When it comes to homes for sale, every buyer is looking for the best deal, and every realtor is looking for a buyer. Finding a great new home doesn’t come down to luck. It comes down to understanding what you’re looking for in a home, and being willing to compromise on some aspects of the process in order to get it.
When Buying a New Home, Remember to Look Smart, Negotiate, and Ask For Help.
Where do you think you’ll find your dream home? Could it be the newspaper, online, or by hiring a real estate realtor? About 44% of prospective home buyers choose to search for homes online. This might be a factor related to age: nearly 99% of home buyers who fall into the millennial age group look choose to do almost all of their research online. The benefit of conducting your search through this medium is that you will have a much larger pool to draw from because of how many real estate websites there are available to the public.
There will of course be those few houses or condos that do not advertise online, but it is still the best method for refining your search with little effort. If you want to look at only condos, or houses with a swimming pool, it is much easier to set those preferences on a real estate website instead of thumbing through the pages of a booklet.
Are You Nervous About Contacting the Seller? Some buyers don’t feel the list price is the best deal, but are unsure if they should negotiate with the seller. To put it simply, they would like to buy the house, and will pay the listed price if they think that putting in a lower bid might lose them the house. There is always the possibility of Perhaps you do end up paying the list price, but the seller agrees to pay your closing costs. That is the benefit of not being afraid to negotiate.
This is a situation where a realtor can really be of service. The agent has more experience with the intricacies of closing, and can advise on the best course of action. It doesn’t matter whether you’re looking at condos or townhouses, sometimes having another knowledgeable resource can make a complicated process easier.
Looking at condos and houses is easy; it can even be fun. But when bids, closing paperwork, and negotiations come into the picture many prospective home buyers get confused. The process can be made easier, but to do that one must search in the right places, not be afraid to ask for the best deal, and seek out experienced help when they run into trouble.
