We've been shopping for a larger cruising/live-aboard boat for a couple of years now and just last weekend we were told about soldboats.com. This website is a part of yachtworld.com that is only accessible to brokers and contains the prices of all boats listed on yachtworld and what they SOLD for! A broker can also look at the ads of the sold boats and get some idea of the condition of the boat and the options that it sold with.
So, the next time you are looking at a boat for sale ask your broker to print you out the sales history of that particular model. It will help you a lot when making an offer. Below you can see the Pacific Seacraft 34's that sold between January 2008 and now.
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Cruiser | 1996 |
| 139,000 | (10/06) | 125,000 | (02/08) | CA, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Cutte... | 1996 |
| 139,000 | (02/08) | 129,000 | (03/08) | CA, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft - RED... | 1995 |
| 129,000 | (09/07) | 119,000 | (05/09) | MD, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft | 1994 |
| 119,500 | (09/08) | 95,000 | (10/09) | MA, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft - Cre... | 1994 |
| 99,000 | (06/10) | 90,000 | (12/10) | MD, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft 34 Vo... | 1994 |
| 139,900 | (07/07) | 128,000 | (12/09) | ME, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Creal... | 1994 |
| 149,000 | (11/08) | 140,000 | (03/09) | MD, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Creal... | 1994 |
| 109,500 | (06/05) | 99,000 | (09/10) | ME, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Voyag... | 1994 |
| 142,000 | (06/08) | 133,500 | (04/10) | WI, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Crealock | 1993 |
| 129,900 | (08/07) | 107,000 | (04/08) | NC, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Creal... | 1993 |
| 99,000 | (10/08) | 90,000 | (12/08) | WI, USA |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Cutter | 1993 |
| 151,879 | (09/07) | 134,756 | (03/08) | BC, Can |
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| 34' | Pacific Seacraft Voyag... | 1993 |
| 129,900 | (08/07) | 125,000 | (03/08) | CT, USA |
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Whether your broker shows you this information or not probably depends on how he/she sees their job.
ReplyDeleteUnless specifically denoted in writing to the contrary a broker's (and real estate agent's) loyalty is to the seller.
So why should he or she show this info to the buyer? Being a "good guy" could get him sued for difference between asking and selling prices.
Thanks for the comment! This is exactly why we use a buyer's broker - someone that looks out for our best interest.
ReplyDeleteThis is now Maerz 14, and there has been nothing about Gitta and Herbert and there adventure?:>)
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