{"id":2811,"date":"2017-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/strong-building-activity-tests-agents\/"},"modified":"2017-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"strong-building-activity-tests-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/strong-building-activity-tests-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Building Activity Tests Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"56\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Even as <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> professionals across the country grapple with a persistent shortage of homes available for sale, some agents are facing a different kind of challenge: convincing buyers to consider existing properties when builders are briskly turning out new homes a short distance away.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"325\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tG6f1IkyJTM\" width=\"450\"><\/iframe>That\u2019s the situation in the coastal South Carolina city of Myrtle Beach, where a strong supply of new homes is prompting many buyers to shun properties that have been lived in, says sales agent Brandi Minchillo of RE\/MAX Southern Shores, a real estate brokerage in the resort community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOftentimes, buyers see new and want new,\u201d says Minchillo, who spoke with REALTOR\u00ae Magazine earlier this month during the RE\/MAX R4 sales convention in Las Vegas. \u201cThey want the newest countertops and the newest flooring \u2026 they think you\u2019re going to walk in the door and it\u2019s supposed to be a turnkey property, and you don\u2019t get that with a 10-year-old home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To generate interest in properties that aren\u2019t brand-new, Minchillo says she looks to differentiate existing homes from new ones in specific terms that appeal to a client\u2019s sense of what they will get for their money. She highlights custom features or superior materials that might not be available directly from a builder, and makes sure buyers are aware that living in a fledgling development can mean dealing with the noise and inconvenience that typically accompanies new construction\u2014issues they likely won\u2019t have to worry about in an established neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my job to come up with a good value proposition for those resale properties and market them in a way that shows that really, although they\u2019re not brand-new, they have a lot to <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-house-price-negotiation\/\">offer<\/a> you that new construction doesn\u2019t have,\u201d Minchillo says.<\/p>\n<p>Even recently completed homes can be difficult to market in Myrtle Beach because buyers know they can easily find brand-new properties close by, adds Jeremy Blanton, another RE\/MAX Southern Shores sales associate who was at the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers of homes as little as nine months old \u201care having to cut their prices dramatically just to get people in the door,\u201d Blanton says. \u201cThey\u2019re just not coming in because the builder down the street is offering incentives of all these upgrades\u2014they\u2019re going to pay closing cost fees, all of these things they\u2019re throwing in the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Sam Silverstein, REALTOR\u00ae Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/tiX-HxV-lYA\/strong-building-activity-tests-agents\"> link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as real estate professionals across the country grapple with a persistent shortage of homes available &hellip; <a title=\"Strong Building Activity Tests Agents\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/strong-building-activity-tests-agents\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strong Building Activity Tests Agents<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[695,1403,2890,1399,62,12908,543,127,258,204,41,818,84,200,15282,4750],"class_list":["post-2811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-agent","tag-buy","tag-construction","tag-development","tag-for-sale","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homes","tag-new-home","tag-new-homes","tag-property","tag-real","tag-real-estate","tag-real-estate-broker","tag-ross","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tiX-HxV-lYA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9980,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/how-to-buy-property-through-private-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":2811,"position":0},"title":"How to buy property through private sale","author":"Amazing Property","date":"March 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic more agents and vendors will opt for private sales as bans on gatherings have taken effect around the country. 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