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October, 2009

HARMONIZED TAXES - July, 2010

 

Another reason to sell your home yourself and keep that equity where it belongs in your pocket. The new harmonized tax starting July1, 2010 means you will be taxed 13% on commission paid to a traditional agent. If your home sells for $275,000 you will pay $13,750 commission + the new harmonized tax $1787.50, so your total payout will be $15,537.50. It just does not make sense to give all your equity away.

News Article: DurhamCentral.com April, 2009

 

NEW COMPANY IN DURHAM SAYS “YOU CAN SELL YOUR OWN HOME AND SAVE THOUSANDS

 

Todays world is changing and evolving around us faster than it ever has before. From constantly-adjusting global markets to staggering technological advances, our daily lives are changing quickly. Internet Access in virtually every home, web enabled cell phones, email replacing traditional mail. We are connected like never before.

 

The Real Estate market is also changing, as the ability to promote and market homes is more and more almost entirely technology driven. A new Real Estate Marketing firm in Durham is anxious to promote these options.

 

“ The process of selling your home is nothing like it was in the past” says Debby Varty of imforsalebyowner.ca”, “todays consumer has more tools at their disposal to see a wider range of properties, see the homes features, research areas… information that is much more available on the web. The file cabinets of the past are now freely available to anyone with an internet browser”.

 

This also gives you options when selling your home. “It just doesn’t make any sense to spend over $10,000 to sell your home in todays world”. That would be the cost to sell a home worth $200,000 using a traditional agent. “You can definitely sell your home yourself and save thousands of dollars. On a $300,000 home, we can save you over 90 percent. Are you interested in a 90 percent saving?”.

 

While there are several “sell it yourself” companies now on the market, Debby believes the imforsalebyowner system best takes advantage of todays ‘techno-marketplace’ with some innovative features.

 

“Take the talking house for example. We can put a small transmitter in your home, and broadcast a never-ending commercial promoting the features of your home 24 hours a day”. A lawn sign invites drivers to tune in to a clearly labeled station on their car radio. They will hear the pre-recorded message from in front of your home. “It’s like having a salesman at the curb stopping every car that goes by.” If they have a web-enabled cell phone, they can access a direct link to that home, and get correctly adjusted photos on their cell phone, again, right from the curb. A potential buyer can simply drive by the home and get not only a professional audio presentation of all its features, but images as well. “To have that kind of information at their fingertips in our busy lives is a huge time-saver”. They can then go home and log in to the website and see high colour images with audio voice-over, 360 degree panoramas, maps to the property and more. “We can offer everything an agent can offer… we promote your home on multiple websites, provide printable feature sheets, comparables in your area, open house assistance, all at a fraction of the cost, and it’s 100% guaranteed”.

 

Guaranteed???? “100 percent Guaranteed” says Debby. “If you decide our system isn’t working and want to use a traditional agent, simply agree to use one of our pre-authorized agents, and you will receive 100% of the cost of our package back, no questions asked. No other system on the market offers that guarantee. That’s why we like to say ‘Selling your home? Let your home sell itself’. You have absolutely nothing to lose, and possibly tens of thousands of dollars to gain”.

 

To view a TV news report from WFLD-TV (Fox) that tells about how much faster a home sells that uses Talking House, click the photo below.