The Ads for Real Estate have had a dramatic "Make-over" lately.
"Hurry; this won't last long!" has been replaced with:
Priced at sacrifice level...
Seller must sacrifice...
Motivated Seller...
Seller will consider ALL offers...
Must sell...
Car in the garage goes with the house...
Boat goes with the house...
The house goes with the boat...
Comes with lifetime golf membership and a 21-day trip for two to Europe...
Short sale...
Foreclosure...
REO...
Taxes and HOA fees paid for the next three years...
Taxes and HOA fees paid for the next five years...
Taxes and HOA fees paid by the Seller...
Priced $ 50,000 below appraisal...
Seller says: "Sell!!!!!!"
What "such gems" have you encountered in YOUR Market?
I look forward to receiving some of yours; I know you see some strange ones nowadays... Please post them here!
Mirela - Are you actually using these or are you saying you are sick of seeing these phrases? How is the Myrtle Beach market?
I am seeing these all over the place in our market: on the mls, by e-mail and in print. I use different formats, although I wouldn't mind plagiarizing: "Home comes with the boat..."
Aloysius: Our condo absorption rate is over 3 years...
About a fourth of our transactions are distress properties (REO's, SHORT SALES, FORECLOSURES).
How is your market?
I have never found public desperation to be a good selling point. I tire of those types of sign riders--kinda makes the whole sellers' group look bad.
CB: I hate to say it, but, the whole sellers' group DOES look bad right now!
The headings are simply a reflection of the market... The fact that they don't work, that's a different story...
What does work?
PRICING THE PROPERTY CORRECTLY!
Mirela, with all those incentives that house should have a SOLD sign out front by tomorrow morning.
Gary: You'd think... Even for "pennies on the dollar" they still linger on the market...
Hi Mirela,
This is going to be interesting to say the least. "I'll go out an find some and bring em to ya."
It's humorous what we see. If I saw all of the above I would by that house myself!
Motivated sellers eh? Aren't all sellers motivated or do they just want to keep their house clean every day, enjoy leaving their home at a moments notice, and love living in a museum?
Good Morning Mirella - here is one I saw recently " seller open to negotiate all serious offers' .....I would certainly hope so!! Enjoy your day :)
I have some inventory I want to move; I may use some (or even all) of these ad lines. lol With so much inventory we do need to find a way to get our listings noticed. I agree, pricing is key but we also need to get noticed. I've thought about getting the "dancing girls" out for my next open but haven't done that yet... lol
I have seen one of the listings here throw in a new car, I dont know if it has sold or not---bart
Mirela, one of my friends has some very nice high end listings. One of her ads said something like 'nice homes, pick one'.
Well we haven't quite gotten to this point yet on ads in our area but I suspect we aren't immune with all the uproar in the banking and stock markert world this week .