md realtor: Selling your Silver Spring, MD home? Leave the marketing to a REALTOR®
- 03/21/14 11:09 AM
Over the last few years I received a number of contact requests from Silver Spring, MD area home sellers who were already working with a REALTOR® and had a signed listing agreement in place. Selling your Silver Spring, MD home? Leave the marketing to your REALTOR®! In most cases these home sellers thought they would help their agent market the property. They googled Silver Spring, MD REALTORS® and looked through agent profiles on 3rd party websites and called or emailed some to tell them about their home. If your home is properly marketed, that is not necessary! When I represent buyers I … (2 comments)
... and members of my future mother-daughter-team! These 2 attract way more attention than I ever could by wearing a name tag! They are smart cookies! REAL ESTATE is in their blood! They'll frequently comment on homes we see when we are out-and-about or when I'm looking up new listings in the MLS: "this house is nice but too bad it's on a busy street" "they should have spruced up their yard before putting it on the market for sale" "I don't like that kitchen, it looks old" "maybe they should have hired a stager" and … (6 comments)
md realtor: Under contract in Silver Spring, Md ... a [rewarding] hurdle race!
- 03/28/13 12:53 PM
Getting my Silver Spring, MD buyers under contract is always cause for celebration. Cautiously at first, of course, since there are always a number of hurdles to clear until we can pop open that bottle of champagne. Getting my clients a home slightly under list price and with a couple of seller concessions in the market we are currently experiencing, is even more cause for celebration ... how we did that is another blog post however. I don't want to jinx it! However, it seems this one was too good to be true to happen without a couple … (7 comments)
md realtor: What is this picture supposed to tell buyers?
- 03/19/12 10:55 AM
From priceless to essential to just plain bad: What is this picture supposed to tell buyers? I've been working with a couple of awesome relocation clients for a while now, sending a listing update every Monday. We are in the understanding-what-my-money-can-buy-me stage which not only requires properly filled in listings and accurately pinned locations but also pictures, good pictures. Pictures can be tremendously helpful to a buyer when trying to understand what is available in ones price-range. They can show off the flow of a home, draw attention to upgrades and features unique to the property, give a glimpse about maintenance … (49 comments)
md realtor: 20905 Silver Spring, MD January 2012 Market Update
- 02/04/12 06:03 AM
The sale statistics for 20905 Silver Spring, MD show that the area is off to a somewhat slower start than at the beginning of 2011. Since January 1st, 2012 7 homes sold with an average sales price of $375,000 compared to 11 sales during the same period last year. Statistics for both periods show 4 distressed sales respectively. 27 homes are currently pending in 20905, 2 of which came under contract since the beginning of the year. All in all, 65 homes are presently active on the market including 24 new listings for 2012. 64 of the active listings are detached … (5 comments)
md realtor: Silver Spring, MD 2011 Market Report
- 01/12/12 02:36 PM
The DC Metro area housing market is looking promising! According to an analysis published by Real Estate Business Intelligence on January 10th, 2012 inventory levels were at their lowest since August 2005 at year's end! If a low inventory meets with a higher demand, it will put an upward pressure on prices. What do the 2011 Silver Spring, MD home sales statistic look like? I've prepared the following graphs to show the number of Silver Spring, MD homes sold in 2011 compared to 2010 as well as their average prices. 2011 saw just about 100 sales less than the year before … (3 comments)
md realtor: Do you check on your vacant listing?
- 11/15/11 03:17 PM
I've shown at least 3 vacant homes recently that clearly had not been checked on in a while … These were not foreclosures and not even short sales – just good ol’ regular sales, imagine that! Do you check on your vacant listings? My guess is the listing agents have not been back at these properties since placing the lock-box! I'm not talking about stopping by on a daily basis but occasionally is a must! Send your assistant, squeeze it in if you are in the neighborhood anyway or have some arrangement with your sellers. In my opinion it is your … (67 comments)
This little guy was only briefly scared away from his prized possession as we entered the house. When we were ready to leave he was going about his business again and not even our presence on the other side of the storm door and flashes from the camera phone could stop him. We watched him defend and then almost disappear completely in the pumpkin. And let me tell you ... that pumpkin was cleared out! He was working on the last 10 seeds or so! Maryland pumpkins are a hot commodity! … (13 comments)
md realtor: Customer Service is not a two letter word
- 09/08/11 11:08 AM
Customer Service is not a two letter word During the last couple of days I read and commented on two blogs about customer service. Each covered one end of the spectrum, one left me inspired and prompted me to give kudos to the blogger/agent and the other left me speechless and appalled and prompted me to write this blog. THE APPALLING EXAMPLE OF 'CUSTOMER SERVICE' The agent in this worst case did not do anything wrong but just relayed a scenario and asked: What would you do?¹ She had received a phone-call from a lady who was close to tears. Said … (36 comments)
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Over the last few years I received a number of contact requests from Silver Spring, MD area home sellers who were already working with a REALTOR® and had a signed listing agreement in place.
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