fort wayne real estate market: Does Blogging Work? Yes. Yes It Does. - 04/17/12 05:24 PM
A Facebook friend called me last week and asked if I could help them leave the apartment life behind and buy their first home. Of course I can! We got her pre-approved and headed out to see four homes tonight. We met at the first home and started the tour.
We were in the backyard when she said something awesome. "Jared... that tree is HUGE! It's also very close to the home. I read in your blog that this is something we need to be aware of while looking at homes. Trees close to the home or a TON of … (48 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Where Has The Fort Wayne Area Real Estate Market Been And Where Is It Heading? - 03/02/12 09:29 AM
A big thank you to our local Fort Wayne area Board of Realtors® for putting this video out for us.
As you can see, pending 2011 fourth quarter sales in the Fort Wayne MLS are up a whopping 19.2% from the same time in 2010. At the same time last year, sales were down a whopping 30.7% from 2009. OUCH.
In the 2011 fourth quarter, the number of Fort Wayne homes for sale is down 1.6% from 2010.
The bad news for sellers... home prices in Fort Wayne are down 4.9% overall.
The most shocking part of this video … (5 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: I'm Glad We Started When The Real Estate Market Sucked. - 01/24/12 11:54 AM
I was having a very interesting conversation yesterday with an agent that has been selling real estate for a lot longer than I have.
She was telling me about the good ole days. You know, the days when:
You would list a house in the morning and have a SOLD sign on it by that afternoon after multiple offers.
Anybody with a pulse could get a mortgage.
Appraisals weren't an issue.
The phones in the office were always ringing off the hook with more and more buyers.
Sellers could pay for the buyer's down payment!
As she was … (13 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Five More Reasons Why We Love Selling Real Estate In Fort Wayne. - 01/24/12 11:08 AM
This is part three of our series about why we love selling real estate in Fort Wayne. Part one can be found HERE, and part two can be found HERE.
Kim. She is a Facebook friend of mine (Jared). I had no idea she was in the market to buy a home until she sent me a message. She said that she saw this home online and wanted to see it ASAP.
We walked through the home pretty quickly and ended the tour in the kitchen. She looked at me and said "I want it." I told her … (3 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Short Sale Report For Fort Wayne, IN 2011. - 01/02/12 01:11 PM
Short Sales Sold in Southwest Allen County School District:
Number of Short Sales Sold: 14 (4 of these were with our office)
Highest Price: $325,000
Lowest Price: $90,000
Average List Price: $164,543
Average Sales Price: $160,655
Average Square Feet: 2,177
Average Days on Market: 213
Short Sales Sold in Northwest Allen County School District:
Number of Short Sales Sold: 15
Highest Price: $311,000
Lowest Price: $68,000
Average List Price: $170,440
Average Sales Price: $164,080
Average Square Feet: 2,115
Average Days on Market: 197
Short Sales Sold in Fort Wayne Community School District:
Number … (4 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: My Phone Isn't Ringing. Whatever Shall I Do?? - 12/18/11 11:05 AM
Last week I went to our company Christmas party. I'm not a huge fan of these gatherings, but my Broker told me there would be beer and bacon, so I went.
The food was fantastic!
After listening to some "Holy crap I am such an awesome Realtor" stories from a few in the "Loud" group, we all wandered into the living room for some Christmas games (and another beer).
I got to sit next to "Tommy". Tommy was a decent producer a few years ago, so I just assumed that he was having another pretty good year. … (50 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Random Thoughts About Real Estate. - 11/27/11 09:48 AM
Open houses don't sell houses. They don't generate quality buyers very often either. My opinion.
Looking at houses is fun. Most of the time. Looking at bank owned properties with no heat in the middle of winter isn't fun, but I'll still do it.
2012 will be our third year as Realtors. Wow. Time sure does fly! I think I have 25% more grey hair now then when we started.
I had a kid call me a few weeks ago and inform me that he wanted me to "audition" to be his Realtor (along with three other Realtors). … (10 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Can We Slow Down Yet? I Want Some Turkey!! - 11/23/11 10:10 AM
Wow. What a year!
Amanda and I are incredibly thankful for the year we have had selling real estate in Fort Wayne. We have been running non stop since around March and have barely taken the time to breathe.
Historically the holidays have been a little slow for us, but not this year. Our November has been jam packed with happy clients and closings, and December is going to be full of them too!
That said... it is time to slow down for a few days and stuff ourselves with turkey.
