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The Three Ps of Getting Your Fort Erie Home Sold Fast

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Market conditions are in a constant state of flux.

  • When there is an abundance of unsold inventory (high supply, low demand) on the market, buyers tend to have the upper hand in negotiations.
  • When there is a shortage of available inventory (low supply, high demand) on the market, conditions tend to be favorable for sellers.

Regardless of what market conditions look like at the time you are reading this, if you want your Greater Fort Erie home sold quickly and for top dollar, remember the three Ps:

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Is housing in Fort Erie affordable for the average family?

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When I promote a new listing on Facebook, I often receive comments from local users like…

Housing prices in Fort Erie have gone crazy. I’ve lived and worked here all my life but I won’t be able to afford to retire here.

Or…

How are young families ever supposed to be able to buy their first house?

Or…

I’m barely getting by as it is. I’ll never be able to buy a home of my own.

You get the idea.

While concerns about affordable housing are perfectly valid — and I will touch on this later — I thought I’d take a moment to dive into what the average household (or family) can realistically afford in this area.

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Why list your home with Brent Jones?

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I’ll be the first to admit that, with more than 1,000 active realtors in Niagara Region, you could throw a rock in just about any direction and hit one of us.

So, if you’re thinking of selling your home, why should you choose me, Brent Jones, to list it?

In this short article, I intend to answer that very question for you.

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Are realtors in Ontario a bunch of greedy pigs?

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Earlier this week, I met with a potential seller client to discuss listing his home for sale.

We had a conversation about commission and it went a little something like this:

Seller: What’s your fee?

Me: Six percent, if I thought your home would be difficult to sell. But, since I’m pretty confident I can sell your home relatively fast, I’ll only take five percent.

Seller: Five? (taps his fingers on the kitchen table, thinking) So, if you sell my house for $400,000, you get $20,000?

Me: I don’t get to keep all of it, but you’ve got the right idea.

Seller: That seems a bit…steep. Can you do any better, Brent?

Any better? Part of me wanted to reply with, “Better? Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea what selling your home involves?”

But, of course, I was polite. I simply grabbed a pen and paper and began to break down for him exactly what a typical real estate transaction (in my market) looks like.Continue Reading

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