Why Do Listings Expire

After many years of experience in the real estate industry, below is a short list of items that we've seen as primary causes for a listing to expire. 

1. It is a slower real estate market. The news has promoted this fact heavily and buyers have more choices by knowing that something new will come on the market tomorrow. Where in years past we would have bidding wars on listings we now hear buyers "waiting it out" for the next deal to show up.

2. Real Estate Agents are not necessarily photographers. All too often do we see listings on the MLS with horrible, and we do mean horrible pictures of a home.  OR worse yet there is only 1 photo even available to view. 

3. The house was hard to view because the owner did not provide lockbox access or made it very difficult to show. This also happens sometimes with renters who don’t want to move or a divorced half of a couple that does not want to sell the house but has to by court order. The bottom line is when you have your home on the market you need to be wanting to sell it which means...SHOW IT!  Show it all of the time and always be ready for a showing. Never make it difficult to show - there are too many homes on the market for buyers to see and they will pass yours right up if they can't view it easily and in the timeline that they want to see it.

Here is the bottom line - if you want to sell your home our proven plan of action can do it. However, you have to be ready to truly sell it. Offer the right Buyers Agent commission, make sure the listing information is complete and accurate, ALWAYS be ready to show your home and for goodness sakes make it easy for the buyers to see it. We will do absolutely everything we can to get your home SOLD and for the best price; but ultimately it will be up to you to make sure it is showing in a way that makes those buyers really want it. In most cases when we see a home listing expire there is something wrong..either the agent that originally listed the property didn't get it the right marketing exposure, or the owner simply wasn't willing to do what it takes to get the home sold.

When you are ready to sell...we are ready to sell it!