Real Estate Question's and Answer's by Anita Benabou Rozenblat

Question:
What is the difference between List and Sales prices?

Answer:
The list price is the price tag put on a house in a real estate listing; it usually is only an estimate of what the seller would like to get for the property. The sales price is the amount a property actually sells for. It may be the same as the listing price, or higher or lower, depending on how accurately the property was originally priced and on market conditions.

Note:
A seller may need to adjust the listing price if there have been no offers within the first few months of the property's listing period.



Question:
Is a low offer a good idea?


Answer:
While your low offer in a normal market might be rejected immediately, in a buyer's market a motivated seller will either accept or make a counteroffer.
Full-price offers or above are more likely to be accepted by the seller. But there are other considerations involved:

Is the offer conditional upon anything, such as the sale of the buyer's current house? If so, a low offer, even at full price, may not be as attractive as an offer without that condition.
* Is the offer made on the house as is, or does the buyer want the seller to make some repairs or lower the price instead?
* Is the offer all cash, meaning the buyer has waived the financing? If so, then an offer at less than the asking price may be more attractive to the seller than a full-price offer with financing.


Question:
What is the best time to buy?

Answer:
Because many buyers prefer to move in the spring or summer, the market starts to heat up as early as February. Families with children are anxious to buy so they can move during summer vacation, before the new school year begins.
The market slows down in late summer before picking up again briefly in the fall. November and December have traditionlly been slow months, although some buyers look for bargains during this period if available.

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