Comments on: Sold comps now matter less http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim Duncan on WINA radio discussing Charlottesville and Central Virginia real estate market | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-26405 Jim Duncan on WINA radio discussing Charlottesville and Central Virginia real estate market | Real Central VA Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:31:35 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-26405 [...] not alone. Be honest with yourselves and your Realtor. - One of my all time favorite stories - Sold Comps Matter Less. - What Sellers and Buyers absolutely must do in this market. - How to search for a home in [...] [...] not alone. Be honest with yourselves and your Realtor. – One of my all time favorite stories – Sold Comps Matter Less. – What Sellers and Buyers absolutely must do in this market. – How to search for a home in [...]

]]> By: First Quarter Market Report for Charlottesville and Albemarle | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-26348 First Quarter Market Report for Charlottesville and Albemarle | Real Central VA Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:46:20 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-26348 [...] I know I sound like a broken record but I’ll say it anyway. If you’re buying, do your due diligence - what the seller paid for the house is irrelevant. If you’re selling, do the same - what you need to make is irrelevant. Sold comps are less valuable than active and under contract comps. [...] [...] I know I sound like a broken record but I’ll say it anyway. If you’re buying, do your due diligence – what the seller paid for the house is irrelevant. If you’re selling, do the same – what you need to make is irrelevant. Sold comps are less valuable than active and under contract comps. [...]

]]> By: Posts With Enduring Interest - Just for Sellers | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-18445 Posts With Enduring Interest - Just for Sellers | Real Central VA Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:16 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-18445 [...] Sold Comps Now Matter Less (written in February of 2007 and it’s as true today as it was [...] [...] Sold Comps Now Matter Less (written in February of 2007 and it’s as true today as it was [...]

]]> By: A Sign of the Times - Short Sale in Old Trail | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-18237 A Sign of the Times - Short Sale in Old Trail | Real Central VA Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:28:21 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-18237 [...] there are no sold comps (per the MLS) by which to draw comparisons on price. (Have I mentioned that sold comps matter less?) Take a look at the active two bedroom townhomes in Crozet - there are no under contract ones [...] [...] there are no sold comps (per the MLS) by which to draw comparisons on price. (Have I mentioned that sold comps matter less?) Take a look at the active two bedroom townhomes in Crozet – there are no under contract ones [...]

]]> By: Charlottesville Area Market Update - June 2008 | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-16377 Charlottesville Area Market Update - June 2008 | Real Central VA Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:01:18 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-16377 [...] times. I didn’t know how long we’ve been in this cycle until I referred to this story - Sold Comps now matter less - from February 2007; and was a bit shocked that it had been so long since I had written [...] [...] times. I didn’t know how long we’ve been in this cycle until I referred to this story – Sold Comps now matter less – from February 2007; and was a bit shocked that it had been so long since I had written [...]

]]> By: EasyHUD - Foreclosure Resources for Everybody » Blog Archive » 50% of US Consumers Believe Housing Price Collapse Possible … and more news! http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-2065 EasyHUD - Foreclosure Resources for Everybody » Blog Archive » 50% of US Consumers Believe Housing Price Collapse Possible … and more news! Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:50:57 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-2065 [...] Sold comps now matter less (realcentralva.com) [...] [...] Sold comps now matter less (realcentralva.com) [...]

]]> By: Doug Quance http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-2052 Doug Quance Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:32:02 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/01/sold-comps-now-matter-less/#comment-2052 You've hit the nail on the head, Jim. Comps only tell us what a property may appraise for... not what it will sell for. You’ve hit the nail on the head, Jim.

Comps only tell us what a property may appraise for… not what it will sell for.

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