[ConeyIsBabe]

benj....... congratulations on posting your house pics!! (now where's yourself's photo?)

Seriously, it's a darn shame what happened to this r/e market; I sure didn't see it coming. Honestly, I refuse to sell for less than I paid 3 years ago. No one has even inquired about my property. I know if they actually saw it, they would fall in love with it (like I did) but my asking price scares them away; I have added 50k for negotiation.

My house pics are at picturetrail.com and my member name is rosejolie.

Maybe next year I'll consider droping my asking price to what I actually paid. Does anyone have a crystal ball? What does it say about next spring?

[benj]

Coney

I went to your pics on pitchuretrail, Your place is fabulous. I think you will love tv but I hope you are soaking up the beauty of that place, your going to miss it.
That is exactly the place I've dreamed of for years, only in Colorado. When Suzy passed my life turned upside down and I changed 180 degrees. Now I'm looking for community and friends I would never meet in the kind of place where you live. In my heart I'll live in the mountains but for now I want to be with other people who I can relate to and associate with. I thought alone would be ok but I know better now.
In the spring and fall in CO there are days where it's 65 to 75 degrees, so clear that I can see Pikes Peak to the south and the Medicine Bow Mountains in Wyoming to the north (about 200 miles in each direction) with humidity of around 20 precent and a breeze it;s so comfortable that I try to stand there and just soak it in. Just try to make sure I'll remember it for the rest of my life. The sunrise here is almost indescribable some days it's so beautiful but I hope these things are fond memories some day and Florida aint so bad either,you and I will have the visions of these landscapes in our hearts forever. Benj

[ConeyIsBabe]

Yes, benj.... I agree 100% with everything you said.

When I relocated to the west coast in 01 it was for my retirement adventure - and it has been that. Now I'm fighting time getting older, and priorities change with age!

I do see TV in my future, for the same reasons you have expressed, I just don't know exactly when :

benj..... I lived in s/Florida for over 40 years and know exactly what to expect. We won't discuss it here cuz I don't want the negative-post-police to get after me

[tkret]

Originally Posted by ConeyIslandBabe

Maybe next year I'll consider droping my asking price to what I actually paid. Does anyone have a crystal ball? What does it say about next spring?

No crystal ball here but the head-honcho at Freddie Mac and his colleagues have an opinion.
Sorry to send this link but you DID ask about the prospects.....

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lala...e-mac-ceo.html

[ConeyIsBabe]

tkret..... thanks for the link; honestly.... I'm very lame when it comes to financial matters and didn't understand most of it, except that it didn't sound like the economy will rebound to where the r/e market was 3 years ago, in the near future.

If that is accurate.... I'll be wearing long-johns in my house for the next couple of winters :dontknow: and I'll remain a TV-Wannabee :dontknow:

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[Village Kid 2]

Every sale has a story. I listed my townhouse at the end of March at the price it should sell for, not considering the market. By mid July, two people had looked at it. I dropped the price 5%. As an aside, I also buried the St. Joseph statue I ordered and let sit for a month. The NEXT day someone looked at it. I had an offer a week later and we close August 14. The offer was 6% lower than the new asking price but I didn't even counter-offer. With two other townhouses still for sale on my street I didn't want to lose the sale. Then after the inspection, they said it will need a new roof in two or three years (it's 10 years old) and if I would lower the price another three thousand they would take it. So, the final selling price was about 12% less than the original asking price. Geez, sellers have so little bargaining power. Anyway, like Villages07 said, I bought it 10 years ago when things were much less so it's still a profitable situation. Can't complain about that. And most importantly, I can come to TV unencumbered!

Congrats Kathie on your new TV home. Benj, CIB, Sschuler1, njgranny, Mikark, scottke, Johnnie & Barb, and all the rest trying to get to TV, keep the faith. It will happen.

VK2

[sschuler1]

benj,

I see that you used to live in Dearborn Heights. My husband and I lived in Dearborn for 8 years before we moved to Plymouth 14 years ago. We used to go to the Ford/Wyoming drive in all the time.

One of our favorite vacation stops is in Estes Park, CO. We always plan that into our journey whenever we can. It is so beautiful there. I can't imagine that we will stop going there even after we move to TV permanently.

[benj]

sschuler1,

My dad is now in plymouth(old folks home)My brother is in Dearborn and most of my nephews. My niece is in Dearborn Heights,My sister and brother are in Walled Lake and my Aunt/uncle are in Milford. I guess I was the only one who couldn't stand the area I split to Co 30 years ago. The best thing I ever did.
I ride my harley to Estes 3 or 4 times each summer, It's getting a little to touresty for me now, but it's sure pretty. Do you go to the Rocky Mountain National Park also? Benj

[chuckinca]

Benj:

Nice looking house on Saddleback Ave!

I have a daughter and three grandkids in Erie, CO and my wife was thinking of buying a smallish home in that area to use in the summertime. Small = about 1700 SF. Your home looks great but too large for us.

[benj]

chuckinca,

Sure tease me!.

[chuckinca]

Didn't mean to tease you - just admired your home.


Finished basement? (LOL)

[jerseygirl008]

Listed our PA house in April, closed 7/31. Unfortunately, we had to take $34,000 less than we wanted to get for it but in this market, we were glad to be done with it. (Well I was anyway, don't think my X was). NJ and PA are horrible right now. Scottke, I feel bad for you guys. Same to you Jersey Girl (not me, the other JG). I think the bottom line is HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT TO SELL?? But I do understand not wanting to give your house away. We sold to our first and only offer in 3 months. Tough market.

[scottke]

Thanks for thinking of us, JG - we're still trying. We're down $61K at this point and our only offer was $80K less than our original price. Not acceptable and they didn't want to negotiate. Our day will come - God willing. Another open house this weekend.

[rshoffer]

Our house sold BEFORE it was even listed on the market. We called our realtor, told her we bought a house in TV and asked her to do a market analysis on our house in Pa. She did. A week later she calls and says she might have someone interested (we hadn't even listed it yet). They bought it for the market analysis price!

[Peazoup]

Just listed here in southern Connecticut two weeks ago. VERY slow out there. Hoping, hoping, hoping.............. Have house in Bonnybrook - can't wait to get there.