Baltimore Real Estate Specialists

The potential rewards of taking control of the sale of your home could quite possibly make a Maryland for sale by Owner – Maryland FSBO – a windfall for the typical Maryland homeowner.  How you might ask?

In the past, many Maryland homeowners have wanted to take control and sell their homes on their terms but were still perplexed with inadequate marketing avenues to showcase their homes.  The new trend of flat fee MLS services are changing that and homeowners can still find “for sale by owner” a lucrative incentive.

With today’s looming economy, the Maryland for sale by owner is an attractive alternative for owners who MUST retain as much equity as possible. The for sale by owner trend is well known for commission savings and more profit in your pocket, but in a buyer’s market like this it can make or break the difference of being able to negotiate with a buyer.  They may need closing cost assistance, or will want you to lower the sale price.

But Maryland homeowners can take advantage of alternative services such as flat fee listings which gives you the opportunity to list your home on the MLS network that other Maryland realtors use. 

So now you get all the benefits of a massive marketing program to every homebuyer in the Maryland, DC, and VA region in addition to showcasing your home on the Internet.

Maryland homeowners taking advantage of this self-sell process can get as much exposure as the more traditional methods of selling your home. 

Just look at some reasons why homeowners in the Maryland region are choosing a Maryland for sale by owner (Maryland FSBO) option;

·         More than 80% of homebuyers start their search online, exactly on those sites you could be advertising for free

·         Realtors, Brokers and Developers all utilize online resources to seek out potential gems for their clients

·         Maryland for sale by owners who use a flat fee MLS service can pick from a menu of a-la-carte services to sell their home, such as an Open House, Lock Box, Market Analysis, and more.

Those sellers who fit within the Maryland for sale by owner category don’t have to go it alone; you can pay a flat fee and enjoy all the benefits of a realty service and still keep the commission.

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Our Flat Fee MLS Listing Service has become an incomparable selling niche in the real estate market. Even in this buyers market, we are listing more homes now than ever because sellers are seeing the value of the MLS flat fee listing service and their unrivaled marketing exposure.

Many full service realtors have their doubts that MD FSBO MLS flat fee listing services will become overwhelmingly popular but more often than is realized; owners are utilizing the MLS flat fee listing service. 

Know why?  The combination of a commission savings and maximum marketing exposure is so advantageous to sellers that it’s just a no-brainer that this niche is taking off in today’s uncertain economic environment.

Homeowners can pay a one-time flat fee, list their property on the MLS network – which by the way is the hub for all realtors listed in that particular area – and be seen by approximately over 40,000+ realtors all looking for potential homes for their clients. And you also get visibility from your home being marketed on the Internet and other supplementary realtor websites.

Many homeowners do see the benefit in a full service realtor.  A flat fee listing service is limited and the attention to detail in working with a full service realtor doesn’t compare.   

The MD FSBO MLS flat fee listing service is so cost-effective because you purchase any other service you need, such as lock box, open house, review of settlement sheet, on a a-la-carte basis.  You don’t need the service, you don’t pay for it.

Best of all, you can walk away with the commission savings in your pocket.  Depending on the sale price of your home you could wind up saving thousands of dollars to spend on your new home.  MLS flat fee listing service is an excellent alternative in today’s market.

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This is my first post on my Point 2 site and I’m still relatively new to blogging on Active Rain. But when I received an email about the passing of the 2008 Housing & Economic Recovery Act; I was inspired to blog.  Mainly because I didn’t know many of the provisions and figured many other people don’t as well.  Here are a few:

10% Seller-Funded Downpayment Assistance Programs

Codifies existing FHA proposal to prohibit the use of downpayment
assistance programs funded by those who have a financial interest in
the sale; does not prohibit other assistance programs provided by
nonprofits funded by other sources, churches, employers, or family
members. This prohibition does not go into effect until October 1,
2008.

FHA Foreclosure Rescue

Includes the development of a refinance program for homebuyers with
problematic subprime loans. Lenders would write down qualified
mortgages to 85% of the current appraised value and qualified
borrowers would get a new FHA 30-year fixed mortgage at 90% of
appraised value. Borrowers would have to share 50% of all future
appreciation with FHA. The loan limit for this program is $550,440
nationwide. Program is effective on October 1, 2008.

FHA Reform

Includes permanent FHA loan limits at the greater of $271,050 or 115%
of local area median home price, capped at $625,500; streamlined
processing for FHA condos; reforms to the HECM program, and reforms to
the FHA manufactured housing program. The effective date for reforms
is immediate upon enactment, but the loan limits will not go into
effect until the expiration of the Economic Stimulus limits (December
31, 2008).

Homebuyer Tax Credit
A $7500 tax credit would be available for any qualified purchase
between April 8, 2008 and June 30, 2009. The credit is repayable over
15 years (making it, in effect, an interest free loan).

Not my idea of a solution.