Comments on: A Tough Sell http://homeinbabylon.com/2009/03/09/a-tough-sell/ My house is where I want to be and it looks like all my dreams Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blog Ojevich http://homeinbabylon.com/2009/03/09/a-tough-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Blog Ojevich Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:20:28 +0000 http://homeinbabylon.com/?p=274#comment-406 Glad the blog is cranking again!!! Glad the blog is cranking again!!!

]]> By: Blog Ojevich http://homeinbabylon.com/2009/03/09/a-tough-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Blog Ojevich Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:20:06 +0000 http://homeinbabylon.com/?p=274#comment-405 program does look good...I concur..but it's townwide folks..lots of options..not just in the village. program does look good…I concur..but it’s townwide folks..lots of options..not just in the village.

]]> By: FanofBabylonVillage http://homeinbabylon.com/2009/03/09/a-tough-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-400 FanofBabylonVillage Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:28:25 +0000 http://homeinbabylon.com/?p=274#comment-400 Excellent distinction between houses on the market versus those for sale. Babylon sellers are no more or less realistic than the general market; however, I have seen far more homes under the $400k price point in the last several months...perhaps a validation of a reality check in process. The Babylon $15k loan incentive for homes in the $370k and below range is awesome and a model for what other communities can do. I predict it will help tremendously in motivating buyers - and sellers - to start some entry level momentum. Suggestion...how about a blog entry that speaks to the details of this very promising program by the Town of Babylon? Excellent distinction between houses on the market versus those for sale. Babylon sellers are no more or less realistic than the general market; however, I have seen far more homes under the $400k price point in the last several months…perhaps a validation of a reality check in process.

The Babylon $15k loan incentive for homes in the $370k and below range is awesome and a model for what other communities can do. I predict it will help tremendously in motivating buyers – and sellers – to start some entry level momentum.

Suggestion…how about a blog entry that speaks to the details of this very promising program by the Town of Babylon?

]]> By: Anon E. Moose http://homeinbabylon.com/2009/03/09/a-tough-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Anon E. Moose Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:40:04 +0000 http://homeinbabylon.com/?p=274#comment-398 You've hit on the fundamental differnece between the huge number of houses "on the market" and the sliver of those that are actucally available for sale. If the seller is unwilling to accept the current market price for their property, then it isn't available for sale in any real sense, regardless of how many used house salesgeeks they hire to flack it for them. Filtering out the wheat from the chaff is tedious work.. if only there were knowledgeable (and accountable) professionals available for hire to do that. They might actually add value to the transaction and make some real money for themselves. Too bad nothing like that has come along. You’ve hit on the fundamental differnece between the huge number of houses “on the market” and the sliver of those that are actucally available for sale. If the seller is unwilling to accept the current market price for their property, then it isn’t available for sale in any real sense, regardless of how many used house salesgeeks they hire to flack it for them.

Filtering out the wheat from the chaff is tedious work.. if only there were knowledgeable (and accountable) professionals available for hire to do that. They might actually add value to the transaction and make some real money for themselves. Too bad nothing like that has come along.

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