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There was a time, ten or fifteen years ago, when I was convinced that traditional open houses were a thing of the past. Turnouts were diminishing. Visitors were a motley collection of looky-loos, nosy neighbors and tire-kickers drawn like moths to the corner signs and a chance to peek behind the scenes of someone else’s home and life.
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-Given daily traffic congestion, buyers from elsewhere don’t drive to Santa Cruz during the week to look at houses - they can’t. -Most buyers reserve weekends to see new listings. They prefer to schedule their own time, drive their own cars and see things at their own pace. -In a multiple-offer marketplace, the goal for sellers is: generate the most showings in the shortest period of time after their house goes on the market. -Open houses act as effective funnels to collect, concentrate and clarify market interest incredibly quickly, usually the first weekend after a listing goes on. -For sellers, there’s nothing better than having swarms of buyers all eyeballing each other at the same time, trying to size up all the competition. That’s what motivates buyers to write offers quickly and competitively.
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Here’s my thinking:
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But I take it all back now. The advent of the low inventory market has changed everything. Open houses are once again a crucial part of the home selling process. Anyone who doesn’t do them hurts their chances to get the best results.
-Most buyers come from outside the county. Traditional move-up buyers who fueled past markets are missing from today’s equation.
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I was almost ready to mothball my open house signs, ditch the cookies and hold the presses on all those glossy flyers I was printing at the expense of all those trees. At best, open houses seemed more like tools for younger agents to meet occasional living, breathing buyers. At worst, they were a way to pitch future listing services to all those nosy neighbors. None of it was really about selling the actual houses.
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