Recent offer patterns can help you decide how firm or flexible to be.
If you are trying to figure out whether you can negotiate without losing the house, the answer is yes, but only within reason. In Jamaica Estates, NY, recent offers landed at 96.9% of asking, so buyers have some room to press, just not enough room to throw out a number disconnected from the market.
I also look at pace before I advise an offer strategy. A typical sale in Jamaica Estates, NY took 33 days last month, and the recent three-month count showed 6 pending homes. That tells me homes are still finding buyers, which usually limits how far a serious seller will bend on a property that is positioned well. For a buyer, this means the opening number matters, but the logic behind it matters more. If the home is lined up near recent closings, I would negotiate carefully and keep the offer credible. If the seller is clearly above the market, the gap between the $1,919,000 typical asking price and the $872,500 typical closed price gives you support for a firmer stance. Set your walk-away number before you start. Use recent closed homes to justify your offer instead of negotiating from emotion. Keep your communication clean and direct, because sellers are more likely to work with a buyer who sounds prepared than one who sounds casual.
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