Trends come and go in the Colorado Springs Real Estate market.  Nonetheless, I’ve noticed some difficult patterns over the past few months.

Regarding Colorado Springs Real Estate listings and specifically related to my last three to four buyer contracts on per some of my listings, submitted by other Colorado Springs Realtors, these offers have been full of exorbitant requests. 

I have noticed some peculiarities to consider…

• First offers have been historically the best offers made.  Although the first offer sometimes presents sticker-shock for the seller, typically these have been the closest financial offers to the actual selling prices of the listing property.  Second and third offers are coming in extremely low, almost appalling to the seller.
• And yet the seller needs to fully understand the financial dynamics of the Colorado Springs Real Estate process, not expecting to renegotiate for much higher prices on additional offers.  These do not seem to be knocking on the door presently.
• One additional point…the buyer usually cannot make up any real financial differences during the inspection process.  Sellers seem to be short of cash to put additional thousands of dollars into their home, especially after having it radically reduced to sell.

As a result, the trend of trying to do these types of deals paves unhealthy Colorado Springs Real Estate habits. 

Sellers aren’t able to feasibly sell their properties and buyers are feeling entitled to get the best deal, no matter the unreasonableness involved.  Television education, fear and over-stinginess then begin to usurp savvy Colorado Springs Realtor knowledge and prudent ways of making the deal work for both sides, including buyers and sellers.  Of course, if the buyers were trying to sell their homes with some of the same kind of offers currently being made by them, the same results of outrage and insult would probably occur.

The world of real estate is not coming to an end.  And likewise, the world is round, not flat, as the current way of doing business is trying to be re-formed from fear.  The world of real estate has simply rotated away from the sun temporarily, allowing for appropriate market corrections.  However, seasonal changes are anticipated, and the world will once again experience the brightness of the sun.

Colorado Springs Realtors know how to make good deals for everyone who buys, sells or invests in Colorado Springs Real Estate properties.  If your experience seems more difficult than it should, then you might want to get second opinions about your buying/selling process.