SELL YOUR HOUSE IN Seattle “AS IS.”
How to sell your house without a real estate agent in Seattle.
With Seattle house values declining, what is the best way to sell your house?
How to sell your house without a real estate agent.
Selling a house without a real estate agent—for sale by owner (FSBO)—can be much easier than selling the traditional way. We Buy Ugly Houses is a highly reputable cash home buyer that makes selling a house without a real estate agent possible. If you want to sell your house without a real estate agent, sell it to us. We make the process easy.
Simply give us a call to make a free, no-obligation appointment with one of our local property specialists. We’ll meet you at your house, where we’ll take a tour of your property and explain how to sell us your house without a real estate agent. We can frequently give you a fair cash offer the very same day and can often close in as little as three weeks.
When you sell to us, you skip the expenses and hassles of selling via a real estate agent. You don’t have to make or pay for repairs, stage your house, have open houses, or clean your house. You can even leave your unwanted possessions behind, and we’ll take care of them for you.
Seattle house values are predicted to go down this year.
Metro Seattle house prices are on the decline and could fall dramatically in 2023, according to an article in The Seattle Times. “Seattle-area prices could fall far faster than the national trend—as much as 10%,” said Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather. Although Matthew Gardner, a Windemere economist, doesn’t anticipate quite so steep a fall, he still “expects average sale prices for single-family homes to dip 5.3% in the Seattle area in 2023.”
Either way, these are dire predictions for home buyers who bought between January 2021 and September 2022 and now want to sell their homes. “If house prices drop 4%, about 6% of recent Seattle-area buyers will owe more than their house is worth,” according to Redfin.
If you are considering selling your house before the value of your property nosedives, or if you have financial problems, you are likely wondering what your best options are to sell in Seattle.
Selling your Seattle-area house via a real estate agent can be a lengthy process.
You may consider selling your house the traditional way by enlisting the services of a real estate agent. Keep in mind that if you decide to go this route, you will be paying a commission of 6% of the sale price. On a $250,000 house, the commission would be $15,000. Most folks would like to keep that money.
Additionally, getting a house ready to sell the conventional way can be a lengthy, costly, and aggravating ordeal. On average, Seattle houses sit on the market for 75 days. Of course, if unforeseen problems arise, it could be much longer.
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No repairs, updates, or cleaning necessary—we can buy your house just the way it is. No staging or showings required.
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Inflation has made repairs ridiculously expensive.
In order to get your house ready to list with a real estate agent, your house should be in tiptop shape. That could mean the expense of painting, doing repairs, fixing leaky plumbing, and maybe even higher-cost work like replacing a roof, buying a new water heater, or installing a new HVAC system.
The National Association of Home Builders recently commented, “Year over year, the prices of exterior and interior paint have climbed 30.3% and 21.2%, respectively. Prior to 2021, the record 12-month price increase for exterior paint was 8.5% and 10.1% for interior paint—each of which was set in March 2019.” Bob Vila, host of television’s This Old House, comments on his website that prices for home repairs and improvements will cost a lot more this year than last year.
It may not be a good gamble to try and wait it out. The economy is uncertain, and a possible recession is looming. Things may get a lot worse before they get better.
The hassles of selling via a real estate agent.
Along with the costs of paying hefty commissions and making expensive repairs and updates, selling the traditional way is full of hassles, nail-biting, and stress. Decluttering and depersonalizing your house usually require temporary storage for you to move some of your belongings.
Staging your house may be needed. Keeping your house in pristine condition is difficult and irksome, but a must for house showings, which can be impromptu. Having to leave your house at a moment’s notice for showings is annoying and disruptive.
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