All Forum Posts by: Laura Ball

Jay - no, we are not competing with new construction in our subdivision or local area. In fact, any new construction would be $500K+. Our current home is one of the smaller sq ft homes and lower end of price in our subdivision.

Thanks to everyone for your feedback - really grateful for the input! 

Caleb, the updates to our home are in line with this subdivision/area - it would actually hurt us if we didn't have them. 

Russell, I do believe timing could be part of the issue. As you mentioned, Spring and early Summer are definitely better since families want to get settled prior to school starting, which was last week. Interesting about using pricing with 4's and 7's, will share with my realtor.

Gabe, agree with you that the floor plan could be an issue - in fact, the house we just purchased has an open space look/feel. All the bedrooms are upstairs, my realtor did mention that might be more attractive to families with young children who prefer to be on the same floor, so that is a factor too.  

Yes, absolutely - thank you! Click here for Zillow link

Our house has been on the market for 3 weeks with no showings, which is beyond frustrating. It's a great family-oriented neighborhood in a fantastic school district, with swim and tennis amenities. The 4 bd/2.5 ba house with a large loft was built in '96, but has been updated with new paint (inside/out), new roof, new hardwood floors throughout downstairs and all new carpet upstairs and kitchen has been updated with granite and SS appliances. We've had one open house and received positive feedback but no bites. We've reduced the price twice ($20.0K). Any suggestions or creative marketing ideas to drive traffic? Thank you in advance!