Private Real Estate Sales

Oshawa Open Houses - Private Real Estate Sales

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:02:19 -0600

Oshawa open houses for sale by owner are advertised on HomesByOwner.com.

634 Crimson Crescent, Oshawa

Open House - Saturday, November 22 & Sunday, November 23 -- Noon to 4pm

Directions to this Oshawa For Sale By Owner home.

Raised bungalow located in Rose Garden
Built by Herman Kassinger
Desirable northwest Oshawa
3 + 1 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Eat-in kitchen with walkout to deck
Finished basement with recroom, laundry room, 4th bedroom and 3 piece bathroom
Fireplace in the recroom
Entrance to home from attached garage
Large fenced yard
Gas heat
Central air conditioning
Lots of updating

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Oshawa For Sale By Owner Home In Great Family Area

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:46:32 -0600

This Oshawa For Sale By Owner home is great for the growing family.

2 year old Brookwood quality built home
Balance of Tarion warranty
4 generous sized bedrooms
Master bedroom has a walk-in closet and 4 piece ensuite bathroom
9 foot ceilings on main floor
Gas fireplace in the living room
Eat-in kitchen with walkout to future deck
Main floor laundry room with entrance from attached garage
2 piece powder room on the main floor
Walkout basement
Home backs onto park
Lot size: 30' x 128'
Parking for 3 vehicles in the driveway
Central air conditioning
Rough-in central vac
Premium lot
Over $30,000 in upgrades
Minutes to Highway 401
Almost 1800 square feet

Directions to this Oshawa Real Estate sale by owner.

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Comment On Our Post - Compare Us To Other Marketing Options For Your Private Sale Real Estate

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:27:19 -0600

We created a post awhile ago titled: Compare Us To Other Marketing Options For Your Private Sale Real Estate. We showed a comparison of other methods of marketing For Sale By Owner real estate to the service provided by HomesByOwner of Durham Region. The purpose of this post was to show what good value we offer to private sellers.

We received a comment to our post and decided to respond. The comment was:

If the home doesn't sell with the real Realtor: $0

If the home doesn't sell with HomesByOwner of Durham Region and the ex-realtor: $179 to $999

Let us look at this from our perspective:

If the home does sell with the real Realtor: $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 or even more

If the home does sell with HomesByOwner of Durham Region and the ex-realtor: $179 to $999

Sell Your Own Home and save thousands of dollars in real estate agents fees.

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Canada's Economy still resisting slowdown

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:14:34 -0600

Here is a great article on investing in real estate in Canda.

Via Mark Vosylius, Barrie, Orillia, Ontario:

Canadian Economy still showing signs of growth

The Canadian Economy has seen surprises in the past few months. And I don't mean the bad kind. Sure the rest of the world is experiencing contraction and even recessionary indicators, but Canada has surprisingly shown resilience to the downward trend. Canada is still foundational in supplying raw materials ( oil, wood, metals, potash, water...) and demand for the basics is still there. Let me cite 2 examples

Russia recently has increased its export tax on wood. It is now almost up 80% over last year. China has been a big importer of Russian wood in the past years. But with this new tax, China has begun to look elsewhere. And it's looking at Canada. Our beleaguered wood industry has not seen growth in sales orders in the past 5 years, so this is a pleasant change for the good.

Secondly, water. Canada has plenty of it ( Ontario has so many lakes that some even have no name!!) and its becoming a serious export commodity. As well Canada is a leader in the technology of water preservation and technology that delivers clean water. "Its one of the fastest growing industries and Canada is leading the way. " states Duncan Stewart , director of research at Deloitte Canada's Technology and Greentech division.

So yes the media is blasting out all kinds of bad news recently, but hidden in the noise is positive data that is getting drowned out by all the negative press. Once again as real estate investors we need to study the fundamentals of the economy to see what is really happening.

