Open House Picks: The Morning After
Did anyone visit any of the Open House Picks this weekend? Any other highlights or low points from the open house circuit? Open House Picks 6/13/08 [Brownstoner]
Did anyone visit any of the Open House Picks this weekend? Any other highlights or low points from the open house circuit?
Open House Picks 6/13/08 [Brownstoner]
There weren’t 7 offers, there were 12.
Open houses with appointments are also done on holiday weekends like Father’s day, when traffic anticipated to be slow – so people who are really interested have access but the broker isn’t sitting around waiting for no one.
not a broker – just knowledgeable.
215 Prospect Place had seven offers. Accepted offer was nearly 20% above asking. With necessary renovations, project likely to run well over $2M.
I heard that 215 went for over $1.6M and there were 12 offers.
Some owners request open houses with appointments because they want each buyer to be taken through the house with the broker and explained everything in great detail…also so they can be watched and nothing is stolen.
I heard 166 Prospect went for 2.3 so maybe 215 bidding wasn’t so crazy.
Totally agree 12:23. An open house requiring an appointment is an oxymoron. I can’t understand the brokers that use this method, and I think they do a great disservice to themselves and the owners.
Was thinking of checking out the Clinton Hill property, but the “appointment only” restriction made it impossible to do so without pre-planning. Don’t these owners understand the concept of the “open house”?
Oh, for those that did bid on 215 Prospect, what was your thought process behind it, considering the amount of work required even to make it habitable (much less nice.)?
I couldn’t make the mental math work on it, at least in my situation…