Main Line Musings by Rebecca Diamond

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Real Estate Agent - Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Bryn Mawr
RECENT BLOG POSTS
It seems every listing presentation is a multiple-offer situation these days. By that, I mean of course that Sellers are interviewing more than one agent for the job of selling their home. I win more than my fair share of these as I have spent alot of time crafting my listing presentation and I k...
08/05/2010
Great post about FHA vs conventional financing, given FHA's coming crackdown on the much-used Seller Assist.FHA LIMITS SELLER CONTRIBUTION TO BUYER'S CLOSING COSTS TO 3% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE.  (Any day now.) O.K.  We get it.  We don't like it but we get it.  We believe it's wrong headed for FHA ...
08/02/2010
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are the most prominent leading measures of the housing market, nationwide. The good news is that the index shows that the annual growth rate in 15 of 20 major metropolitan areas rose in May 2010, compared to April 2010. However, this is due in large part to...
07/28/2010
You've no doubt heard the expression 'buyer beware". It could not be more true for REOs, foreclosures, and short sales. In the past month I've had a number of first-time buyers come to me requesting to be shown distressed properties. Usually after meeting with them for a needs assessment, it beco...
07/26/2010
It has not been out of the question to have an appraiser from New Jersey or Bucks County come into our area, knowing nothing about it, to do their appraisal. It sounds like this may be changing for the better. Still, this is exactly why Sellers today have every reason to be very realistic about p...
07/21/2010
Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand - Confucius BC 450. We would do well to remember this when we do our listing presentations (or, as I like to call them, listing consult and education). It's great to go into a listing consult armed to the g...
07/21/2010
First, I understand that mold can be a very serious issue that causes health problems, not the least of which can be neurological. Okay? I get it.  But. The toxic mold that releases mycotoxins that can cause that level of severe illness is not even close to the other types of mold that can be fou...
07/09/2010
Today I read Kris Berg's Inman article about Google and why their employees are so happy. It really got me thinking about real estate brokerage models. At Google, the employees are given alot of free stuff and perks, above and beyond the normal gym and healthcare discounts offered by most. Consid...
07/07/2010
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