Status Update
On Monday we will enter week two in terms of the listing of our house. We are getting a lot of showings but no offers as yet.
I have the real estate data for our area from April. At that time, the average number of days on market was 29Â and the average list was 98 percent. I won’t start to get concerned for another couple of weeks yet.
I think our listing was impacted by our next door neighbor. For different reasons, they decided to list at the same time — for a higher price — and their house sold a couple of days ago.
I will be very glad to get this part behind us. It does put quite the strain on the family to keep a house in top condition. I have a checklist of tasks that need to be done on a daily basis and we are spending two to three hours a day maintaining the home: lawn care, watering flowers, dusting, cleaning, decluttering. Add in one or two showings a day and you get a sense of the impact on family life.
I here you, Richard … it is a strain to keep a house clean and tidy for showings … we were just there! Praying for a quick sale, brother! TD