As a realtor I have to point out a few facts about selling a house yourself. The median sales price of a FSBO home reported was $153,000. The median sales price of an agent-assisted sale reported was $211,000. (NAR Stats)
87% of all buyers turn to the internet today to buy homes. Our company has spent considerable time and money into it's website design (
www.spencerhughes.com). It also places it into the most popular search engines. It would go into REALTOR.com (#1 real estate site in America). This creates a high impact online marketing system.
In addition you have to be able to answer your phone and schedule showings at all times. I have followed up on some FSBO and can never get an answer on the phone. Discourages me, can't imagine what it does to a buyer.
Although you might pay for a real estate commission you get a lot more exposure and experience from a well known real estate company. Our commission goes into marketing and exposure not just our pockets!
Lastly a buyer will come in with the attitude of they are not paying the commission and they automatically knock the price down that percent.
If you decide to continue with a FSBO good luck. In this difficult market ask yourself if you really want to have limited exposure. A house that is priced correctly will sell. Our goal is to get you the most we can as quickly as possible and we will do a market analysis to get the correct price. If you want an experienced company to market your property then feel free to give me a call at Prudential Spencer-Hughes/Alton.
Nancy DePorter
603 875-2020
Lastly if you do decide to sell it yourself be prepared to have every realtor in the area calling to ask to list it for you. We are aggressive!