You’re smart. You’re doing your research about home buying and homeownership (like you are right now!), so you feel like you’re prepared to avoid common home buying pitfalls. But you’ll soon find that once you’ve moved in, there is a whole new list of common problems that plague unwary first-time [...]
Dream homes around the country have one thing in common: amazing architecture. From Greek Revival to Modern, we’re breaking down the most popular architectural styles in America to help you discover your own dream [...]
From the ashes of the massive Equifax data breach of 148,000 million consumers and the Trump administration ongoing attempts to weaken or gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Dodd Frank, rises the “Trigger Lead” —your mortgage inquiry sold to the highest bidder in the shortest amount of time— to tempt you with better (or worse) [...]
After an awesome outing in 2017 to the Adventure Rooms in Middletown CT we stayed closer to home this year having lunch at Willi Brew and a private Color Uncorked at Kerri Gallery & Art Studio. Our annual event celebrates the previous year’s accomplishments and recognizes the top producing HST agents for sales production and customer [...]
Home Selling Team in Mansfield CT landed the top spot again in our 15 town region by over 100 properties sold or over 20% market share. How’d we do it?
Whatever you want to call it… we did it with a multi-pronged approach focused on training, synergy, service and marketing.
I recently wrote a blog post on how to help birds survive the harsh conditions and bone-chilling cold this winter. At the time, I thought a comparison could be made on how to keep agents and their clients happy, fed and protected in the harsh market conditions we experienced in Mansfield and our general market area in 2017: Declining prices, crumbling foundations, foreclosures, budget crisis, out-bound migration, Mansfield single family rentals.
Marketing real estate is more effective and beneficial when everyone commits to brand awareness and exposure. We invest heavily in post signs, directional signs and riders and our Realtor.com position as a participating office provides us more exposure and direct leads on our own listings. Check.
We strive to get every client the best price and terms in every transaction. We strive to provide referrals of affiliates and vendors we know and trust to make a real estate transaction as smooth and trouble-free as possible. Was every client happy last year? No. There are some clients, that no matter what we do, are not satisfied with their real estate transaction or on our end, there has been what I consider to be a communication failure. Thankfully, this is rare and our client satisfaction is very high, as evidenced by our ranking, ratings and reviews both individually and office-wide. Check.
I am looking forward to a warm spring and a less challenging environment where birds and real estate agents and their clients can get a much needed respite from survival mode.
The Foreclosure by Market Sale (FBMS) process had been in effect since January 1, 2015 and I have found it to be an under-utilized program that could benefit those struggling with a job loss, divorce or medical issue that has prevented them from staying current on their mortgage. The FBMS is an additional method of foreclosure only available [...]
We will be receiving emails shortly from sellers currently listed for sale in the Mansfield Storrs area, contemplating taking their property off the market for the holiday season. Our answer? A resounding no. You also may be contemplating putting your home up for sale during the fall/winter [...]
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