GOLF COURSE LIVING

Golf Course Community

Community-type housing has become increasingly popular in recent years. Not only Active Adult Communities and similar, but top quality housing developments that have a particular focus, usually in a specific area of sport. 

Housing developments that feature a community golf course are one of the most popular types. Other options include equestrian activities (like horseback riding) and yachting. 

What a Golf Course Community Offers Homeowners

Essentially golf course homes offer golf on tap. It’s that simple. 

Developments of this kind are generally built overlooking, or alongside, a golf course, and the course is part of the development. This means that anyone owning a home in the development automatically becomes part of the gold course community and can make use of the facilities at will.  In reality, the community golf course becomes your own private golf course. 

Who Buys Houses in a Golf Course Community?

So you’ve decided it’s a good idea to buy a house on the links, but who else is likely to be using the community golf course? 

It is no surprise that you generally need more than a few dollars to buy golf course homes. It’s probably not going to be the likes of those looking for a retirement home. Rather, those in the buy will be active and enthusiastic about the sport – golf specifically. 

According to Forbes.com, often those who choose to buy into a golf course community are people who want a seasonal home or a getaway that they can use to combine their golf with work projects away from home. They want the best of both worlds and can pay for it. But many others choose to live in their golf course homes fulltime, because it’s the lifestyle that matters. 

Communities Served

• Homes for Sale in Concord
• Homes for Sale in Cornelius
• Homes for Sale in Davidson
• Homes for Sale in Harrisburg
• Homes for Sale in Huntersville
• Homes for Sale in Lake Norman
• Homes for Sale in Mooresville

Multiple Offers on a Home - How you can Win the Bid

Winning the House You Want

The US property market is picking up fast, and it’s no longer a given that a buyer will get the house that’s at the top of their wish list just becaue. With multiple offers coming in on many homes, you need to know what you can do to win the house you want. 

Did you know that in the past year, in some US markets up to 73% of homes have been getting multiple offers on a home? 

So what can you do to win the house you want, especially when there are likely to be more multiple offers than you care to know about? 

What to do to Counter Multiple Offers and Win the Bid

Here are five useful tips that will help you work out a winning strategy when there are multiple offers on a home that you are determined to buy. 

1. Simplify your offer. If you make too many demands your bid may be rejected. Factor repairs and so on into your initial bid price. 
2. Offer what you are willing to play instead of planning to negotiate later. You may not get a second chance if there are multiple offers on the house you want. Remember that in a seller’s market people sometimes often even more than the asking price. 
3. Prove you can pay the price. If you can’t make a cash offer, bring evidence that you already have the approved finance needed. 
4. Up the deal by increasing your deposit and | or due diligence money  This is like giving the seller an incentive to let you buy the property. 
5. Personalize your offer to show that you are the person best suited to take over the seller’s home. If you can show how important it is for you and your family to have the house, you’ll likely get an edge, even when there are multiple offers.  

Ultimately you need to be proactive to ensure that you will win the house you want even though there are multiple offers on a home. 

Are you looking for a buyers agent that can assist you when you are considering buying a home? I am the right person for the job - with years of experience and excellent references, let me assist you.

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Communities Served

• Homes for Sale in Concord
• Homes for Sale in Cornelius
• Homes for Sale in Davidson
• Homes for Sale in Harrisburg
• Homes for Sale in Huntersville
• Homes for Sale in Lake Norman
• Homes for Sale in Mooresville

Why Do You Want to Sell and is it Enough to Make the Move

Why do you want to sell, and is it enough to make the move?

People sell their homes for many different reasons. Often the reason to sell your house is because you are downsizing and want a smaller home. Just as often, it’s because you are upscaling, and have your eye on something that is bigger and better, possibly grander. 

If you are planning to sell, what is your motivation for selling? And is it enough for you to actually make the move?

Research shows that typical homeowners are hanging onto their houses for longer than they used to. According to an article published on the National Association of Realtors’ website last year:

• From 2001-2006 it would take people like you six years to sell your house (that is if you’re a typical seller).
• By 2009 you’d be staying in your home for as long as seven years.
• In 2011 it was more common for homeowners to wait for at least nine years before selling. 

The Motivation for You to Sell Your House

According to the research quoted by the National Association of Realtors, the motivation people have for selling – and essentially the reason to sell – has changed quite a bit in recent years. 

About five years ago, a primary reason (about 19%) was because the home they were living in was too small. In other words upscaling was a fairly major factor. Job relocation, on the other hand, was a minimal factor (only about 9%). By 2011 (when the research was completed) job relocation had become an important factor to sell your house, although the need to move to a bigger place was still relevant and important to many people. 

Of course demographics are always valid, and age is one factor that needs to be considered when we try to fathom the reasons to sell your house. In general terms, it seems that close to a third (29%) of people in the 45 to 54 age group, who want to sell their homes – whether downsizing or upscaling – are driven by the need to find a new home where their job is (whether the job is new or because they have been transferred). 

The threat of foreclosure has also increased significantly as motivation to sell your house: from a mere 1% in 2006 to 8% of ALL sellers in 2011. Of any motivation, this is one that will definitely be enough to make people make the move! For the rest, only you will know the answer. 

Selling Your Home? I would love to have a chat with you and lets see if I can assist you with the answers you require to make the decision to sell your home. Karen@KarenBrowder.com