Blake Dobbins- Matlock Realty Group

Blake Dobbins- Matlock Realty Group Full-time real estate agent with Matlock Realty Group, serving Albertville, Guntersville & Marshall County. As a U.S.

Specializing in VA loans, move-up sellers, homesteads, and rural properties. Helping clients achieve their real estate goals since 2022. I’m Jonathan Blake Dobbins, a full-time real estate agent with Matlock Realty Group, proudly serving Albertville, Guntersville, and all of Marshall County, Alabama. I help families, veterans, and homesteaders buy and sell homes, land, and rural properties with a

results-focused approach. military veteran, I offer expert guidance on VA loans, PCS moves, and military relocations. Whether you’re selling a home, purchasing a lakefront property, or finding land for your dream homestead, I provide local expertise, strong negotiation skills, and strategic marketing to help you succeed.

"Let's price high to leave room to negotiate." Sure, but remember an overpriced home doesn't get offers to negotiate, it...
06/18/2026

"Let's price high to leave room to negotiate."

Sure, but remember an overpriced home doesn't get offers to negotiate, it gets silence.

When I look at the last 30 days of home sales I noticed that homes that sold in the first few weeks got about 97% of their original "For Sale" price. While homes that sat 90+ days, got around 88%. If you look at the average home price that's almost 24k left on the table. Not to mention the months they had to wait.

Case in point, this one house listed at $320k, sold for $313k in 6 days. Another listed at 395k, sold for $310k after 261 days.

That "room to negotiate" resulted in months of waiting, price cuts, a ton of stress and still sold for less than the house that was priced right from the start.

When the price cuts start, buyers don't think "oh they overpriced it so they could negotiate." They think, "why isn't that house selling, what's wrong with it?"

Remember pricing high doesn't leave room for negotiating. It just brings silence, waiting, stress, and a smaller check.

So what do you think? Would you want to price high to leave room to negotiate or price it right and get your home sold?

Blake Dobbins, REALTOR®️
Matlock

So how's the market?Well, median sales price is up 11%Homes are selling faster than last year from the median time to sa...
12/02/2025

So how's the market?

Well, median sales price is up 11%
Homes are selling faster than last year from the median time to sale being 77 days to 34.
The average home sold for almost 97% of asking price.
With just under 3 months of inventory, we are still leaning towards a seller market.

Want to know a little more about what is going on in the market? Check the comments!

The 50-year mortgage.It’s easy to joke about because it sounds like a win for the banks and little to no benefit for buy...
11/10/2025

The 50-year mortgage.
It’s easy to joke about because it sounds like a win for the banks and little to no benefit for buyers. People joke “It only saves about $200 a month."

But what is $200 to a first-time homebuyer?

It could be:
$200 of monthly debt that was blocking their approval.
$4,800+ of annual income they don’t earn yet.
Qualifying for down-payment assistance.
$20k or more in purchase power.
Difference in qualifying for a home that actually exists in today’s market.

Here is some truth: most 30-year mortgages don’t last 30 years. The average is closer to 12, because most people sell the home long before they pay it off.

So what does a longer-term loan really do?

It lets people stuck renting start paying for their home, instead of paying their landlord’s.
It opens the door to buyers who keep getting squeezed out.
It puts the American dream back within reach for families who feel like it’s always just out of hand.

If it helps even a few more families become homeowners, it’s worth talking about. That's just my two cents.

11/04/2025

Look... I need this mower 😂 and you need me to be your real estate agent!

I tend to send out a lot of mail as a real estate agent...
10/08/2025

I tend to send out a lot of mail as a real estate agent...

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