Unique Solution for Sellers in a Slow Real Estate Market
When Shawn and Molly's home hadn't sold after six months on the market with a Realtor, they decided to drop the price and sell it by owner. They used the free services of BigBrick.com and sold their home 4 days later.
Bend, OR, May 23, 2008 --(PR.com)-- When Shawn and Molly’s Bend Oregon home hadn’t sold after six months on the market with a Realtor, they decided to drop the price and sell it by owner.
They enlisted the help of the free service BigBrick.com and four days later, a buyer who saw their house on the BigBrick site made them an offer.
“We figured that if we didn’t have to pay a commission, we could offer a more attractive price” says Molly. And it worked. They got a price they are happy with and the buyer got a great deal.
For sellers like Shawn and Molly who have decided to forgo an agent and sell on their own, BigBrick.com offers an array of free services to help both market a property and to close the deal.
After the buyer had found Shawn and Molly's house on the BigBrick website, they were able to print all the necessary paperwork, including the sales contract and property disclosures, right from the site. The price: $0.
Posting a property for sale on BigBrick.com is also free and allows sellers to reach a growing audience of Oregon home buyers who are searching the site. Property postings allow for 20 photos, unlimited word description and stay live on BigBrick’s interactive map search until a property sells.
The company’s founder is David Staley, a Bend Oregon real estate investor who saw a need for better tools to serve the ‘for sale by owner’ crowd. “We really feel that offering our services for free is the best way to attract as many users as possible, and the more people we have using the site, the more valuable a resource it becomes for everyone” says Staley.
The only thing BigBrick charges for is a sign. For $5 sellers can buy a BigBrick.com sign to hang below their existing for sale sign.
Staley says, “The signs have been very effective for sellers. It makes it extremely easy for people driving by to see what you have to offer and the first step to selling is catching a buyer’s attention.”
Currently BigBrick services are being offered in all parts of Oregon. Only five months after launching, BigBrick already has over 350 for sale by owner properties posted and thousands of visitors searching the site every month. So for home sellers in Oregon, BigBrick may be a tool worth considering in a slow real estate market.
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They enlisted the help of the free service BigBrick.com and four days later, a buyer who saw their house on the BigBrick site made them an offer.
“We figured that if we didn’t have to pay a commission, we could offer a more attractive price” says Molly. And it worked. They got a price they are happy with and the buyer got a great deal.
For sellers like Shawn and Molly who have decided to forgo an agent and sell on their own, BigBrick.com offers an array of free services to help both market a property and to close the deal.
After the buyer had found Shawn and Molly's house on the BigBrick website, they were able to print all the necessary paperwork, including the sales contract and property disclosures, right from the site. The price: $0.
Posting a property for sale on BigBrick.com is also free and allows sellers to reach a growing audience of Oregon home buyers who are searching the site. Property postings allow for 20 photos, unlimited word description and stay live on BigBrick’s interactive map search until a property sells.
The company’s founder is David Staley, a Bend Oregon real estate investor who saw a need for better tools to serve the ‘for sale by owner’ crowd. “We really feel that offering our services for free is the best way to attract as many users as possible, and the more people we have using the site, the more valuable a resource it becomes for everyone” says Staley.
The only thing BigBrick charges for is a sign. For $5 sellers can buy a BigBrick.com sign to hang below their existing for sale sign.
Staley says, “The signs have been very effective for sellers. It makes it extremely easy for people driving by to see what you have to offer and the first step to selling is catching a buyer’s attention.”
Currently BigBrick services are being offered in all parts of Oregon. Only five months after launching, BigBrick already has over 350 for sale by owner properties posted and thousands of visitors searching the site every month. So for home sellers in Oregon, BigBrick may be a tool worth considering in a slow real estate market.
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