selling homes in central ct: The Time To Prepare your Connecticut Home for The Spring Market Is Now
- 01/02/21 11:23 AM
The Time To Prepare your Connecticut Home for The Spring Market Is Now For people in Central CT looking to sell their house on the market, the time to prepare is now. The market has been very active and inventory favors sellers, but that doesn't mean the home doesn't need to be properly prepared for that special buyer. This is especially true as even in a seller's market, the competition with other sellers will still be fierce and the best presented, priced home will get that buyer quicker. The best way to start the process is to bring in an agent, or agents, … (10 comments)
selling homes in central ct: A Home Inspection Is Not An Opportunity To Re-Negotiate the Contract
- 12/26/20 02:40 PM
A Home Inspection Is Not An Opportunity To Re-Negotiate the Contract In the current active market, buyers need to be aggressive in order to get a working contract on a home. When there are multiple offers, which is quite common in our aggressive market, the offers get more creative and often less likely to contain requests for seller concessions. Home inspections are performed with the purpose of ensuring that all components within the home are in good working condition also for issues that were disclosed, that all are as offered. Typically, if there are problems that an inspector uncovers it may also be unknown … (12 comments)
selling homes in central ct: Why Is The House Still Showing Active on the Search Sites
- 03/28/17 06:36 PM
Why Is The House Still Showing Active on the Search Sites When a property gets a working contract, the listing agent has 24 hours to change the status in the Multiple Listing Service from active to either a hard deposit or pending. With either change, the contract that initiated the change cannot be superseded by another contract and can only be held as a back-up if something happens to rescind the original contract. When the listing is changed by the agent it will be syndicated to the search sites that are indicated through the MLS. They then should be changing the status of … (22 comments)
selling homes in central ct: The Connecticut Housing Market, Looking Through a Foggy Window
- 01/03/17 07:29 AM
The Connecticut Housing Market, Looking Through a Foggy Window While the majority of our Country has benefited from the housing recovery and the general economy as well, Connecticut still finds itself lagging. While we take pride in having been home to many corporate businesses, it is also true that the exodus of jobs over a 20 year period has left voids in the local economies of many of the towns in the state. Realtor.com has released it's projections for the top 100 housing markets in the country. A quick glance shows only 2 areas in Connecticut as having a position: The Hartford, Capital … (19 comments)
Part of the marketing we do to promote our business is to our sphere of influence, some of which are our family members. While we hope they remember us when they hear their friends talking about their impending real estate needs and promote us as well.
Then there's the occasions when they look to us for advice and as our expertise comes into play we have to gauge their intent by the nature of the questions and the knowledge we have gleaned from listening to their previous conversations. Is … (33 comments)
A Buyer client of mine just closed on their forever home in Oxford CT, and at the closing there were just smiles. L to r Linda (Mom), her daughter Amy, their Lawyer, Rosemary Lane, Pierce, Brendan and Sarah at the closing table signing the mortgage documents and most anxious to finally get into their home, which they describe as their forever home. The had been renting an apartment until they could find just the right property. We had sold their Naugatuck CT home last fall and they did not want to … (14 comments)
selling homes in central ct: Mr. Seller We Will Get you a Buyer, But you Have to Let Them Through the Door
- 01/10/14 11:18 PM
Mr. Seller We Will Get you a Buyer, But you Have to Let Them Through the Door One of the questions a seller will ask while obtaining the listing agreement is: 'how soon will the home sell? There is no quick response to this question, as the criteria for home condition, pricing, marketing all have to be done properly. Then the question of accessibility has to be addressed as well. There are a lot of acknowledgments and agreeing early in the listing, but the follow through may be different. Key Access: Some sellers, particularly those that have been in the homes a … (41 comments)
Home owners in Central CT looking to change their homes either for something larger or scale down are sometimes faced with the decision on which to do first: Put their house on the market before they start to look for their next home, or get a buyer for their home then start their search. This is the age old question as to which came first, the chicken or the egg.
In a buyers’ market, where supply exceeds demand, it might make sense to get a buyer for their … (20 comments)
Ed Silva is a licensed Broker serving the Central Connecticut area from the Waterbury CT Real Estate Office.
He serves both sellers and buyers and also is an experienced agent for short sales.
If you're thinking of listing your home, I would love to meet with you and share my marketing success package with you. My marketing reaches all the major listing sites with prime positions on the largest. I'd would appreciate the opportunity love to help you buy or sell in the Central Connecticut area.
The Time To Prepare your Connecticut Home for The Spring Market Is Now
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