The lowest sale in Westfield was a mixed use property, a single family home with a store front for $30,000.

The highest sale in Westfield was a single family in the newer part of Ridgecrest for $514,000.

Are you curious to know the value of your home? Please feel free to get in touch: Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty. 413-575-3611. I will be happy to provide you with a free, no obligation assessment of your home’s value.

Located at the Pilgrim Candle shops at 16 Union Street, Westfield, MA the cafe is adorable and cozy.

They are using QR codes, text specials and Facebook to promote their restaurant and reach out to potential customers. Every week I get a text telling me about their special text promotion, which is a fabulous way to remind me to stop in there!

Check out my slideshow and then be sure to stop in and try their wonderful food!

Park Square Realty in Westfield, MA is a small locally owned company that knows how to get homes in the Westfield area SOLD. As one of the real estate agents in the Westfield office it makes me proud that we are so far ahead of the competition, especially when you know that our team is about 50 agents.

Park Square Realty has closed 144 transactions. The next two offices below us have closed 107 and 58 transactions.

What does that tell the home owner in Westfield, MA?

If you want your home sold, we have a far better chance of accomplishing your goal than our competition does. Success speaks.

If you are considering selling your home in Westfield, MA or Western Massachusetts, I hope you will let me interview for the job.

Lesley Lambert, REALTOR, Park Square Realty, Westfield. 413-575-3611 or lesleylambert@parksquarerealty.com

I responded:

Yes we do. They hang all over the office & are reviewed in meetings. We include our core values in our presentations. Those values are why I chose my company.

To which Michael asked”
‎Lesley: Excellent! I think that’s a great idea to have those items in plain view all the time. And it’s even greater than you chose your company BECAUSE of their mission statement and core values. What were the specific elements that attracted you to your company?

I started to type a long response on the Facebook thread and then I realized that it was really a blog post and something that I should share with my readers, clients and the public at large.

So, without further ado, here are Park Square Realty (and Lesley Lambert’s) core values and also why I chose Park Square Realty and you should, too!

This shop is first of all, absolutely beautiful.  The decor, lighting, style and ambiance are classy and comfortable making this a wonderful place to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.  They even have free wi-fi!

I sampled four chocolate truffles and they were all amazing, but I must say my favorite was the Violetta truffle.

The shop has ice cream during the warm months, too!  There were gift items available and I plan to purchase some truffles to give as hostess gifts for upcoming parties. Forget your diet and go try some! Be sure to visit Miss Sweets Facebook page AND the actually shop as soon as you can!

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Westfield, MA has been suffering serious crosstown congestion for years, but hopefully tomorrow it will be improved. As of tomorrow, December 1, the original Great River Bridge in Westfield, MA will be re-opening!

I visited the bridge today:

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The City of Westfield has been undergoing a massive amount of park and road improvements that have created some challenges for residents as we encounter traffic delays in seemingly every part of town.

There is much progress being made, however, and some very good news on the near horizon.

Firstly, the paving of Main Street is moving right along and will soon be complete. But here is the big news that I found most exciting:

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Great River Bridge Project:

The contractor laying pavement on the bridge deck.  They are continuing on a plan to begin traffic flow going southbound on the renovated bridge during Thanksgiving week – weather permitting.

As a reminder this is a State funded/State controlled project and we are gathering information and moving it out to you as it becomes available.”

Can you believe it folks?  We will soon be able to use both bridges…yippee!

The City of Westfield has a wonderful page that provides weekly construction and traffic updates. 

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The economy is creating a strange situation.  On the one hand, people are in tight spaces and are being forced to face reality and leave their homes via distressed sales like a Short Sale or Foreclosure.

On the other hand, home prices in Western Massachusetts have hit what many consider the bottom and interest rates are the lowest we are likely to to see in our lifetime.  This creates a great buying environment, especially for investors and first time buyers.

Here are some interesting facts that were brought up at the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS state conference earlier this fall…

- They just raised the “Right to Cure” in Massachusetts…. It’s a minimum of 150 days before and bank/lender can start foreclosure proceedings… (This is due to the volume of foreclosures)

- 1 out of every 3 properties in Massachusetts are distressed…

- 34% of all sales (2010) were first time home buyers…

- 13% of all sales are short sales …

- 27% of all sales are foreclosed properties.

- 22% of all sales are investment properties.

- 35% of all sales are cash sales.

If you are a homeowner in Western MA that needs help with a distressed sale, I have the experience it takes to get your home sold and help you move on with your life.

If you are a home buyer in Western MA, I can help you to find the best opportunity for you no matter if you are a first time buyer, investment buyer or move up buyer.

Contact me, Lesley Lambert of Park Square Realty at 413-575-3611 or use the contact me button to the left of this post.

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I have been seeing a lot of questions on Facebook and hearing people ask questions on the radio about their losses. One question that kept coming up was, “Is there anyway to recoup the expense of the ruined food that I had to throw away?”

Since I know I threw out several hundreds of dollars worth of food myself, I figured this question would be one that many could use an answer to. I decided to reach out to my friend and insurance agent, Mary Benjamin of Roger Butler Insurance, for the answers.

I asked Mary about the the food loss as well as other homeowners insurance questions that might apply after a catastrophic weather event like the Blizzard of October in Westfield, MA.

To find out if you can get your food losses covered by your homeowners insurance and answers to other concerns that Westfield homeowners might have, watch this video:

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