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Dec 05 2016

2nd Annual Care Packages for the Samaritan Inn Event

CARE PACKAGES FOR THE SAMARITAN INN EVENT

On Saturday December 3, 2016 about a dozen adults and children gathered at Park Square Realty to assemble care packages to donate to the homeless at the Samaritan Inn in Westfield, MA.

This is the second year that I have organized this event and it was a great success. I marketed the event for about a month prior and asked for both volunteers and goods to be donated. Many generous people started dropping off supplies during the week of the event and the volunteers all brought items, as well.

The night before, I set up the tables and organize the goods by type. The process during the event was simple: grab a gallon zip lock bag, write if it is for male or female and then walk around the table dropping one of each item into the bag, finish it with a gift tag and it is ready to go! By the time we finished we had almost 90 care packages completed plus some other large items to donate.

Last year we did the event earlier and when we dropped the bags at the shelter, the director asked if she could hang on to them for awhile before handing them out. I wondered why and then she explained that she wanted to place one on each cot on Christmas so that they would have a gift to wake up to.

Keeping that in mind, we moved the event into December and we will deliver them in time for the holiday.

Once again, we all had a great time assembling these bags and I will absolutely by organizing another event for next year.

Thank you so much to everyone that donated good and their time. What a wonderful community we have here in Westfield, MA!

Here is a video of the event with a few interviews with our youngest volunteers, enjoy!

organized by Lesley Lambert, Westfield REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

Aug 12 2015

Western Massachusetts Real Estate Market July 2015 – Interview on WWLP 22 News

Yesterday I had the opportunity to be interviewed by WWLP 22 News on the current market conditions in Western Massachusetts.

From WWLP’s website:

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP)– To buy or to rent? “We’re still looking at both options. I think in a perfect world I think buying would be the right choice but we’re open right now,” Dan O’Neill who is shopping for home in WMass, told 22News.

With rental prices up and mortgage interest rates down, others like O’Neill are opting to buy. The Massachusetts Association of Realtors now shows pending home sales went up nearly 40 percent this past July from the same month one year ago.

In Massachusetts, in July 2014, there were 4,604 single family home sales pending compared to July 2015, which had 6,315.

Realtors here in the greater Springfield area told 22News the numbers are up at the local level too.

Lesley Lambert, a real estate agent in West Springfield said they’re having the best July for home sales since before the 2008 recession. She told 22News the most noticable change is the uptick in sales of homes costing more than $350,000 which were as a standstill in recent years.

“Those homes are starting to move which is excellent because as those mid-range buyers move up to the more expensive houses it’s opening up some inventory for our first time home buyers,” Lambert, of Park Square Realty, said.

Her advice to those first time buyers, like O’Neill, is to make sure you have enough savings, you have been pre-approved for a mortgage, and to look for a real estate agent, mortgage lender, and lawyer who work together to get you the home best fit for your needs. She said those looking to sell now’s a great time because those priced right and staged well are going quickly.

Aug 10 2015

Community Connections – Westfield Community Radio Interview August 10, 2015

I had the privilege to be interviewed this morning on the Community Connections – Westfield Community Radio. Diana McLean, the show host, invited me to participate and we had discussions about real estate, social media and the Westfield Community Forum on Facebook.

If you are interested, my interview begins at about 25 minutes in:

Community Radio 08-10-15 Community Connections/Owls on the Air from Peter Cowles on Vimeo.

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