Western Mass Homes Lesley Lambert

Short Sale/Foreclosure

Short Sale Seminar: Avoiding Foreclosure in Western MA


If you are a home owner considering a short sale to avoid foreclosure in Western MA, please be sure to save this date:

June 1, 2011 6:30-7:30 pm

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Join Lesley Lambert, REALTOR with Park Square Realty along with Attorney Nyles Courchesne and Sonny Drenen, Accountant to learn all of the steps and implications involved in selling your home with a short sale.

Location: Park Square Realty 44 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

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Being in a distressed home situation is difficult, but with the right team, you can succeed in a short sale and move on with your life.

If you are a real estate professional who wants to learn more about this process, you are encouraged to attend, also.

Cost: FREE
No obligation, just education.

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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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If you would like to be added to an automated email that will send you a list of all distressed properties available in Southwick, MA or the surrounding areas, please fill out this form:

Short Sales and Foreclosures for sale in Western MA

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If you are searching for a home and are interested in exploring the option of a short sale home for sale or foreclosure home, I can help.

It isn’t always easy to find properties that are actually available via the internet. I can locate properties that are actually available to purchase and do the legwork for you!

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Fence makes bad neighbor in Western MA

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OK, so it is possible that the following tale was an accident, but I seriously doubt it.

A client of mine is purchasing a home for her children and herself and found a good deal on a bank foreclosure in Western Massachusetts.  We have gone through all the hoops and are at the end run hoping to close before the end of the year when we get a call from her attorney telling us that there is a title issue.

It seems that when the survey was done by the bank, it was discovered that the next door neighbor’s driveway and fence is a bit more than three feet onto the property we are trying to purchase.

Well, these things happen, you say (as did I) until we recalled that the driveway and fence in question appear to be brand spanking new.

I am speculating here, but am fairly sure of myself in thinking that these people next door took advantage of the vacant property status to enhance their own property holdings.

My buyer still wants the home, so now we have embarked on an attempt to reach the neighbor to get the proper paperwork signed to protect my buyer from liability, etc.

But seriously, assuming that my guess is right: what gall!

Foreclosure is enough of a problem in your neighborhood without causing easement, title and legal disruptions.  Reducing the size of your neighbor’s yard will not increase your property values as their sale is the current comparable for value and if you lower their value you lower your own.  If you can’t do the right thing just because it IS, indeed, the right thing, then at least consider your own property values.

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Why Should You Hire Lesley Lambert, REALTOR in Westfield, MA?

In the course of real estate over the last few years, the short sale has become a normal part of my work as a REALTOR in Western Massachusetts. I have personal experience with the stress that a distressed sale can cause and have endeavored to do all I can to help others get out of their situation and move on with their lives.

As such, I have worked with many Western Massachusetts home sellers who need to sell with a short sale and that is how I met Janine. She called me after her previous listing expired. She had tried to sell her home in Chicopee, MA for enough to pay off the mortgage due, but current market conditions didn’t prove that sales price and after some research she realized she needed to try a short sale. Her real estate agent wouldn’t take the listing as a short sale, nor would the next agent she asked. She turned to Google and found me. I was happy to help her and while it wasn’t necessarily easy, together we got her Chicopee house sold and Janine was able to move on to the next chapter in her life.

I am grateful for the business, not only because I was able to sell the house, but I sold it to a lovely young couple who are just starting their lives and are thrilled with their first home. The greatest joy in this situation, however, is knowing that I was able to help a home owner in distress when no one else would and that she feels I did a good job for her.

I will let her words speak:

“Lesley (Lambert) is an outstanding real estate agent. She is a go-getter! I would recommend Park Square Realty to anyone buying or selling” –Janine Provost

Thank you Janine and I hope this new start brings only the best to you and yours!

If you own a home in Western Massachusetts and need short sale help or advice, I am only a phone call away. Please know that there are people out here who want to help! Lesley Lambert, Park Square Realty, Westfield, MA 413.575.3611