So, I have a listing in Westfield, MA that is going under contract and today the appraiser called to make an appointment to view the property. This is good, EXCEPT, the appraiser is from central New Hampshire!
There is no denying that we are still rebounding from a huge financial disaster and I understand (better than most) how appraisals affected this problem. I know why we need to be conservative and careful but do we really need to be outright STUPID?
Did 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.
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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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Everyone is busier than ever and many of us don’t have the free time to visit open houses, even if we do want to buy a home in Western Massachusetts.
Today was an especially cold day, the kind that no one leaves home unless they really need to. Park Square Realty had already scheduled an open house for my new listing at 81 Woodmont Street, Westfield, MA and decided that I would use the time at my property to try a new technique: Online Virtual Open House.
I used my iPhone to live stream from the property. The format shows the viewer a live video along with sound and a chat room so that viewers can type questions or converse with each other. While showing the property I offered to answer any questions the viewers may have about the house or real estate in Westfield, MA. As they typed their questions to me, I answered them out loud in real time.
I got wonderful feedback from the viewers that attended, in a poll of the the viewers 100% of them thought it was a good format and enjoyed being able to see a house this way.
If you want a Western MA real estate agent that is innovative, hard working and can provide proven results, call me, Lesley Lambert at Park Square Realty. I am working every day to provide new marketing services to augment my strong traditional marketing techniques. I would love the opportunity to meet with you personally and discuss all the tools I use to get my Western MA homes for sale SOLD.
Here is the video from the open house at 81 Woodmont Street, Westfield, MA:
What do you think? Do you like this added service? Would you like your REALTOR to offer services like this?
