房事中的后悔药

A realtor called me this afternoon to ask if I still remeber her. I said no. American female realtors sound the exact same person to me: polite and political.

She told me that the house that I put an offer on went back to the market.

I was glad.

But only for a few seconds because she went on to tell me that the seller now asks for $100k more than he orignally asked.

I told her not bother me because I won't give it a second look any more. I'm pretty sure it is over priced now. And I won't go back.

On the second thought, I have to admit that the house was significantly under-priced at the original price. Yes, it was a fix-up. Yet, it is literarily sitting on a beutiful golf course and looking into the beautiful Charles river. And it is located in one of the most prestigious towns in great Boston area. The land alone would be worth more the orginal asking price. But the three offers that went to the house 2 months ago on the same day did not recognize the value of the house, including mine. I thought of putting a full price offer. But I did not. That is against my principle: I walk away whenever mutliple offers come.

Well, the lesson learnt is that even in a soft market, you can still find good deals. Suppose that I bought that house two months ago. And I now I can put it to the market $100k more than I bought. Of course, I might not make money after realtor's commission. But just thinking that you got a house with $100k less than it is worth would be a great psycological comfort.

Of course, compared to millions of opportunities I lost in the past few years due to my weak financial situation, this loss might not be big deal. Yet, it happened in a soft market. That makes it a good case study for real estate talks.

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• 没法吃这后悔药 -甜9娘- ♀ (18 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 14:32:58

• 回复：没法吃这后悔药 -梦思得- ♂ (274 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 14:42:41

• Don't feel regret. -xxyyzz00- ♂ (44 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 14:37:31

• 回复：Don't feel regret. -梦思得- ♂ (147 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 14:43:58

• Don't understand what you try to say..... --平民百姓-- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 20:28:38

• BOSTON房价不是在下跌吗？ -落叶归根- ♂ (24 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:07:29

• 我觉得list price不等于sold price，没什么好后悔的。 -goingplace- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:10:28

• Can't compare the asking prices -fairview- ♀ (73 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:12:18

• 说不定明年你就不是后悔而是庆幸了，谁知道呢？ -hello2- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:13:04

• 回复：房事中的后悔药 -www_www- ♀ (151 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:18:32

• 卖主会后悔的，现在BOSTON提价的房子更不好卖。 -www_www- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:20:08

• 首先要知道这房子是否按他后来要的价钱卖掉了, -lwl- ♀ (131 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 15:45:57

• 9494 -例如wxc66- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 07:56:41

• 同意.在目前的市场,只有头脑发热不知天高地厚的卖主,买主们 -2441- ♀ (172 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 10:58:27

• 回复：房事中的后悔药 The title of this article is disgusting! -auoshandiao- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 19:51:16

• Morning-after: 房事中的后悔药 -life-loving- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 20:12:51

• She can jack up the price 200K more -freewilly- ♂ (105 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 20:33:26

• that is exactly right. -2441- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 10:59:17

• The real estate market is hard to predicate just like stock mark -一生有求- ♀ (93 bytes) () 12/08/2006 postreply 20:37:57

• 回复：房事中的后悔药??? -nonsense1- ♂ (43 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 01:30:10

• a wrong assumption makes a wrong judgement -IvyLi- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 06:18:54

• The article is illogic, A piece....... --平民百姓-- ♂ (200 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 12:22:43

• 回复：The article is illogic, A piece....... -misswater- ♀ (48 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 16:57:09

• 回复：房子的事叫房事？ -cultuslake- ♂ (28 bytes) () 12/09/2006 postreply 23:17:23

• 对上面某些评论者的评论 -Studio74- ♀ (62 bytes) () 12/10/2006 postreply 10:21:09

• 这种文章还至顶？？？ 我实在看不出什么幽默感 -tmiao2- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/10/2006 postreply 11:36:10