Come to Westfield, MA on Saturday, September 26, 2009 for the 6th annual Colonial Harvest Day!
This fun downtown event will feature antique dealers, fiddlers, Fife & Drum Corps, colonial demonstrations and more! Stroll the leaf lined streets of Westfield and enjoy all the bounty and fun this wonderful city has to offer!
For more information visit the Westfield On Weekends page!
Yes, you read that correctly and it is super simple!
Step One: Buy your home using a Park Square Realty agent (ME!)
Step Two: Finance your mortgage with Wells Fargo
Step Three: Close with a partnering attorney
Step Four: Collect $600 in credits at your closing!
All buyers are eligible, not limited to first time homebuyers and this credit is good through the end of 2009!
Advantages abound in this program: not only do you get a terrific REALTOR, but a proven mortgage officer and local attorney working on your behalf.
We know that all homebuyers, not just first time homebuyers, are needing a little extra help right now.
Call me today if you are interested in this fantastic program!
Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty, 413-575-3611
I wrote an article on my experiences with foreclosure sales and the likelihood of the lender making repairs to the property for the buyer.
To see the full story visit my Agent Genius Magazine page!
This wonderful home has been graced by a loving family for years. They have outgrown this space, but this four bedroom ranch in a terrific neighborhood might be the right match for you!
Set on a half acre with a fenced yard and pool, the yard is family friendly and the perfect spot for picnics and ball games.
Four bedrooms and 2 full baths including a MBR suite offer room for everyone? The finished basement rec room is an added bonus! Sunken family room is the favorite space of the current owners and is flooded with sunlight and charm.
If you are a family in search of your new home, don’t wait to meet this one!
To see if you are a match, make an appointment to view by contacting:
This week I posed this question on my Facebook page:
What do you look for in your REALTOR? Be specific: internet savvy, traditional advertising, contact, etc
I got some excellent answers and they seemed to follow a very common thread. I found it interesting that many of us agents spend a lot of time trying to brand ourselves as being the neighborhood expert, internet specialist, new construction specialist, etc., yet most people answering my question never mentioned a specialty as being important.
Christine Pilch (@christinepilch) said she wants Honesty and integrity.
Angust Brewer: Honesty, knowledge, professionalism, integrity, efficiency.
Joe Campoleita (@campo524) gave a wealth of info: First, and to me most trusted, would be a personal recommendation from someone I know. Next might be to use the local papers to see who has listings I like in places I would want to live. I would use the internet the same way. Go on local RE firms sites to see what/where they have listings. Now for internet it would probably sway me if the website had a “rating” section in which clients would give a rating and write something about their experience. In-depth market knowledge is important…once I “meet” the agent my expectation is they can effectively discern my needs (both known and unknown…meaning the client might not really understand their needs) and match those needs to what the market has available. Needs based sales and marketing.
Erica Mulinare gave a “funny” (not really) accounting of what happened to her parents: How about someone who doesn’t bring a bottle of wine to a showing and drink it while sitting in the owner’s chaise lounge while the prospective buyers, the realtor’s friends, are walking around the house. …happened to my parents… they didn’t think it was really too big a deal becuase the people bought the house, but I wouldn’t be happy at all! (hehe).
While I do spend a significant amount of my marketing time on the internet, and tout myself as being a tech savvy REALTOR (google my name), I try to always keep customer service at the forefront. After these answers I realize that all the other efforts that I make as an agent might set me apart in a a branding or niche sense, but at the end of the day my clients want honesty, integrity, knowledge and professionalism.
I can do that!
In fact, I have been doing that for 21 years in the Western Massachusetts Real Estate field!
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