{"id":64276,"date":"2018-03-06T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/06\/selling-in-a-sellers-market-agents-warn-against-overconfidence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:38:36","slug":"selling-in-a-sellers-market-agents-warn-against-overconfidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/home-hq\/2018\/03\/06\/selling-in-a-sellers-market-agents-warn-against-overconfidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling in a seller\u2019s market? Agents warn against overconfidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maybe it\u2019s time for a change of station<\/a>, or maybe your family has outgrown its current home: Whatever the reason, some service members and veterans may be looking to sell, and may have a geographic advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re located in a seller\u2019s market (stationed in Seattle, for instance), you could see some serious dollar signs dancing in your head: One survey late last year<\/a> had the average sale price in the Seattle area at nearly $5,500 higher than the asking price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that doesn\u2019t give you a license to overprice your property, said Travis Winfield, a retired Navy command senior chief and a Realtor in San Diego<\/a>, where he\u2019s not a stranger to seller\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t