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real estate: Are Homes Selling in Sumter? Yes!!!!!! Part 1 - 05/02/09 07:27 PM
      What does it take to sell your home in Sumter?  This is a question that I often hear.  I like any other agent have had some homes linger on the market to suddenly sell right before their expiration of the Listing Agreement.  I have also had homes sell very quickly.  The properties that sell quickly have several common threads among them...  You have probably heard this before if you have listed a home, watched the shows on tv or read on the internet, but here goes....   A house for sale is different than a home to live … (1 comments)

real estate: Is your real estate agent a problem solver? - 01/27/09 11:33 AM
Is your Realtor® a problem solver?   In today's real estate market, many skills are needed by Realtors®.  Realtors need to be good working with people, negotiating, juggling schedules, and have lots of patience.  But one skill seems to be emerging ahead of many others and that is problem solving.    Given a market where buyers want the most for their money, sellers want to make the most possible money, and financing can be tricky, the ability to recognize problems and solve them creatively is becoming more and more important.  An agent needs to be able to step back and look at the … (7 comments)

real estate: 3155 Oleander Drive, Sumter, SC Popular Floor Plan Close to Shaw - 01/14/08 11:56 AM
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real estate: Sumter, SC Real Estate Market Update, November 2007 Results - 12/11/07 03:26 PM
In my first blogs about the Sumter, SC real estate market, I covered units sold through October and the average number of days on the market.  This blog contains the updates for November 2007 and some further discussion about the Sumter Real Estate Market.
The number of units sold in November 2007 was 90 in Sumter County.  During the same month in 2006, 110 units were sold and 142 units were sold in 2005.  November 2004 had numbers very similar to 2007 with 91 units sold.  The data follows:
Days on market decreased from 143.1 for the 2007 average at the end … (0 comments)

real estate: Sumter, South Carolina Real Estate Market Part 3 - 11/19/07 01:59 PM
 
So far in the Sumter, South Carolina Real Estate Market Blog Parts 1 and Part 2, we have covered that markets are local and though sales are down from 2006 levels and days on market have jumped, Sumter continues to see homes being sold.
But we know that we have gone from a sellers' market to a buyers' market.  So, how does that impact prices in the Sumter market?
First, lets' review a term we hear consistently when taking about home prices.  Median home prices means that half the homes sold were lower in price and the other half of the homes sold … (1 comments)

real estate: Sumter, South Carolina Real Estate Market Part 2 - 11/17/07 10:48 AM
So what is happening in Sumter Real Estate?  First if you look at a summary of the units sold in Sumter County, the numbers are not all that bad for 2007. 
Homes are staying on the market longer and buyers have more choices when they are looking for a home.
So to recap the first two posts in this series, we know that real estate markets are local and Sumter has shifted from a sellers' market to a buyers' market.  But what about price?  Stay tuned to my next blog to see what is happening to the prices in the Sumter Real … (1 comments)

real estate: Sumter, SC Real Estate Market.... - 11/13/07 12:53 PM
With all the news and doom and gloom, everyone wants to ask me what the market is really like.  First, remember all markets are local.  Statistics are used to describe the market and to make generalizations.  The problem with this is that one area can influence the market.  When the news speaks in generalizations, it can influence everyone for the good or bad. 
What really got me thinking about this was a blurb on the Today show.  I say blurb because 4 minutes is not long enough to cover a story like this.  It showed how the sales in the housing … (0 comments)

 

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