Merrimack Valley Real Estate- Massachusetts, Essex and Middlesex County

reprinted from Merrimack Valley MA Real Estate What are the most important factors to consider in pricing a home? When deciding on a price to list your home at in the real estate marketplace, a home seller must remember that their home is competing in the real estate market.  Home buyers have cho...

As a real estate agent in Massachusetts that closes on a large number of short sales every year, I run into upside down homeowners that have taken too much time chasing options that are not viable for them.  Pursuing options that won't work for your situation can put you an additional 6 months to...

Search Criteria:SF; Q2 2011; TOWNS: Tewksbury, Price Range Number ofListings Avg. Dayson Market $120,000 - $159,999 2 16 $160,000 - $199,999 2 24 $200,000 - $249,999 9 155 $250,000 - $299,999 11 93 $300,000 - $349,999 12 90 $350,000 - $399,999 6 97 $400,000 - $449,999 4 68 $450,000 - $499,999 1 ...

It seems silly I have to say this, yet it happens all the time!!  Clients find a home they would like to view and the sellers do not accomodate showings.  You cannot sell your home if you do not allow home buyers to view it. I recently had a client, there house was underagreement, they were ready...

$180,000  |  3 Bedroom  |  1 Bath  |  925 square feet  |  11,258 Acres   Move right into this home situated on a quarter acre, level lot in a great neighborhood setting. Yard offers tons of poetential for this homes new owner. Many newer updates include…. new carpet, paint, furnace, roof (New in...

3 Greenhill Farm Rd Unit B Haverhill, MA Click For Listing Website Click For Interactive e-Tour NO CONDO FEE!!, in this nearly new townhouse. The size and the little extras are a big bonus. Little extras include, 2 car garage, front covered deck as well as rear deck, stone patio and your own pri...

I wanted to start a thread on what Listing Agents think the single most important thing they do to market a listing.  Hoping to get some good discussion and ideas going. So with that said, Ill start: I find that exceptional photography has been one of my most important tools in getting a listing ...

A home sale is not an accident and any home can sell in any market, if you line up what I call the 3P's of Home Selling. The 3P's consist of: Preparation- What are you prepared to do to you home to make it stand out from the crowd? Pricing- The most critical piece and must be looked at very caref...

I have only been in real estate for about 10 years.  Our local Multiple Listing Service here in Massachusetts, in that time has been privately held.  My question to the real estate community is....  How have we allowed a company like Trulia or any number of "lead generation" companies take our li...

A consideration when doing a Massachusetts Short Sale is the potential of a tax liability. Short sales can have numerous advantages for homeowners that find themselves facing foreclosure and a short sale will most likely far out way any potential tax liability that may be incurred.  When consider...