We hope that everybody out there … (5 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Do You Sometimes Feel Like You Are Negotiating With Your Client As Well As The Other Agent? - 11/14/11 11:51 AM
After looking at homes for sale in Fort Wayne for a few weeks our clients have it narrowed down and are ready to make an offer.
After running a CMA we see that the home is priced very well and has only been on the market for seven days. The other agent informed us that they have had four showings and will be receiving an offer or two that evening.
We inform our client of the news, show them our CMA, and let them know that if they want this home that we need to be aggressive on our offer. … (4 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Don't Be A Grumpy Gus... - 09/15/11 08:45 AM
Grumpy Gus comes to every sales meeting, grabs his plate of goodies, then he sits in the corner and complains about the economy and the terrible real estate market.
He makes fun of me for "playing around" on Facebook and my blog.
He tells me to get out and pound the pavement, knock on doors, and call FSBOs (even though he doesn't do any of those things anymore).
When he does get something under contract, he whines and complains about how hard it is for his buyers to get financed and often says that he will be surprised … (49 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Do You Need To Sell Your Home In The Fort Wayne Area? Here Is What The Christiansen Team Offers YOU! - 03/28/11 03:19 PM
If you need to sell your home in Fort Wayne here are some things that The Christiansen Team offers that other REALTORS don't:
Amanda Christiansen - Listing Specialist She is in charge of all of our listings. She is incredibly knowledgeable about the Fort Wayne real estate market! She monitors the market and any activity in the area and she will touch base with you every week to keep you updated. (You will REALLY like Amanda)
Jared Christiansen - Marketing Specialist He blasts links and videos about your home all over the internet and social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and … (4 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Fort Wayne Real Estate Market Report for September 2009 - 10/05/09 09:02 AM
FORT WAYNE REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT ON SOLD HOMES FOR SEPTEMBER 2009
Houses SOLD: 315
Average LIST price: $119,356
Average list price PER SQ FEET: $65
Average SELLING price: $114,883
Average sale price PER SQ FEET: $62
Average SQUARE FOOTAGE of home: 1706
Average DAYS ON MARKET: 90
LOWEST sale price: $895
HIGHEST sale price: $659.000
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO SEPTEMBER 2008?
Houses SOLD in September 2008: 370
Average LIST price: $112,504
Average SELLING price: $107,091
Average SQUARE FOOTAGE of home: 1645
Average DAYS ON MARKET: 111
LOWEST sale price: $5,100
HIGHEST sale price: $900,000
I'm a … (3 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Fort Wayne Real Estate Market Report for August 2009 - 09/03/09 07:23 AM
FORT WAYNE REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT ON SOLD HOMES FOR AUGUST 2009
Houses SOLD in August: 328
Average LIST price: $128.992
Average SELLING price: $123,702
Average SQUARE FOOTAGE of home: 1757
Average DAYS ON MARKET: 94
LOWEST sale price in August: $2,000
HIGHEST sale price in August: $665.000
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO AUGUST 2008?
Houses SOLD in August 2008: 358
Average LIST price: $111,096
Average SELLING price: $106,217
Average SQUARE FOOTAGE of home: 1684
Average DAYS ON MARKET: 108
LOWEST sale price: $1,800
HIGHEST sale price: $648,000
I think that what continues to surprise me is that the … (1 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: Fort Wayne Real Estate Market Report on SOLD homes for first half of 2009. - 07/07/09 09:35 AM
Fort Wayne Real Estate Market Reports on SOLD homes for first half of 2009
Houses SOLD in Fort Wayne: 1650
Average LIST price: $115,100
Average SELLING price: $108,717
Average SQUARE FEET: 1717
Average DAYS ON MARKET: 82
LEAST expensive home sold: $200
MOST expensive home sold: $1,300,000
Average DOM Breakdown and Average % of list price recieved on SOLDS by market time:
0-30 days: 95.13%
31-60 days: 94.78%
61-90 days: 94.24%
91-120 days: 94.60%
120 + days: 93.48%
How the first 6 months of SOLD homes in Fort Wayne in 2009 compares to 2008:
Houses SOLD in Fort … (0 comments)
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fort wayne real estate market: YES!!! My buyers GET IT!!!!! - 05/21/09 04:19 PM
I blogged about a client/friend I knew for two years that made the fatal mistake of calling another agent's sign and ended up working with him HERE. It was a painful learning experience for me because I wasn't 100% clear with the buyer on what the rules are and how the game worked. I vowed to never let that happen again.
A month ago I met a GREAT young couple looking for their first home. They admitted they knew very little about the process of buying a home. We decided to work together, but this time I sat down with them … (5 comments)
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