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Originally Posted by ken0042
Wouldn't a longer time on the market mean more newspaper ads, more showings and more open houses?
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If you're my realtor selling my house, how do more showings take any of your time? The realtor with an interested buyer calls you to schedule a time and you call me to confirm the time. That takes maybe 10 minutes to field the call and advise me of the time.
I doubt people with super expensive houses would want an open house so I think you can remove that as a possibility.
As far as advertising, I don't think it's fair to add that as a cost of selling a house. Look at ads for homes by realtors - they are advertising themselves to garner more business under the guise of advertising homes. Homes are bought and sold on MLS - not through print ads.