Lucy E. Thompson's (lucyt3) Blog

Walking around Summit, NJ you can see some unusual things that you might not expect!  There are the usual dogs and cats and the more unusual sightings of goats, wild turkeys, foxes and the occasional black bear!  There is a man here who walks his goat frequently along Springfield Avenue and up an...

Summit, New Jersey’s “Northside” is a very special place to live.  With homes that range from modest two to three bed ranches selling for about $500,000 to $600,000 to mansions with eight bedrooms or more that might cost several million Dollars, it is no wonder that it is a highly sought-after lo...

Good quality color photographs of homes for sale go without saying - or at least they should!  Having participated in two real estate webinars and one live seminar last week on the importance of taking and presenting good quality, color photographs of homes for sale (both exterior and interior sh...

It does my heart good when, once in a while, someone asks tentatively "would it be possible to go out and see homes for sale one day this week?"  I sometimes think that we, as real estate agents, perpetuate the myth that we can only take clients out after 5 pm or at weekends and that we are avail...

I have buyers who are purchasing a home which was listed for sale five months ago.  With a potentially quick closing, the contract having been signed about one month ago, you would think that the sellers would have been preparing to move or at the very least getting things cleaned out, boxed and ...