House "Hunters" Or Freshly Killed Prey?
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2010 Sep 16, 3:30am 19,944 views 52 comments
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It just is a show. They tend to buy one of three homes that are shown in the show. And it somewhat sounds like they're bounded to some sort of bargain agreement or something.
Of course, we go "wow" "nice" "great" etc when we went to openhouse. We only do that when the realtor was next to us while we're looking arround. That does not mean it really is, or we want that home.
…â€there’s another (or 2, or 3) couples…and they’ve bid full priceâ€.
" Maybe I’m being paranoid, but I had this thought that all the “agents†had this clandestine network "
No your not being paranoid. I would say the scandal has yet to be exposed. Its not a clandastine network thats the question here, but the sales tactics by realtors.
Obama's admin. has okayed flippers for another year. I'm waiting for them to okay the "floppers." Why not? No one seems to be interested in prosecuting the banks etc. for robo-signing and falsifying docs.
FortWayne
2011 Jan 16, 11:47pm
It’s probably less about everyone knowing each other, and more about everyone behaving in the same way. These sales people were probably all trained by more or less the same agents who probably learned from the same agents. It’s like evolution in business, the best strategies survive, while the worst die off. These are the surviving agents, and they’re using the strategies that have always worked for them in the past.
Yep. The system isn't transparent so all the sales gimmicks work.
- "There are bunch of others who really want this and are paying more, you have to bid up."
- "But now or be priced out forever."
It's gimmicks, but gullible people always fall for these car salesmen tricks. I know here there is a local real estate agent who during the day of appointments specifically asks some of her relatives to show up to the properties and pretend to act as if they really want it to create false sense of competition for the would be buyers.
I hate when I see it, it's 2 doors away and really annoying to see that. Might come out and say something one of these days...
MAGA
2011 Jan 17, 1:52am
http://www.househunterrealty.net/
Wow. They have a House Hunter Realty. AKA a whorehouse. Notice lady (?) Realtor with her empty hands held out. She wants $$$$. I know of something else she can do with her hands. And it will take less then 5 minutes. ;-/
It’s gimmicks, but gullible people always fall for these car salesmen tricks. I know here there is a local real estate agent who during the day of appointments specifically asks some of her relatives to show up to the properties and pretend to act as if they really want it to create false sense of competition for the would be buyers.
Its not just a domestic "gimmick". Both in Australia and Canada such tactics were employed to fool buyers into overbidding/overpaying. Professional Shills and "dummy bidding" is a common practice..
Dummy bidding prosecution supported
FortWayne
2011 Jan 17, 3:26am
It’s gimmicks, but gullible people always fall for these car salesmen tricks. I know here there is a local real estate agent who during the day of appointments specifically asks some of her relatives to show up to the properties and pretend to act as if they really want it to create false sense of competition for the would be buyers.
Its not just a domestic “gimmickâ€. Both in Australia and Canada such tactics were employed to fool buyers into overbidding/overpaying. Professional Shills and “dummy bidding†is a common practice..
Dummy bidding prosecution supported
http://www.reiv.com.au/news/details.asp?NewsID=207
I didn't know it was that widespread. I think I hate this industry more every day.
My First Sale
http://www.hulu.com/my-first-sale
Just started watching this today on my day off and uh I can definitely see what Patrick meant by "emotions" to convert a "house" to a "home." The sellers definitely list based on their emotions and what they think they "deserve" rather than the market price, even when the realtor is trying to steer them towards reality.
What I want to know is, why most sellers seem to think they deserve a higher price than what they paid for (profit) or a break-even price after closing. Some of these homeowners haven't even done anything to improve the place or upkeep it.
If homeowners simply "upkeep" the place, it's similiar to selling a refurbished item. I mean used items never sell for as much as the initial purchase (i.e. computers, furniture, cars, anything else), how come home owners seem to expect that they can resell a used home for the same price? I know prices inflate, but again, market price doesn't dictate it. So why is it that everyone seems to think that they can resell the price for a lot more than they paid for (especially if they didn't even upkeep the place). A lot of these sellers seem insulted when the buyer insists that they repair the HVAC. Hmmm...
tatupu70
2011 Jan 17, 10:56pm
What I want to know is, why most sellers seem to think they deserve a higher price than what they paid for (profit) or a break-even price after closing
They think they want to get as much as they can for their house when they sell. Just like you or I would.
If they overprice it, then it won't sell and they will have to lower their price...
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/video/player/0,1000149,HGTV_32796_7641_44208-61162,00.html
Did they accidentally reveal that real estate agents lie and manipulate the market?
The couple selling the house specifically states that they had 21 showings, but only 1 low offer with a large sellers concession, who they never heard back from when they offered a counter-offer. No other
Then the real estate agents tells the couple, that they got a 2nd offer, which was 100 dollars higher than their asking price, without a sellers concession (so the sellers got a lot more money, but so did the real estate agent).
Quote from RE agent: "This buyer really wants the house, and she KNOWS THERE ARE OTHER OFFERS." - but the seller specifically said there wasn't any other offers...
Did the show just accidentally reveal that the RE agent probably told the buyer that there were "lots of other offers, and to bid high."
If a short sale was involved, it's called "flopping."
I will bet bucks that the r.e. agent knew that there was a higher offer on the table and under the table the agent was receiving a kickback if the owner took the lower priced offer.
Last line in the article...
"So, what’s the recourse for a home seller? Have a trusted real estate professional help you"
Even if you find an honest RE agent, prices are often set by comps, which are peppered with fruadualent inflated prices anyway. When we started to see prices decline due to foreclosures the complaint from RE agents was, FC were 'distorting prices' and should be ignored by buyers. Yes we certainly have a problem that hasnt yet been addressed.
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I was watching an episode of House Hunters while on the ski-climber at 24 Hour Fitness yesterday.
In the episode a couple was looking at a series of homes, in what (I missed the beginning) looked something like Phoenix, AZ. Each home, had the pink stucco exterior that made them seem like slight variations on each other.... slightly bigger bedroom...smaller bathroom.
The couple had a budget and was looking in a certain price range...around $250,000. They had $10,000 saved.
As expected, they liked seeing prices at $210,000 but really wanted the house at $270,000. The went through about 10 houses (maybe more) going through manic waves of elation and rationality.
Almost all the homes seemed to be bank foreclosures that they were bidding on. With each house they liked, the story was the same..."there's another (or 2, or 3) couples...and they've bid full price".
Ok. But the thing is...all of these homes looked like abandoned dumps. The yards were unkempt. The walls were sometimes in the middle of being painted. No refrigerator in one. Of course they were all empty...but more than that, there were no other people around...anywhere! You'd think that if these houses were in such demand...all with multiple bids, that at some point, they might run into another person.
All of this made me think back to when I was trying to buy a used car on one of the "Auto Rows" here in Seattle. As I went from lot to lot, gathering information...I suddenly realized...these guys all know each other! And they knew what cars the other guy had ("oh, yeah, the Mazda that George has had for 2 months, well, ....") Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I had this thought that all the "agents" had this clandestine network so that when a hapless "house hunter" fell into their Mancatcher, they all sent smoke signals on their cell phones to make sure and present all the homes as having multiple bids.
For me, my estimates of these $250,000 homes would probably be around half of that, if there are so many of them, and if they banks are desperate and if the population of Arizona is not growing annually by double digits...
http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters/show/index.html
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