2022 was an exciting and prosperous year at HST. We worked, we collaborated, we learned, we worked some more. 2021 was a different year: we masked, we gloved, we cleaned, we zoomed, we learned, and worked a lot, sometimes with stressed clients and stressed agents. In 2022, as the COVID pandemic has slowly lessened its stranglehold on [...]
It is said that one for the first things a buyer imagines when they look at a home is where they can put their Christmas tree. Yet, this is the season when many homeowners contemplate removing their currently active listing from the real estate market or are hesitant about [...]
We’ve seen an uptick in Homelight referrals, which means that local sellers are deferring to an algorithm to choose their real estate agent. I get it. You’re exhausted, stressed and on top of that, contemplating selling your home. There’s so much to do. Can someone please just choose for me? Cue the monkeys.
The flying monkey reference is from an email response we received from a [...]
Freudenfreude: taking delight in someone else's achievement, the opposite of schadenfreude.
You may be familiar with Schadenfreude, a word of German orgin, that has gotten new attention after appearing in an episode of Ted Lasso. I ran across this word, freudenfreude, which aptly describes how I feel each and every day as the Broker [...]
There's not much a seller can do today to discourage a barrage of showings and multiple bids. In a previous post I conceded that you could probably have the buyer do your breakfast dishes once you're out the door but I've thought of a few ways a seller could diminish their own returns even as the dominate player in the [...]
Buyers are clamoring for more than toilet paper and hand sanitizer. They are looking for houses as well. Are you considering selling? Price your home competitively. Do some deep cleaning, de-cluttering, minor repairs and maybe a little staging and start packing. Better yet, does your home have some challenges such as a shared driveway, [...]
Storrs Mansfield Real Estate Market Continues to Thrive Under Weight of Pandemic
Thanks to milder temps in the northeast and a mostly snow-less winter we were seeing a surge of activity in the real estate market as early as January. January 2020 was the new March! In March we had 21 new listings and 32 deposits and most of [...]
The real estate market is surging with buyers and sellers this January and so far this month. Following an unusually cold November and a dismal December for listing inventory, the snow-less landscape and warmer temps are producing a spike of activity that we usually don't see until late March and April. The lack of inventory is still a [...]
Wallpaper: Wallpaper & borders, old and new, even if it is tolerable and to the buyer’s taste (not likely) it is usually very difficult to remove and painting over it is not really a good option. It could require a steamer, a scraper, and a sander and sometimes the sheet rock comes with it. Hiring it out could be a costly expense that the [...]
The numbers are in and we crushed it again in 2018! Home Selling Team grabbed the top spot with 259 sales and a 20.3% market share in our 20-town region, the next closest company at 140 sales and 10.97% market share.
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