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First Time Home Buyers: Homes for Sale in Westfield, MA

Welcome to Map Mondays! Each week I will create and highlight a google map featuring homes for sale from different towns or in different niches. Today’s map is for the First Time Home buyer in Westfield, MA.

Are you a first time homebuyer looking for an affordably priced home in Westfield, MA? This map shows the homes for sale and available between $80,000 and $200,000 in Westfield, MA.

I love working with first time home buyers and have a series of videos available that help explain the process of buying your first home. To see the videos visit my YouTube Channel.

If the search shown above doesn’t fit your needs, I can help you to get the information you need. Please don’t hesitate to ask, I am here to help! You can call me at 413-575-3611 or use the interactive card below to reach me via social networks, email and more!

Downtown Westfield is under Construction

Westfield, MA has been my home for well over 20 years now and I have found much to love about it. Quiet things have impressed me: The tranquil spaces at Stanley Park, The Fowler Tavern door, the restored Grandmothers’ Garden, the lovely ambiance in the Athenaeum, the highly walkable nature of the downtown areas, the small town atmosphere, the green green green of the trees and open spaces. During the course of my 21 year real estate career, it has been my honor to sell many homeowners their Westfield homes through the years.

Lately, Westfield is experiencing much change in some of these areas as major highway, bridge and city scape projects are undergone. The newest in these projects and the one with a lot of conversation lately is the Town Green project.

Westfield's town green

A bit over a week ago I was set totally aside as I strolled down Elm Street to visit my bank on the Town Green. As I approached the Green there were hoards of construction crews removing all of the trees.

This has opened up a lot of distressed conversation amongst area residents who are saddened by the stark nature of the Green area now. This combined with the traffic frustrations from our bridge project is bringing a lot of concerns to light.

Westfield's Town Green

As a real estate agent in Westfield, I want to share some resources with you that will help to explain the many projects that are being undertaken in our City. I want to help you to find the resources to see that while things are looking a bit torn up right now, the future holds beautiful upgraded spaces.

This blog: Re-Thinking Downtown Westfield has a lot of information on committees and plans.

The District Westfield is a great resource for current news on downtown projects, information on real estate, events, news and updates that impact Downtown Westfield.

This link was suggested to me by Karen Eaton on Twitter and gives good information on the road work details in the City of Westfield.

I hope these pages will help you to keep up to date with the progress of these major improvements to the City of Westfield. If you have a real estate question please feel free to call me anytime: Lesley Lambert, REALTOR, Park Square Realty, Westfield, MA 413-575-3611 or email therealestatenatural@yahoo.com.

QR Code Technology for Real Estate Marketing in Western Massachusetts

Wondering what a QR Code is? Why you need one to help sell your Western Massachusetts home? This video explains how I am using QR Code technology to help home seller’s in Westfield, MA and the surrounding areas find buyers in an innovative way.

Do You Care What Your Realtor Wears?

Yesterday we had our Park Square Realty company 2010 kick off meeting. We discussed many real estate trends in Western Massachusetts and other statistical information that I will be sharing with you along the way. Then we discussed, at length, the dress code at the office. Specifically that there should be no jeans in the office unless you are participating in the Friday Charity Dress Down Day.

Now, I tend to dress business casual, so the no jeans thing doesn’t really affect me too much, but I did get to wondering what the public expects of us.

My boss made an analogy about going to a doctor and having him do your consultation wearing jeans. First off, I personally wouldn’t care as long as he was still well kept and not wearing dirty or torn clothing, I would be ok with the jeans, but that may be just me. Secondly, while I WISH the public perceived real estate agents on the same level as doctors, I don’t believe that to be the case.

Personally, the only time I wear jeans is when I am showing land or bank owned properties in the winter. Then and only then I will show up to an appointment in my Ugg boots and jeans. I love real estate, but not enough to literally freeze my fanny off.

Typically this is how I look when I do business:

Lesley Lambert dressed for success
Lesley the Real Estate Agent

Dress For Success

That being said, I think more important that wearing fancy suits or expensive business attire, we should consider our clients when we dress. I work with clients from all professions. I have a pretty good feeling for those that are very formal and would expect and respect my wearing a suit on appointments vs. those that are very casual and a fancy suit would make them uncomfortable.

What do you think? How do you want your real estate agent to dress? What expectations do you have? I would love to hear your opinions!