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 Sellers must look out for their best interests from the very beginning and to me, that means right from the point of selecting an agent. A seller who's home I showed last year ended up foreclosing when they likely could have sold through a short sale.  I suggested this to the agent and offered t...
10/04/2010
Keene, NH We've all been to short sale workshops and trainings as agents, but now here's one to put the sellers at ease. A short sale seminar for THEM (the sellers).   With Keene Housing Trust I am presenting at an upcoming short sales seminar. If you know someone with questions about short sales...
09/27/2010
We always hear that it's important to keep in touch with our sphere, our A and B list, or whatever we call those top people in our lives who help promote our business.  They are the cream of the crop.  They are the people we most enjoy working with and know whomever they refer to us is going to b...
09/20/2010
"I want my children in a good school" I hear this all the time when working with buyers looking and comparing schools in the Monadnock Region.  Due to one my children being school aged, currently, I am hearing the same words come out of my mouth. There is a price to pay for giving our children th...
09/15/2010
Monadnock Real E-Stats (derived from NNEREN) Cheshire County Single Family Active Residential Listings    as of 9/13/10:   Total=796   OF THOSE   81 are $125,000 or less 517 are $125,001-325,000 178 are $325,001-800,000       Cheshire County Single Family Residential SOLD Listings between  8/13/1...
09/13/2010
Yup, it still exists. In fact, 1/3 of my sales last year were through this government loan option.  You can't get it through a lender, which is why so many people aren't using it.  USDA Direct Rural Development VS. USDA Guarenteed Rural Developement are both great loan programs to buyers with lim...
09/08/2010
Pricing Your Home to Sell was an outstanding DVD I purchased years ago to help my sellers and I have the sometimes difficult conversation around pricing their home. I'd either leave the DVD with them to watch, or refer to it as I worked on objection handling during times when the truths about the...
08/23/2010
During the past couple of years I've noticed an increase in my business representing single women who buy a home on their own.  These women are brave and strong, dedicated to taking control of their lives and making it work for them.  They take the time to become educated and learn as much as the...
08/10/2010
I'm not sure if I want to sell and buy right now.  Where do I begin? Contacting a REALTOR is an important step toward answering this question for yourself. I just spoke with a woman today who needs to arrive at an answer to this very question.  Without additional information, she is unable to go ...
08/03/2010
This year's real estate sales statistics are hard to compare to those from 2009. With the tax incentives offered to home buyers, the number of closed transactions in the Cheshire County, NH region increased for the month of June. Below are comparisons between single family residential sales for t...
07/13/2010
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