You’re meeting with a prospective Realtor about selling your home. You’ve decided to go with him or her.

Now the agent is filling out the listing agreement. A key consideration is –  How long should the agreement be for?

Hint – many agents will want to “lock you up” and make the agreement 6 months or longer. Is this wise? The short answer is no. When we work with seller clients, we stress 60 or maybe 90 days. Why?

Because you’re not really sure if your Realtor can or will perform! If you’re happy with your relationship, you can always extend the listing agreement, but only if you’re getting the results you want and need. If you’ve signed a long term agreement and the relationship isn’t working out, you’re stuck and very unhappy.

So my advice is to keep it short. It also motivates your agent to sell your property!

Come see 9 bank owned homes in the North Oxnard area in 90 minutes! Call Leslie at 659-2000 for more info!

Here is the June newsletter. See pictures of our speed dating of bank foreclosed homes in Camarillo. We also put on a home buying workshop at the end of May covering important aspects of the loan, closing costs and the purchase offer.

Two big events coming up for the month of June  – a home buying workshop on the 26th and a speed dating caravan on Saturday, the 28th for homes in the St. John’s area of Oxnard.

Read about Don’s 2 speaking engagements in the community.

A 90 minute, fast paced, informative and fun workshop covering stuff you wanted to know and were afraid to ask! Call Leslie at 659-2000 for more info!

This comparison is of the price per square foot for homes that closed escrow in the three cities of Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura for the month of May. For single family homes, the trend is mostly downward depending on the size of the home. The larger homes in Camarillo showed an increase in $/Sq.Ft. Condominiums in Oxnard also showed an increase in $/Sq.Ft. while Camarillo and Ventura were downward.