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Re-Inventing: A Bartering system this country was founded upon; Works like a match dating service for your house!

The Gist

In our current Real Estate market the problem is not the lack of buyers, it is that those buyers can not sell their house in order to buy, causing stagnation. The lack of movement has given buyers the upper hand in negotiations causing housing values to drop. This spurs hesitation in the buyers, inadvertently causing the housing market to spiral downward. People are trapped into their homes unless they significantly lower the price, but even then the sale can take a long time. Many are obligated to rising adjustable mortgages or can no longer afford their houses due to other economic influences, but can not borrow against the equity of their home because the values may have dropped too low. Most banks need at least 10 % equity and many have to foreclose.

Swap your house has targeted the current market stagnation by re-introducing an old bartering system that this country was founded on. Like a match dating service for your house, two sellers can find each other to negotiate all details of the sale or trade on their own grounds. With our motto, "It's just a house, you make it a home" the site guides the user to creating the perfect home if the exact search criteria does not match. With the potential of saving a lot of money in the home sale, you can now afford to make your new home exactly the way you wanted it by using the Assist Your Move Section of the site. By typing in the city where you are buying; Assist Your Move's search engine not only pulls up an extensive list of local venders to fix or re-furbish the house, but also gives contact info. of companies associated with for your move, i.e. ( local utility company, nearby doctors, or even local storage facilities); as well as vital names and numbers of companies needed to close escrow; i.e. (lenders, title Companies, bug inspection, etc.) See: What's Next? Section of the site. (Check back regularly as the house inventory and venders for the fix it up section will grow daily!)

Summary of Site

SwapYourHouse™ provides a medium in which home-sellers can post their home as an option for trade with another home that meets the user's criteria for amenities, location, square footage, bedrooms, etc. Users have the ability to browse and list a home for FREE. Once a user locates a home they are interested in they can pay a $29.95 fee; which allows the user to view additional photos and information on the home, or homes they are intrested in. Whether upsizing or downsizing you and someone else's needs have changed; we just help you meet to buy each others house! In a normal transaction you are whittling the other down; but when buying each others house you can work together for the best of both parties. i.e. (Both parties want the full appraised value out of their house; So work out a deal to make it happen!)

You may search for a match or browse; broadening your search criteria! If you just have to move: i.e. You have been relocated with your job and are not only facing huge relocation fees but are looking at having to leave your family behind until the house sells; you may be willing to take their two bedroom California bungalow; as long as they buy your four bedroom house in AZ.

When you are there; you can sell it, turn that house into a rental, or swap with something else local.. You should also read through the FAQ's to see how you can use a three way swap!

Our problem in this market is movement.. You could have many buyers wanting to buy your house but those potential buyers are having a hard time selling their house to buy yours! So just SWAP. After all it is just a house; you make it a home.. www.swapyourhouse.com is Reinventing the way in which we buy and sell Real Estate!

Problem Solved?

With SwapYourHouse, If people are buying each other's house for the full appraised values; this could even raise the housing values for the entire neighborhood! Swap Your House will also increase the awareness of smaller rural neighborhoods by locating houses in areas that may have otherwise gone overlooked. Swap Your House could actually reverse this down market and change... No, revolutionize the way we buy and sell our Real Estate! We just need to re-educate the world on a not so new concept!

Questions Answered!

Many individuals have mentioned that it would be hard to find a match - I explained that they just don't get it. Hypothetically: Say you have a $500,000 house to sell in our down market. Typically in this market you will need to price it at around $480,000, then you may get dinged another $20,000-$30,000 in negotiation (alone - beside what you may save in fees! That is at least $50,000 you could save selling your house this way!)

You have the tools to do it yourself; but you may still want to use an Agent or Attorney to assist you; given a professional already knows what they are doing and can make things a lot easier! As well as protect your interests.. There is a lot of unseen obstacles that the professionals are trained to see! See: Why Not? section of the site! So what could you do to a house with $50,000 plus? That is why we created the Assist Your Move section of our site! To find venders (local to the house you are buying) who can make your new house what you want! Our motto: It's just a house; You make it a home is so true. The house gets old like a new car - It is the people who make it a home! To really grasp this site - read the FAQ's and the Swapping Success Stories! I hope you may soon be our biggest Swapping Success!

Tell Others

As our inventory grows- you will have more homes to pick and choose from. Click on the Tell A Friend tab on the front page of the site to inform friends or family members! Send this to whom ever may be able to use this site. If you are a Realtor, Lender, or Other... Send this site to your clients- potentially helping them out of a tight situation ..You may gain a client for life!

**Patents Pending.