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Durham Region Homes For Sale By Owner On HomesByOwner.com

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:59:48 -0600

Here are a few of the Durham Region Homes For Sale By Owner you will find on HomesByOwner.com. We regularly post our listings on UsedOshawa.com.

Oshawa Private Sale - 283 Elite Court

Bowmanville FSBO - 70 Trudeau Drive

Courtice Private Real Estate Sale - 21 Kennedy Drive

Whitby Owner For Sale home - 71 Solmar Avenue

Beaverton Real Estate sale - 90 Park Lawn Blvd.

Ajax Homes For Sale - 94 Emperor Street

Pickering For Sale By Owner - 1635 Holly Hedge Drive

HomesByOwner of Durham Region provides the marketing tools for private real estate sales. Private sellers complete their own transaction and save thousands of dollars in realtors fees.

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Oshawa For Sale By Owner Home In A Great Area On Oshawa/Whitby Border

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:02:14 -0600

This Oshawa For Sale By Owner home is located in Thornton Woods on the Oshawa/Whitby border.

4 spacious bedrooms
Master has 2 walk-in closets and 5 piece ensuite bath with 2 sinks, standup shower and large soaking tub
New hardwood flooring on the top floor
Eat-in kitchen with walkout to the patio and fenced yard
Oversized kitchen with lots of counter space and work island
Mainfloor family room with a gas fireplace and new hardwood floor
Mainfloor office or 5th bedroom
Mainfloor laundry room with an entrance from the attached 2 car garage
Spacious, bright foyer
New gas furnace and central air in 2007
New premium quality garage doors
Gas fireplace installed 4 years ago
Roof replaced 2 years ago
All new vinyl windows installed 3 years ago
Central vac
Close to public and high schools

283 Elite Court, Oshawa - Directions to this Private Sale.

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Bowmanville Open Houses For Sale By Owner Real Estate Sales

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:49:00 -0600

Bowmanville Open Houses are advertised on our For Sale By Owner website.

90 Trudeau Drive, Bowmanville

Open House: Sunday, November 9 - 2 to 4pm

Directions to this Private Real Estate sale.

See photos of this and other Clarington Homes For Sale.

3 years old
Balance of Tarion warranty
4 spacious bedrooms
2 1/2 bathrooms
Master bedroom has walk-in closet and 4 piece ensuite bathroom
Eat-in kitchen
Walkout to new deck
2 piece powder room on main floor
Entrance to home from attached garage
Large foyer
Living room/dining room combination with a gas fireplace
2 car garage
Parking for 4 vehicles
Mainfloor laundry room
Veltir built with silent floor joist system
Covered front porch
Fruit cellar
Minutes from public and high school

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My Experience As Being A Name On A For Sale By Owner List

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:48 -0600

Here is a Realtor that tested the For Sale By Owner market.

She said: My overall experience of getting calls was very eye opening as to how the general public is treated by real estate professionals, and it was generally not good.

And real estate agents thought that price was the main reason why owners are attempting a private sale.

Via Sara Bonert {Real Estate Internet Marketing}:

A couple of weeks ago, I posted my home for sale on Zillow. This is the only place I posted it, I did not put it in the MLS or on any other website. Apparently my name got placed on a For Sale By Owner list, and to date I have received at least 15 calls from Realtors.

I do not mind the calls themselves, I totally understand that this is a method Realtors use to get business. But let me tell what I do mind. (My point of posting this is not to be mean, but give a homeowner's point of view, and hopefully this will help with calling techniques)

- About 13 of the calls started with the person asking "if you were to sell, where would you move?". Some people even blurted out this question before saying hello (seriously). Because I heard this line so many times, it sounded very scripted and eventually just sounded like a canned sales pitch or the person was reading off a list of question supplied by the list service.

- Not one person has emailed me (my preferred method of communication) or even mailed me any literature. I assume this is because you would have actually had to go to Zillow to do this, as the email address wasn't supplied on the provided list. Had anyone done this, they would have stood out, at least a little.

