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Did Your Western MA Home Fail To Sell? Expired Listing Checklist

Lesley Lambert Jeremie Lambert FariaDid your home in Westfield, Southwick, Agawam, West Springfield or other parts of Western MA fail to sell and is now an expired listing?

Are you still hoping to sell your Western MA home but feeling frustrated by the previous failure?

Do you wonder WHY your Western MA home didn’t sell?

The team of Jeremie Lambert-Faria and Lesley Lambert of Park Square Realty can help you to find the answer to why your Western MA didn’t sell. Known as an expired listing, this is a property that was exposed to the buying market in Western MA and failed to sell.

Go through this Expired Listing Checklist to help see why your home didn’t sell. If you can say NO to any one of these steps then we can help.

Please call Lesley Lambert and Jeremie Lambert-Faria of Park Square Realty today for your free evaluation on “why your Western MA house didn’t sell” and consultation on our Expired Listing Checklist. Our team prides itself on helping home owners in Westfield, Southwick, Agawam, West Springfield and other parts of Western MA find success in selling their home.

If you prefer you can fill out this form and we will contact you.

We are REALTORS in Western MA with over 25 years of professional experience geared towards working with our clients on a personal level with a high level of service and unique tools.

Call Lesley and Jeremie, real estate agents at Park Square Realty at 413-454-4089 today to schedule a free, no obligation expired listing consultation.

Southwick, MA Distressed Property Report

Are you curious about foreclosures or short sale homes for sale in Southwick, MA 01077?

Here is the distressed properties available as of the beginning of February 2011.

Southwick MA Distressed Property for Sale

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What difference can 1% make in your home buying power?

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Mortgage rates are on the rise and home buyers and home sellers in Western Massachusetts need to know what the changing rates mean to their buying and selling power.

Let’s take a look at a specific example in a post that I wrote for Masslive.com:

Susie Buyer wants to purchase a $200,000 house. Her current loan is set at 5% with $10,000 down over 30 years. Her monthly payment is approximately $1,230.

She waits on making her purchase and interest rates rise to 6% changing her monthly payment to $1,350.

Now, you may say to yourself, “well, that is only $120 a month, not a big deal”. However…this change will affect her debt to income ratios and in many cases will reduce her buying power. It is very possible that Susie will now have to reduce her purchase level to $184,000 or lower to meet her guidelines and keep the monthly payment at about $1,230. Now I think we can all agree that $16,000 or more is pretty significant.

Susie qualifies for less home, which will surely be disappointing to her when she starts to comparison shop, but is also significant for home sellers.

When rates go up the pool of buyers who qualify to purchase your home goes down.

What can you do about it?

Buyers can get qualified now and lock in their rate for as long as possible.

Sellers can make sure that their home is priced competitively to attract as many qualified buyers as possible.

The important thing is to understand that 1% is more than you think.

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More Podcamp Fever: 5 Reasons Why Podcamp Western MA 3 Rocked!

Podcamp Western MA 3One of the first events that inspired me to do more with internet marketing and social media for my real estate business was the first Podcamp Western MA two years ago.

I love the unconference platform and have since attended numerous different camps, but #PCWM remains my favorite for several reasons.

#1- I love meeting other people in my area who share a love of all things internet geeky. I know most of them through Twitter and it is a favorite thing of mine to get to meet them face to face and share our passion.

#2- Western MA is full of some amazing talent. We might seem to be a quiet little backwater to some, but if you scratch the surface you will discover that we are densely populated with some truly brilliant and generous people. I am thrilled to be surrounded by so much enthusiasm and intellect.

#3- We have the MOST fun. From the pre-party (new this year), through the day of camp and the wrap party you will hear laughter, see smiles and hugs and genuine happiness. It is over way too soon every time. There was mention of making PodCamp Western MA a two day event next time and I vote YES!

#4- Ideas. No matter how far I travel into tech savvy-ness, I learn new things and get fresh ideas every time. Last year I learned about QR codes and implemented a very bleeding edge real estate marketing campaign. This year I got some awesome ideas on content sharing and inspiration to delve deeper into my video blogging. It is always a rich environment for new thoughts I can use as a REALTOR in Western MA.

#5- Energy. It is so invigorating to be around this group of people. I get new energy to resume projects and the Podcamp fever extends into my work week giving me joy.

I taught a new (for me) session this year: “How to shoot, edit and upload video in 15 mins with your iPhone”. It was a small niche session filled with interesting people and we decided to use our time to execute a video on the spot. Here it is:


I also did a video with all my other pics and footage from the events:


This event over the course of the last three years has been instrumental in a sea change for me in both my business and personal life. It has enriched and deepened friendships and opened my heart and mind in wonderful ways. Thank you to my wonderful boyfriend, Morriss and our friends Jaclyn and Kelly for organizing yet another fabulous Podcamp! You guys should be very proud of the event and its ripples.

Winter in Western MA – Home Care Tips

southwick ma in winterWe have had a legendary winter this year in Western MA and over the last few weeks have experienced storm after storm.  This large amount of snowfall carries with it special home care circumstances.

This video explains a few things that you should be looking after to ensure that your home endures this extreme weather in Western Massachusetts.