Selling a home is a difficult experience, especially when you’ve lived in it for a while and have gained an emotional attachment. It is very important that you look at the real estate transaction objectively, and don’t take offense at potential buyers thoughts and opinions. Have a real estate agent is one of the best things you can do to remove the emotional attachment, but even with an agent, it is important that you realize the realities of the real estate market that we are in.
That fact is that for Northern Utah Real Estate, it is a buyers market. There are a lot more homes for sale than there are potential buyers. Home values have declined. Your home may not be worth as much as you think it is, regardless of how much work, time and money you have put in it.
In this video blog Robert Brown shares an example of how some potential sellers killed a deal because they were too emotionally involved with the home they were selling.