- I told every person that called, that I was a Realtor. In IL you are required to say 'agent owned' in your home's marketing , no matter whether you are selling thru your brokerage or not, which I clearly stated in my marketing text on Zillow. This was news to every single person that called. In fact one person literally yelled at me for being not stating this (I had). I told everyone that Zillow was the only place I had posted my home, only one person was even familiar with this site. All this said was that no one had actually researched my home online and they were just calling down a list.

- No one gave me any sort of information that was interesting about themselves or my neighborhood or my house. No stats, no personal bio as to why I should use them. I would have liked to hear something like "I sold a home three blocks down from you a few months ago" or "I was just in your neighborhood with buyers last weekend" or "oh, I love that (store/restaurant/park) near your home". Something interesting and personal to get the conversation going would have been nice.

- ONE person said "I am working with some out of town buyers this weekend and I would love to show them your home, can I come preview it". I know from seminars that this is a technique taught, but maybe he was serious, I'll listen. I told him I too was a Realtor, but I would happily show him my home. He ended by saying he'll call me next week to set up a time for the buyers to come by. He never called, he didn't have buyers. I felt lied to.

- Another person called (opening with the line in bullet one) and the conversation turned toward price. Your home is overpriced she said. I know I said, I am not aggressively selling. She then preceded to very snappily tell me how it would never sell at this price and basically made me feel stupid for trying.

- One person opened with the statement that he was conducting a For Sale By Owner survey. I huge weakness for surveys, so sure, I would love to participate. Guess what, it wasn't a survey... sales pitch of questions asked from a list. The survey ended around the time that I told him I too was a Realtor. To his credit, he then shifted and asked if I knew of anyone that might be in the market. This was good, but here is what he asked- Do you know anyone looking to buy in the next 7-10 days? Hmmm, I don't think I'll ever know someone who will buy a home in 10 days. That's a pretty short window I said. His answer was, I don't really care about people who are looking within the next 2 years, that could be anyone. (my translation, I don't plan on being in the business two years from now). Further, why would I refer to you? I don't know anything about you (he hadn't even given me his name).

I have more, but I'll stop because this post is getting long. Point is, that not a single call I got would have made me list with anyone who tried. Some people were flat out rude to me. Others were very nice, but you could tell they were reading off a script and the minute they went off the script, the uncertainty of what to say next really came thru in their voice. Others just sounded clueless the whole time we were talking.

If you are going to work from a list, I think you could get so much further if you spend a little time researching the homeowner's situation. Of course you won't be able to bang through a list as fast, but I believe the quality of the call will be much higher and hopefully results in a higher closing percentage.

My overall experience of getting calls was very eye opening as to how the general public is treated by real estate professionals, and it was generally not good. I hope this post helps people who call For Sale By Owners to up the quality of the conversation they are having as they are also representing the industry as a whole with each call.

Selling For Sale By Owner Is Catching On Everywhere

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:09:16 -0600

Selling For Sale By Owner is catching on everywhere. More and more real estate owners are discovering there is an alternative to listing with a Realtor.

The Detroit Free Press recently posted an article detailing how a couple sold their home quickly. They used HomesByOwner.com and followed the instructions. They are a happy FSBO.

HomesByOwner of Durham Region provides all the necessary tools for private sales. Plus you have the guidance of an ex-realtor. Who better to help you than someone that has 'been there, done that'.

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Layers & Textures

Durham Region For Sale By Owner (HomesByOwner of Durham Region) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:52:06 -0600

Via Sandi Gerrard, CRSS :

It's time to get warm and cosy. It's time to settle in and prepare your home for the approaching winter season. The nights are definitely cooler and darkness comes far too soon.

But these tips are sure to help you enjoy the season.

- add a heavier drapery panel over your sheers
- use fabrics like cashmere, ultra-suede, velvets, velours and wool blends
- add jewel toned pillows for elegance
- add faux fur throws for a touch of luxury
- layer your lighting too; group small lamps and lanterns together to warm a dark corner
- include natural elements from the outdoors