Steve
05-08-2006, 11:29 AM
Oh now this is interesting. This is the first I have seen of this trend. It might be a great way to sell more services. You could craft a letter to send to homes that are currently on the market or contact real estate agents, to set this up.
These home owners are trying to get buyers by offering them lawn service for a year!
Do you think this is a good marketing idea?
Selling a home means adopting wooing tactics (http://www.suntimes.com/output/hlife/hos-news-life07.html) - In February, there were 3.03 million previously owned homes for sale, a level not seen since 1991, when 1.91 million homes were up for sale, according to the National Association of Realtors.
''Business is tough. The inventory of available properties has increased,'' said Martin Bouma, an Ann Arbor real estate agent. ''You are looking at [the number of] buyers going down, and inventory is going up.''
Some incentives offered by sellers include a year's worth of free landscaping or lawn care, free snow removal for a year or a year's worth of alarm service. And, that's just from the owners of existing homes ** builders sitting on a mound of inventory have also had to come up with new ways of wooing buyers.
These home owners are trying to get buyers by offering them lawn service for a year!
Do you think this is a good marketing idea?
Selling a home means adopting wooing tactics (http://www.suntimes.com/output/hlife/hos-news-life07.html) - In February, there were 3.03 million previously owned homes for sale, a level not seen since 1991, when 1.91 million homes were up for sale, according to the National Association of Realtors.
''Business is tough. The inventory of available properties has increased,'' said Martin Bouma, an Ann Arbor real estate agent. ''You are looking at [the number of] buyers going down, and inventory is going up.''
Some incentives offered by sellers include a year's worth of free landscaping or lawn care, free snow removal for a year or a year's worth of alarm service. And, that's just from the owners of existing homes ** builders sitting on a mound of inventory have also had to come up with new ways of wooing buyers.