House Update
Well, in this particular case no news is in fact, bad news. Our house has been on the market now for about 2 1/2 weeks. When our house first emerged on the market, we priced it at $219,950. The day after our house went up, another house came up on the market that was in the same school district, in a neighborhood and had an additional bathroom. It was priced exactly the same as ours. So, to be competitive, we decided to drop our price to $214,950. We have gotten about 6 or so people coming through to look at our house. All of the feedback we've gotten has been that everyone loves the house, but no one wants the street. For those of you who don't know, we live on a moderately busy street. It's not like living on Stark or anything, but obviously busy enough to deter people.
Today we've made the financially difficult decision to lower our price another $10,000. As of today, our house is now listed for $204,950. We're not going to have nearly as much money for our next house as we had hoped, but we feel that that's better than not being able to get the next house at all. From today, we effectively have 20 days to sell our house until we lose the other one. The house we're trying to buy now has 3 additional offers waiting in the wings. That is astounding to me...especially in such a slow market and considering the fact that it was such a mess and only on the market for 5 days!
I have gotten really discouraged about this. Like I wrote in my Randomness post, I am taking it personally that no one wants to buy our house. I love my house. I have put so much of my heart into decorating it and making it look nice. We can't help the street that it's on. And really, to me, the street isn't that big of a deal at all. Yeah, it's busier than a neighborhood, but it's not that bad. And we have a fully fenced backyard so that kind of makes up for it in my mind. Kids still have a place to play! I fully expected for our house to be sold by now and so did our realtors. All of us have been surprised by the lack of traffic through our house.
I still feel as though God is leading us in our move. It's hard because on one hand I feel so strongly that God is leading us there, but then on the other hand, why is it proving to be so hard to sell this house? And how can I feel so strongly that God is leading us in this direction and be discouraged that our house hasn't sold. If God is truly leading us, then I should feel nothing but confident that our house will sell and we'll be fine. But I don't..I feel discouraged and anxious and I feel like I am slowly starting to lose hope. I am praying and praying and praying and haven't heard an answer. I was talking to a good friend today about faith. We decided that God doesn't necessarilly want us to have faith that He's going to do this or do that...but that we need to have faith that God is good. No matter what. I think I need to keep telling myself this. I know it's true...but it's hard to trust sometimes.
Today we've made the financially difficult decision to lower our price another $10,000. As of today, our house is now listed for $204,950. We're not going to have nearly as much money for our next house as we had hoped, but we feel that that's better than not being able to get the next house at all. From today, we effectively have 20 days to sell our house until we lose the other one. The house we're trying to buy now has 3 additional offers waiting in the wings. That is astounding to me...especially in such a slow market and considering the fact that it was such a mess and only on the market for 5 days!
I have gotten really discouraged about this. Like I wrote in my Randomness post, I am taking it personally that no one wants to buy our house. I love my house. I have put so much of my heart into decorating it and making it look nice. We can't help the street that it's on. And really, to me, the street isn't that big of a deal at all. Yeah, it's busier than a neighborhood, but it's not that bad. And we have a fully fenced backyard so that kind of makes up for it in my mind. Kids still have a place to play! I fully expected for our house to be sold by now and so did our realtors. All of us have been surprised by the lack of traffic through our house.
I still feel as though God is leading us in our move. It's hard because on one hand I feel so strongly that God is leading us there, but then on the other hand, why is it proving to be so hard to sell this house? And how can I feel so strongly that God is leading us in this direction and be discouraged that our house hasn't sold. If God is truly leading us, then I should feel nothing but confident that our house will sell and we'll be fine. But I don't..I feel discouraged and anxious and I feel like I am slowly starting to lose hope. I am praying and praying and praying and haven't heard an answer. I was talking to a good friend today about faith. We decided that God doesn't necessarilly want us to have faith that He's going to do this or do that...but that we need to have faith that God is good. No matter what. I think I need to keep telling myself this. I know it's true...but it's hard to trust sometimes.
posted by Kristi @ 1:04 PM
2 Comments:
At 9:25 PM ,
Katy said...
If you think God wants you to move....stand firm and be of good courage! He never said when it would sell....maybe tomorrow or the next day! Have hope and know that, just like you said, "God is all good and in Him there is no darkness at all." 1 John (something) He has you in His hand and won't let go unless you want Him to....and I know you don't!
Hang in there!
Maybe this is a good time for a coffee night? Let me know. Love
At 1:29 PM ,
Jason and Ranae said...
hey, house stuff is so hard. we just got through it, i can emphathize. we had 2 months to sell the house, an offer on another, and didn't have anything three weeks before jason started his new job. and you know how long it takes to close usually 4-6 weeks! we kept struggling with taking the situation into our hands, it was such a struggle! my brother kept saying you only need one buyer, just the right one. i knew he was right but it didn't feel like it. i wanted to the Lord to show up in the same way he did for my brother's recent sell/buy of homes. and He didn't....but three weeks to the day before Jason started, the Lord provided a cash buyer who could close in 12 days! I was a mess during the whole time, full of faith one minute and a lost child the next. I just wanted to tell you because I was encouraged by other people's stories when we were in the midst of it. AND because the Lord does what He knows is best. I just wanted to encourage you with that. God bless!
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