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When’s The Best Time To Sell A House In Big Bear?

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By Tyler Wood on January 24th, 2010
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Guess it depends on how you look at it.
The majority of home sales in Big Bear occur in the months between July and October, with the closings following 30-60 days after that.  But, this is also when the market carries the largest amount of properties for sale. 
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Lack of Buyers?

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By Tyler Wood on January 9th, 2010
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Nope.  There are actually plenty of buyers out there in this market.  There are, however, very few willing to pay the over-inflated asking price of many sellers.
The reality is there are very few realistic sellers on the market.
We don’t have a lack of buyers.  Rather, we have a lack of [...]

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Should I Price It Firm Or Flexible?

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By Tyler Wood on October 17th, 2009
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This question inevitably comes up every time when I am talking with sellers about their asking price.
And the most common statements or questions I hear relating to this are -
“We don’t want to give it away”
“Let’s start higher, we can always go down, can’t go up.”
“Buyers are going to want to low-ball the price, so [...]

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Buying Or Selling A Home In Big Bear? 3 Critical Contingencies To Keep In Mind.

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By Steve Hirschler on August 23rd, 2009
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The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) residential purchase contract (RPA) has three standard contingencies built into the contract – Loan Contingency, Appraisal and Buyer’s Inspections.  Most of the problems that come up in a real estate transaction fall under these 3 contingencies.
If the contract is left unchanged, the period of these three contingencies is 17 [...]

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