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I sold my house last year. I looked up the average price growth over the 8 years I owned it for, did some maths and came up with a value. Estate agents even vaguely corroborated it - they thought it was high but within range. Then I started having viewings on the house, and no one liked it at the price. People had really weird comments: at this price the garden should be bigger, there aren't enough rooms downstairs, the staircase is too wide. Objectively, whatever that means, it was a lovely house - good location, modern, good condition, nice garden, light and spacious. Nothing wrong with it. Long story short, in the end I sold it for 15% less than the "fair market price" I came up with, and also 10% below the real estate agents estimate. It stung, but it's a reminder that the market value is what someone is willing to pay. If no one wants to pay my fair market value then it's not a fair market value, period. I'm just a rando on the internet, but I think the attitude that you are definitely "worth X" but no one wants to pay you this might be counterproductive. Your empirical evidence says you are apparently worth Y. Markets change, recruiters lie etc. Start with that as as an evidential baseline and ask yourself what could increase your "value" - be it how you present your experience, how you interview, or what skills you could add or niche you could explore. |