Why the First Three Weeks Decide Your Sale
At the top of the West Vancouver market the entire negotiation happens before most sellers think it has started.
Sellers tend to think of a price reduction as a second attempt. In the luxury tier it is closer to a confession, and it is read that way by the only people whose opinion matters.
The buyer pool is smaller than you think
At $8M in West Vancouver, the number of genuinely active, genuinely qualified buyers at any moment is not large. Every one of them, and every agent who represents them, will have seen your listing within days of launch. There is no second wave of fresh buyers arriving in month four.
So when a property sits, it is not waiting to be discovered. It has already been seen by the relevant audience and passed over, and each additional week on market is evidence for a buyer who wants to argue the price down.
“A property that sits is not waiting to be discovered. It has been seen, and passed over.”
What a reduction actually communicates
That the original number was not serious. Buyers who watched your listing launch at one price and reduce to another do not conclude the home is now fairly valued: they conclude there is more room, and they wait for it. One reduction frequently invites the expectation of a second.
The alternative is unglamorous
Get the number right before launch and put the marketing spend where it changes the outcome: photography, film, presentation, and reach. That is less satisfying than testing a high price, and it is the single largest lever a seller controls.
It is also why I would rather tell you a price you do not want to hear than win your listing with one I cannot defend. The first conversation is uncomfortable. The alternative is six months of them.
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