poor, even a great house can't fix it.
 

Spunk

2018-10-04 11:05:49
  • #5
What the broker writes in the contract is "sausage" (doesn't matter). The commission depends on success. No signature at the notary, no money for the broker. It doesn't matter who doesn't sign. Brokers also have an occupational risk.
 

Brickleberry

2018-10-20 02:18:46
  • #6
Reservation fees are inadmissible according to the BGH, therefore irrelevant.

On the other hand, Groß-Umstadt is not for everyone. For me, for example, not. Dieburg, Groß-Zimmern, Münster, etc. have already been ruled out because there are simply too many country roads and bugs between my commute.

Instead, I decided on Groß-Gerau, not much good can be said about the A67 either but at least it's a highway :)

In terms of price, I would compare on Immoscout and set the price high. It is easier to correct downwards than upwards.

Without a real estate agent would be preferable, as they do relatively little for a lot of money. This bothers many people; in the end, if the house is good, it doesn’t matter whether there is a third party in between or not, payment is still made.

For buyers, it makes little difference; for you, more so if you factor the broker’s commission into your profit. Optionally, if you are humane, you offer the property a bit cheaper than it would have cost overall with a broker.
 

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