9 Things To Ask Yourself before Letting Your Listing Expire and Relisting with Another Agent
When you list your house for sale, it almost always starts out hunky-dory and hopeful. But as time passes, and your house isn’t fetching offers, you might start feeling like your agent won’t be able to get it sold.
Once you start to lose faith in your agent, you may start thinking about hiring a different agent to sell your house. You might even speak directly with an agent or two to see if they could step in and save the day. At that point, you’ll probably be told that you can’t list your house with another agent until your listing contract with your current agent “expires,” or they let you out of the agreement early. So you either have to hope your listing agent agrees to part ways, or wait until the listing period is over.
To be fair, sometimes a listing agent is the problem. But more often than not, the homeowner has some hand in why the house isn’t selling, and a new agent isn’t likely to save the day… unless the owner actually listens to the advice of the new agent. And a lot of times, the new agent is just giving the owner the same exact advice they were getting before, but chose to ignore.
So before you decide to hire a different agent to sell your house when the original one you hired isn’t getting it sold, here are 9 things you should ask yourself:
- Did I price my house in line with what my agent suggested initially?
- Did I reduce my price when my agent suggested doing so?
- Am I making it difficult for buyers to see?
- Is my house as clean and presentable as it can be?
- Am I listening to buyer feedback and doing something about their concerns or objections?
- Is my house just a difficult one to sell?
- Is it just a slow market?
- Have I had an honest and objective conversation with my agent?
- Will the next agent really be able to do any better if I don’t change any of my previous decisions?
Author – Jay Patel
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