I'm also dreading the thought of moving. I tend to become entrenched in my houses, and moving requires purging.. and I loathe both packing and unpacking.
The 4% is high. Did you agent shop? Also, you might want to FSBO on CList for a bit - that way, it doesn't rack up time on the market and you can gauge interest. Just make sure there are a shit-ton of pictures. The market's different here, but lately a LOT of houses have been selling privately because nobody trusts agents. They're going directly through the banks for their loans.
I've poked around and seen agents who charge as much as 5%, which is absolutely ridiculous. I think we're going to end up going with Redfin, though, which has a flat fee which is a lot better (for our price range, at least.)
But then we still have to pay the 3% to the buyer's agent, and about 2% in closing costs. And we'll probably hire stagers, too. All in all, we're looking at losing probably about a third of our potential equity just to sell it. Which is horrible.
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The 4% is high. Did you agent shop? Also, you might want to FSBO on CList for a bit - that way, it doesn't rack up time on the market and you can gauge interest. Just make sure there are a shit-ton of pictures. The market's different here, but lately a LOT of houses have been selling privately because nobody trusts agents. They're going directly through the banks for their loans.
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But then we still have to pay the 3% to the buyer's agent, and about 2% in closing costs. And we'll probably hire stagers, too. All in all, we're looking at losing probably about a third of our potential equity just to sell it. Which is horrible.
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