{"id":13,"date":"2009-08-07T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/2009\/08\/07\/4-reasons-houses-don%e2%80%99t-sell\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T13:45:16","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T01:45:16","slug":"4-reasons-houses-don%e2%80%99t-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"4 reasons houses DON\u2019T sell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some houses just sit and sit unsold \u2013 yet they shouldn\u2019t if some key issues are understood. The four main reasons that houses don\u2019t sell are listed below and can all be addressed through an open dialogue with your agent.<br \/>\n1.\tIt is overpriced. Don\u2019t try to \u2018test\u2019 the market, it invariably backfires. prices are quite stable right now so go with your realtor\u2019s recommendation.<br \/>\n2.\tIt doesn\u2019t show well. Too cluttered, lawns not mowed, windows not clean, rooms untidy. Remember it\u2019s on show and must be presented well.<br \/>\n3.\tBadly marketed. Buyers don\u2019t just appear. We offer a proven marketing plan for a reason. Potential buyers must know about it.<br \/>\n4.\tToo much competition. Right now it\u2019s fine as there is a shortage of good homes for sale, but at times a number houses in your street could be for sale at the same time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some houses just sit and sit unsold \u2013 yet they shouldn\u2019t if some key issues are understood. The four main reasons that houses don\u2019t sell are listed below and can all be addressed through an open dialogue with your agent. 1. It is overpriced. Don\u2019t try to \u2018test\u2019 the market, it invariably backfires. prices are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"4 reasons houses DON\u2019T sell - colinrealestate","description":"Some houses just sit and sit unsold \u2013 yet they shouldn\u2019t if some key issues are understood. The four main reasons that houses don\u2019t sell are listed below and ca"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5532],"tags":[5533],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate-2","tag-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinrealestate.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}