Auburn Maine Real Estate - Meservier & Associates

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One of Maine's fastest growing real estate teams, dedicated to customer service and committed to excellence . Featuring the Maine Real Estate Newsletter, buyer and seller tips, mortgage tips, listings for sale and client materials are just some of the offering you'll find here. Check us out; You'll like what you see. We're "Today's Real Estate Professionals, Opening New Doors"
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Meservier and associates at Keller Williams Realty Mid Maine is successfully helping sellers get out of homes they no longer want to live in, that they can't afford or that they owe more on than what they can sell for today. In todays market 30% of homes sellers are in a short sale position. The ...
09/21/2011
According to the 2011 Swanepoel trends report, in 2007 only 28% or Realtors used smart phones. That number increased to 50% in 2008 and reach 90% in 2010. The real estate industry as a whole is relatively quick to embrace new technology. Especially as it benefits our clients by providing a higher...
09/20/2011
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If you are thinking of updating or remodeling, you may want to consider adding Universal Design elements to your plan. Universal design focuses on buildings, products and environments that are accessible to all people, with or without disabilities. Curb cuts or sidewalk ramps, essential for peopl...
09/07/2011
Use light-colored roofing made from recycled materials. This helps to lower the “heat island” effect of your home, keeping it cooler in the summer. A cooler roof will save on air-conditioning costs! It’s also possible to reduce your annual cooling costs by up to 25% by: planting leafy shade trees...
07/27/2011
In 1989, bread cost .67 cents. Today a loaf of bread costs you $2.49.A new car in 1989 would have cost you $15,350, and today that same car would cost $28,400. The median home price in 1989 was $94,000 and today it is $156,100. Yikes.Interest rates in 1989 were 10% (hard to believe!) but TODAY th...
07/11/2011
Once you've moved in to your new home, it's time to notify everyone of your address change.Use this list as a starting point: Department of  Motor Vehicles Post office, bank (don't forget to order new checks), voter registration Human resources and payroll where you work Insurance companies, doct...
05/27/2011
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Each month I study the Pending Home Sales Index, issued by the National Association of Realtors. The index is based on pending sales of existing homes. A sale is listed as pending when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not closed. The NAR uses a large national sampling to come ...
05/16/2011
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I just received some information from Trulia’s second quarter “Rent versus Buy” index, and it backed up what I’ve known to be true: It is usually more affordable to buy then rent in 78% of the cities studied, compared to 72% last quarter. The study compared the cost of buying and renting a two-b...
05/02/2011
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Once you’ve moved in to your new home, it’s time to notify everyone of your address change. Use this list as a starting point: • Department of Motor Vehicles • Post office, bank (don’t forget to order new checks), voter registration • Human resources and payroll where you work • Insurance compan...
04/21/2011
After record lows, mortgage rates have continued to rise in the last few weeks. They are technically still considered “low,” in comparison to years past, but with each increase, a home is that much less affordable. As the interest rate rises, so do monthly payments. As of mid-February, the averag...
02/28/2011
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One of Maine's fastest growing real estate teams, dedicated to customer service and committed to excellence . Featuring the Maine Real Estate Newsletter, buyer and seller tips, mortgage tips, listings for sale and client materials are just some of the offering you'll find here. Check us out; You'll like what you see.
We're "Today's Real Estate Professionals, Opening New Doors"


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