Durham Region For Sale By Owner Private Real Estate Sales

The success of your private real estate sale depends on your marketing efforts. Do you want to pay the 6% real estate commission to yourself or to a realtor? It's your choice.

Let's say your real estate fee is $20,000. If you started today, how long would it take you to save this much money? For the average person it can take in the range of 2 -3 years or even more. You could also consider contributing to your retirement plan, buy a new car (and pay cash) or using it for a larger down payment on your next home.

HomesByOwner.com was established in 1994. We are the oldest and largest For Sale By Owner website. Our site receives 50+ million hits a month. No other FSBO company even comes close.

We allow you to list a property for sale or rent and supply you with a full array of real estate marketing tools for a very reasonable flat fee. We provide you with your personal ‘direct' web address, For Sale lawn sign and directional arrows, a photo slide show presentation of the property, unlimited feature sheets, unlimited use of our Property Information Hotline plus much more. See complete details here.

What many FSBO sellers do not realize is that to complete a successful private sale they need to market their property to as many potential buyers as possible utilizing their own marketing efforts. The main reasons why private sellers do not succeed are they make little effort marketing their property. The other is setting a price that is too high.

If you are one of those that prefer to pay yourself the real estate fees rather than an agent, you have to wear the hat of the salesperson. Stand around with your hands in your pockets and you could be waiting for a buyer for some time.

Yes, we have a very high traffic For Sale By Owner website. A large percentage of the visitors are attracted by the marketing efforts of other sellers. Although many sales have been completed by someone stumbling across a listing, you should count more on your promotion of your web address to attract potential buyers.

The most powerful marketing tool we supply to the private seller is a web address. An example is HomesByOwner.com/12345. Each property has its own unique 5 digit code. It is placed on the For Sale lawn sign we supply. Someone can enter it in their browser and go directly to the listing. Place the web address in all of your advertising to give the reader the opportunity to take a step for more information.

By using your web address in all of your advertising, you can run a smaller ad and save money. Use a very brief description of the For Sale By Owner property, then include your phone number and web address. If you do this you can also run the same ad more frequently.

Pick up a newspaper or magazine and look at some ads. Do these companies include their website in their advertising? Everywhere you look nowadays you see names of websites. Since the birth of the internet, we are in the information age. Buyers don't want to talk to the ‘salesman' until they gather all the information they require.

Have a look at some of our Durham Region private sale listings. What would it cost to run an ad displaying 20 photos and a 2,000 character description? No doubt it would take a full page in the newspaper that would cost thousands of dollars. You can see what kind of an impact you can create and the amount of information you can provide by simply including your web address everywhere you advertise.

Is For Sale By Owner difficult to understand or set in motion? No way. HomesByOwner of Durham Region is owned by an ex-realtor. We set everything up for you and are at your side whenever you require any assistance. If you can answer the phone, show the property to someone and answer their questions, there is no reason why you cannot complete a successful real estate transaction.

When you sell your private real estate you do not owe us any commission. You simply pay a small one time fee to be listed on our site. There are various packages to choose from depending on the level of service you require. To find out how reasonable our prices are we suggest you check some other FSBO web sites. You will also find that some are not located in Canada. We are just down the street.

Approximately 80% of consumers start their search for their next home on the internet. As a private seller you need to post your property there for all to see. Statistics show that only 36% of home buyers first learn about the property they buy from a realtor.

A buyer has only two concerns when they start shopping for a new home. That they find one that they absolutely love and at a price they can afford.

Here is a golden opportunity for you to complete your own private sale and pay yourself $20,000. 

Check out our Durham Region Private Sale Real Estate Website.