Watertown WI Homes are selling at open houses!

WOW What A day for Open Houses. Today I held two open houses in Watertown WI. In the past year that would mean I have a fifty fifty chance of seeing anyone come to ether of them. By the end of the first hour I had ten groups come through the first open house. By the end of both open houses I had nineteen groups come through. Of these twelve were prospects, and one might write an offer on Monday. I think that is as many people I had come to all my homes this last year! Not to mention it was a dreary cold and wet Wisconsin winter day, not the best for showing homes. So what was different. This time I decided to only do 2 opens and to hold both open for more then 2 hours. In the past I would do 5 opens for an hour each. I also hang 30 posters around town, laundry mats, sub shops, the library, etc. I had three people bring a poster to the open, and I am sure there were others that found out there. I also made big bright orange signs to tell people the date and times of the opens. You had to be blind to not see these out on the main streets. I had two tell me they saw the signs earlier in the week. But this can not be the only thing. I have the solid filing the market is changing. Several homes in Watertown have gotten accepted offers this last week. And the attitude is changing. The one thing I can say is 2010 is going to be a great year for real estate. If you are buying do it now. Prices are going up!