Home is where the heart is
I just realized I haven't posted in my journal since October! Between selling my house, selling my parents' house, and work, I've been busy.
I haven't sold my house yet, but I've had a bunch of showings. One or two people seemed interested, but still no offers. I'm asking for $137,000, but it doesn't look likely that I'll get that. My competition is in the 120's. My neighborhood had a few foreclosures, which is really bringing down home values. But I'm sticking to my price. I wouldn't want to sell for less. Given inflation, my home should be worth $160,000. :-/
My home search has gone full-circle. When I started, I assumed I would get another condo or townhouse closer to work. When I couldn't find a townhouse that I liked, I began to consider single 3-bedroom houses. But as I got discouraged by home prices, I started to look further and further from work. This eventually brought me back to Morgantown, where I considered building a new home for $240,000. Since then I've come to my senses, and realized that most 3-bedroom homes are just too big for me. Another change that happened is that a highway route has opened, which shortens my daily commute by about 15 minutes to 30 minutes each way. This makes living in Morgantown much more bearable. So unless I find a really great home, I might take my home off the market. I've grown to re-appreciate all that Morgantown offers.
However, my siblings and I did find a buyer for my parents' home. We spend most of the summer cleaning out the house and having a yard sale, and we spent the fall doing repairs. Shortly after putting the house on the market, we sold the house in October; although we got significantly less than we were originally asking for. It was really hard to say goodbye to the house, but now it is out of sight and out of mind. Occasionally I daydream about the good times I had at that house.
I haven't sold my house yet, but I've had a bunch of showings. One or two people seemed interested, but still no offers. I'm asking for $137,000, but it doesn't look likely that I'll get that. My competition is in the 120's. My neighborhood had a few foreclosures, which is really bringing down home values. But I'm sticking to my price. I wouldn't want to sell for less. Given inflation, my home should be worth $160,000. :-/
My home search has gone full-circle. When I started, I assumed I would get another condo or townhouse closer to work. When I couldn't find a townhouse that I liked, I began to consider single 3-bedroom houses. But as I got discouraged by home prices, I started to look further and further from work. This eventually brought me back to Morgantown, where I considered building a new home for $240,000. Since then I've come to my senses, and realized that most 3-bedroom homes are just too big for me. Another change that happened is that a highway route has opened, which shortens my daily commute by about 15 minutes to 30 minutes each way. This makes living in Morgantown much more bearable. So unless I find a really great home, I might take my home off the market. I've grown to re-appreciate all that Morgantown offers.
However, my siblings and I did find a buyer for my parents' home. We spend most of the summer cleaning out the house and having a yard sale, and we spent the fall doing repairs. Shortly after putting the house on the market, we sold the house in October; although we got significantly less than we were originally asking for. It was really hard to say goodbye to the house, but now it is out of sight and out of mind. Occasionally I daydream about the good times I had at that house.