I buy as a principal
I am the buyer rather than somebody finding one, and I will not price your house without standing in it. The skeptical questions, answered.
Salt Lake County
Sell your house fast in Murray.
Murray sits in the middle of the valley and is essentially built out. There is very little new construction left to put up, which means almost everything that changes hands here is a resale, and the housing is a wide mix of ages packed into a small city.
What I see in Murray
No builder to compete with, and no new supply.
In a growing city a seller competes with a builder who can buy down a rate and throw in finishes. That does not really happen here. Your competition is other people's houses, most of them a similar age, which makes pricing more straightforward than it is out on the edge of the valley.
The other half of being built out is that the city has a long industrial history that has largely given way to healthcare and offices. What that left behind is modest older housing sitting close to things that are not housing at all, so the street matters here as much as the floor plan.
It also means you will get letters. Central, older, affordable housing attracts a steady stream of unsolicited offers, and a lot of them come from people who intend to sign a contract and then sell that contract on rather than buy your house. That is worth knowing how to spot.
Telling a real offer from a passed-on one
- Ask who is actually buying it
- Ask whether the contract can be assigned
- Ask where the money is coming from
- Ask to meet at the property
- Be wary of a number given sight unseen
- Be wary of pressure to sign today
Pricing is easier here
A built-out city with consistent stock is one of the easier places to work out a real number. Cash and retail, side by side.
The street matters
Older housing close to commercial and industrial parcels prices differently street to street, and that is worth walking rather than guessing.
Why Murray sellers call
Usually one of these.
- Behind on the mortgage, or a foreclosure date approaching
- A divorce that has to be settled
- An inherited house, or a death in the family
- Repairs that have got past what you can fund or manage
- A rental with tenants who have become the problem
- A job moving you out of state on short notice
- Needing to sell now but move later
- Simply wanting to know what it is worth before deciding anything
Nearby
Also buying across Salt Lake County.
I also buy in Midvale, Magna, Kearns and the rest of Salt Lake County. There is no page for every town, so if yours is not listed, call anyway.
Murray questions
Answered plainly.
I keep getting letters offering to buy my house. Are they real?
Some are. Many are from people who plan to put it under contract and sell that contract to somebody else. Ask whoever writes to you whether they intend to assign it, and ask them to come and see the house.
Why would you come out when others will quote over the phone?
Because a number given without seeing the house is a guess, and guesses get revised down after an inspection, usually once you have already made plans.
Would I get more listing it on the open market?
Often, yes, if the house is in reasonable shape and you have the time. I am a licensed agent with Omada Real Estate, so listing is a real option I can put in front of you, not one I have to talk you out of. I do not do the listing myself. An agent on my team does that full time, so the person pricing your house for the open market is not the person who might buy it. The comparison is here.
What does it cost me to get a number?
Nothing, and there is no obligation to accept it. I walk the property, then put the options in writing. The full process.
Ask me the questions you should be asking all of them.
Send the address and I will come and look at it.