Real Estate Darwinism

This is one of those things that sounds like a bad joke - until you realize that the person that you’re talking to ISN’T kidding!

Client: “I think I’ll take my home off the market for a little while.”

Me: “Why is that? Have you changed your mind about selling it?”

Client: “Oh no, not at all - I just think that taking it off the market will ________________________________ (fill in the blank with flawed logic).”

Makes absolutely no sense.  There is still quite a bit of Palm Beach Gardens real estate for sale so the only thing this temporary change does is remove ANY chance you have of getting an offer!

Some Sellers think that this is sort of a tease - as if the people that have been tracking their ‘one-in-a-million home’ will feel like they lost out and they need to spring to action!  Not at all.

If the inventory levels were low, this might not be so laughable.  But if your home falls off the list, any potential Buyer will just move on to the next AVAILABLE one.

Remember this - we are still in a Buyers Market and misguided Seller ‘tricks’ like this (and the equally poor ‘Price Increase’) only hurt your chances of selling your home.