Cowichan Valley Homes Still on the Market After 90 Days
A Long Listing Is a Question, Not a VerdictCowichan Valley homes still on the market after 90 days are worth a look, as long as you look properly. Three months without an accepted offer always has a reason behind it, and my job is to find out whether that reason is the price, the property, or simply the calendar.
Price is the usual answer, but it is not the only one. Rural properties in the valley sit longer because the buyer pool is smaller and the due diligence is heavier: a well with a modest flow rate, an aging septic field, an Agricultural Land Reserve restriction, or a shared driveway with a vague agreement. Unusual houses take longer here too, and so does anything listed in December.
What 90 days does is change the conversation. A seller who has held out through a quiet autumn is generally more open on price, and often more open on the terms that cost them nothing: a longer or shorter completion, a possession date that suits you, a holdback while something gets fixed. Those terms are frequently worth more than the last $5,000 of haggling.
Before we write I check whether the listing was cancelled and put back on to reset the day count, because that is common and it hides the real history. Then I find out what fell apart, if anything. More than once a long listing here turned out to be a collapsed sale over a septic or financing problem, which is useful to know before you inherit it.