Today’s Real Estate Climate is Calling for Creativity When it Comes to Selling

For people who really want to sell real estate in today’s market it often takes a lot more that placing an ad in the paper, holding an open house and flipping through a rolodex of potential buyers it takes creativity.  Auctions allow the time frame of selling a house to be cut down to one or two months as opposed to many months.  Last week in Vail Colorado two high-end homes were sold at an auction, not bad considering the high-end inventory that isn’t moving.

Of course, there are always buyers but right now isn’t necessarily a time that people feel as though they have to buy.  What it all boils down to is that buyers want a bargain and an auction is a great tool that allows buyers the opportunity to get that bargain.

A recent article at RealtyTimes.com mentions a builder in North Carolina who is using the same method, auctioning homes that he cannot afford to sit on.  As the old saying goes “desperate times call for desperate measures”, these are times which call for unique selling methods and if you need to sell you will do what it takes to do so.