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Longest you’ve had a house sit on the market?

Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:06 am
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15701 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:06 am
New construction house down the road has been sitting empty for a little over 2 years. Nice home, been through 2-3 minor price drops. Thinking the builder must be losing his arse, but also doesn’t seem to want to drop the price significantly and get it off his hands.

Personally, I’ve never bought a house until I was under contract on existing one.

What’s the longest you’ve had a house sit on the market and how much of a pinch did it feel like?

Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80411 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:11 am to
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Longest you’ve had a house sit on the market?




350 days
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 8:12 am
Posted by BigGreenTiger
Member since Mar 2022
590 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:12 am to
not in real estate, but that Bancroft double on Metairie Road has been on the market for like 3 years.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31734 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:13 am to
on and off for 6 years. it was rented for a portion of that, but it was listed as for sale from 2008-2014.

i got a job offer 4 hours away on 10/31/2008. i then learned about subprime mortgages a week later and why i was getting $30k lowball offers.
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 8:14 am
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53034 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:18 am to
Took over a year to sell our starter home. The market was still down from the housing crash and we sold it for less than we paid for it.
Posted by mmonro3
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2013
4167 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:23 am to
There are over five houses in Arabi that have been sitting for at least two years. New construction
Posted by LakeCharlesPirate
Member since Sep 2022
87 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:27 am to
Currently selling my first home and its been 45 days on the market. I've received some bullshite offers on it and i've dropped the price $10,000 recently. Let's hope it sells here soon.
Posted by MDTiger 13
Member since Nov 2010
1043 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:29 am to
The house I’m in was a new construction in 2014. I think the builder and his family lived in it off and on mainly for school zoning but it sat on the market for at least five years. Absolutely beautiful house. Was definitely over priced but not extraordinarily. I had it inspected twice because I kept thinking there were something we weren’t being told about it. Been in the house 4.5 years and couldn’t be happier.
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
54836 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:30 am to
Just over 2 years when I moved from Orlando right at the start of the housing crash in late 2007. I had to take a personal loan out and bring money to the closing table to sell the house in 2009.
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 8:32 am
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53034 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:34 am to
quote:

I had to take a personal loan out and bring money to the closing table to sell the house.

It took a long arse time for values to recover in some markets. We paid less for our 2nd house in 2012 than it was worth in 2004.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
38092 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:36 am to
quote:

There are over five houses in Arabi that have been sitting for at least two years. New construction


Prices are higher than giraffe pussy in the parish. I can't believe what they are asking for houses.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
17444 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:40 am to
quote:


Currently selling my first home and its been 45 days on the market. I've received some bullshite offers on it and i've dropped the price $10,000 recently. Let's hope it sells here soon.


If you are listing over 350K in this area it might sit for a long long time.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
18629 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:41 am to
quote:

New construction house down the road has been sitting empty for a little over 2 years. Nice home, been through 2-3 minor price drops. Thinking the builder must be losing his arse, but also doesn’t seem to want to drop the price significantly and get it off his hands. Personally, I’ve never bought a house until I was under contract on existing one. What’s the longest you’ve had a house sit on the market and how much of a pinch did it feel like?


Just had my house in Baton Rouge sit from September to June of this year and my other house in green trails sat for a year during Covid.
Posted by Tigersfan
Member since Feb 2006
2687 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:44 am to
quote:

not in real estate, but that Bancroft double on Metairie Road has been on the market for like 3 years.


I’m not in real estate either but every time I drive by that thing I can’t help but wonder who the hell did they think wants to spend over $1 million to share a wall with somebody?
Posted by BrohemAlem11
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
13238 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:50 am to
Everything in my neighborhood is sitting right now. For those familiar with Shreveport it's a neighborhood off Southern loop right by Provenance.... GREAT area, nice houses.... but no one is buying
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
5942 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:57 am to
1 day...4 different houses, multiple offers. We're good at what we do.
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37880 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:57 am to
Sold 2 houses, one sold in 18 hours (1999), the other sold in 10 days ( 2012).

Posted by BigGreenTiger
Member since Mar 2022
590 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:03 am to
quote:

I’m not in real estate either but every time I drive by that thing I can’t help but wonder who the hell did they think wants to spend over $1 million to share a wall with somebody?


especially ON Metairie Road.
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
7477 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:09 am to
Had a house in 2008 that pretty much bankrupted me, listed first of 2008 and sold on the last possible day of 2009.

Meanwhile, we were renting a house in our new city.

Ended up breaking even, sort of. I had to write a check.
But the cost of rent for 2 years, let's just say it was like $48,000 on top of mortgage... plus utilities, repairs, and gas was over $4/gallon back then, so yeah. My savings went to zero.


Posted by CunningLinguist
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2006
19154 posts
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:29 am to
A couple years when I had my condo in Uptown NOLA. Bought in 2006. I moved to DFW in 2009. I ended up renting it out , renters damaged it pretty good and sold at a $30k loss in 2011 to get it off my hands. I learned a lot about what not to do on home ownership and rentals. We have a rental unit besides primary residence now. I had to have the bad rental experience to learn how to be a good landlord.
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