Some people will do anything to sell a home. Like making strangely sexy real estate videos. Or holding way over-the-top open houses. Or dressing in a panda suit. Really.
Just ask Jessica Arnett, a Realtor® who recently donned the cuter-than-cute furry costume to bring more eyeballs to her listing in Spring, TX. The weird tactic has been met with rave reviews.
http://www.realtor.com/news/trends/how-a-panda-suit-can-help-sell-a-home/
In other news, this should be helpful – lowest in three years:
You notice jumbo rates are not participating? They were down at 3.625% a few times in the last year, but they’re not back there even with Treasuries and conforming at new lows.
Bankrate
Jim, does “get good help” mean you’ll be donning a panda suit sooner than later with your next new listing? 🙂 My advice: Just bring along a spiffy red power tie and your 30+ years of experience…
You can bring in the strippers, panda suits, and $1 million in advertising, but if the price ain’t right, it still won’t sell.
You notice jumbo rates are not participating?
Rate is the level to control their flow.
Wells Fargo and Chase are both quoting 60 days for closings now. They’ve trimmed staffing to the bone, and then when they get a flurry of activity, they can’t manage it, let alone take advantage of it.
We have one with Chase now that the closing date came and went, and now the loan rep and supervisor have just stopped returning calls. Their customer’s plans for moving their life to a different county doesn’t matter – they just blow you off.
It has nothing to do with qualifying – all of that was perfect. They literally can’t print loan docs in a timely manner, and don’t care.
Speaking panda suits, here’s another advertising twist:
http://blog.rismedia.com/2016/laser-beam-eyes/
“You can bring in the strippers, panda suits, and $1 million in advertising, but if the price ain’t right, it still won’t sell.” -JtR
Jim, do you really think I’ve forgotten your sage advice from years ago: “Price will fix it”. For the record, I haven’t. (You wouldn’t look good in a panda suit anyway.)