• icydefiance@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    40 have been on the site longer than 2 weeks. I can only filter for less than two weeks, not greater than, so I won’t bother with that, but here’s a summary of the first 5 that have a garage, aren’t pending, and are less than $300k:

    • “This house needs work and is priced accordingly”

    • “This is a 55 and older only community.”

    • A trailer with a detached garage for $250k. That’s just insulting.

    • A nice condo for $299,900, right where I said most houses would be.

    • A kind of ugly place for $230k. The description says it only needs cosmetic improvements, so this might actually be a good one to buy.

    So hey, in the first 5 there’s one house that seems reasonable. Maybe there are a few more if I go through the rest. Still, for a city of 200k people, being able to count the reasonably priced houses on your fingers is not very good.

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      11 months ago

      Keep in mind that this is the worst time of year to put a house on the market.

      Realtors advise sellers to list after the Superbowl. People are doing holiday stuff right now, not so much house shopping. And if a house sits on the market too long, buyers will avoid it.