What happens if I price my house too high?

Question 1

Kathleen Militello · Accepted Answer

Pricing too high costs you more than it protects you. The home sits, buyers assume something is wrong, showings drop off, and when the price finally comes down, it happens from a weaker position. The first weeks on market are your best marketing capital. If the home is overpriced in that window, you lose the crowd of buyers who were genuinely interested, and they do not all come back when the price drops. That is why I recommend a price the evidence supports, not the number you hoped for. If we list and the feedback says we missed, I will be direct with you about adjusting, early, in a planned way rather than in a slow bleed later. Price is a strategy, and like any strategy it works best when it is set deliberately. A handful of North Shore sellers hold out for a price the market has not earned, and the pattern is the same in Beverly or Rockport: the listing ages, the buyer pool thins, and the eventual sale lands below what an honest start would have brought.

Question 2

How often should I reconsider my price if my house isn't selling?

Kathleen Militello · Accepted Answer

Pricing too high costs you more than it protects you. The home sits, buyers assume something is wrong, showings drop off, and when the price finally comes down, it happens from a weaker position. The first weeks on market are your best marketing capital. If the home is overpriced in that window, you lose the crowd of buyers who were genuinely interested, and they do not all come back when the price drops. That is why I recommend a price the evidence supports, not the number you hoped for. If we list and the feedback says we missed, I will be direct with you about adjusting, early, in a planned way rather than in a slow bleed later. Price is a strategy, and like any strategy it works best when it is set deliberately. A handful of North Shore sellers hold out for a price the market has not earned, and the pattern is the same in Beverly or Rockport: the listing ages, the buyer pool thins, and the eventual sale lands below what an honest start would have brought.

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