tredyffrin easttown realtor: "The Most Beautiful Spring Garden in the World"
- 04/17/17 09:44 AM
"The Most Beautiful Spring Garden in the World"
The Philadelphia Flower Show 2017 was focused on Holland this year, but the Keukenhof makes a rather grand boast. This weekend I got to check it out and tick it off my bucket list. Trudy is the gardener in our family but over the years I have come to appreciate the art and the beauty created.
I was also glad to know that was a fritalaria hanging above the tulips and daffodils above. Whilst they say a picture is worth a thousand words, there are some facts to offer first.
"The Keukenhof"
Actually means the kitchen garden. … (19 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Blogging is my prospecting
- 04/14/17 08:00 AM
Blogging is my prospecting
Along time ago I read a post or article where Teresa Boardman was interviewed. She being then known for her blogging about St Paul Real Estate and ahead of the curve, the reason for the interview, expressed how blogging was for her, prospecting.
I hate cold calling, I am not a great fan of phone calls full stop. So this resonated with me, I thought I can do that. So my blogging began. I got on Active Rain back in 2007. Of course I was not great stsarting out the gate. Over time I dropped off as I got … (14 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - This week in review
- 04/13/17 01:50 PM
Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - The week in Review
Twenty three Tredyffrin Easttown homes were listed for sale this past week, ranging in price from $197,500 for a 2 bed condo in Tredyffrin Township to $3,495,000 for a 5 bed 5 full bath and 2 half bath single family mansion in Easttown Township.
Three homes listed had 2 beds and were apartment/condo living, there were two town homes listed, and the rest were single family homes of 4 and 5 bedrooms these ranged in price from $575,000 to the $3,495,000 mentioned above.
Nine of the homes listed in the last week are already under contract, 5 are … (5 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - Greens at Waynesborough
- 04/13/17 11:50 AM
February 2017 - Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - Greens at Waynesborough
The highlighted area is the Greens at Waynesborough
This market report is for the Month of February 2017 for The Greens at Waynesborough, a Toll Bros. development in Easttown Township. The last homes to actually settle here were in 2016, when 9 homes sold, 7 in the last 6 months of the year the other two were actually in May.
There are currently 6 homes for sale, ranging in size from 4062 sq feet to 7056 sq feet, one is under contract and going through its contingency period for home inspections and the … (2 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown - Gardening Tip
- 04/13/17 05:05 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown homeowners gardening tip
Trudy is the big gardener in our family. I am just the hired, or rather free help, who does the lifting, digging, mowing and raking. As Tredyffrin Easttown homeowners this week we got our mulch down over the beds. Every year we discuss how much we are going to need. We opted for four yards, maybe we really needed five. A quick call to Main Line Gardens on Paoli Pike and the delivery was set up, they offer a discount for Berwyn homeowners so the delivery was almost free. We've been doing it for a long time, … (10 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown - Setting Myself Apart
- 04/12/17 10:13 AM
Evelyn Johnston challenged us to write this month about our niche, Setting Yourself Apart.
The Background
I have read on Active Rain and elsewhere develop a niche. When developing a business like Real Estate it is hard. You need to do deals and somewhat when you first start any deal looks good. When I was an antiques dealer, my father and grandfather were before me, we specialized in ceramics, from anywhere till a certain period. This could be pottery, faience, porcelain, glass, terracotta, as I used to say anything that broke. It could be Chinese, Japanese, from all over Europe, and England as well.
But … (8 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Focus on the goal
- 04/10/17 06:29 AM
Debbie Reynolds asked us to contribute winning tactics for a hot market in a blog post.
So how do you compete and win for your buyers a property in a hot market. There are several tactics to use and if your buyer can be competitive on price you should win, but it is not always about price.
Gather Information
Firstly I will call the listing agent and find out as much as I can about what is important to the seller, dates, timing, etc. I try to build as much rapport as possible with the listing agent as I can especially if it is someone I have not … (22 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Easttown Easter Egg Hunt 2017
- 04/07/17 10:35 AM
If the weather co-operates Easttown Township will welcome kids to Frank Johnson Park this Saturday April 8, Sunday April 9 is the rain date. The Frank Johnson township park is located in the village of Berwyn at 122 Bridge Avenue. Children can hunt for thousands of hidden eggs that are waiting to be found so they can reveal the surprises inside.
The event begins at 11.00 AM so children bring your baskets and be ready to look high and low. There is no cost for participation in this event.
If you are trying to find a home in Tredyffrin Easttown right now, it … (9 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Chester County 2017 Antiques Show - April 7, 8 & 9
- 04/06/17 12:19 PM
Spring is the time when there are many Antiques Shows in our area including the major show on the calendar The Philadelphia Antiques Show which is in a couple of weeks.
However, this weekend you can browse many of the same dealers who exhibit at the Main Line Antiques Show in October at the Chester County Historical Society Antiques Show. Held at the Phelps School just off Paoli Pike it is a short ride from Tredyffrin Easttown area and you can find all sorts of things to furnish your home with, furniture, paintings, ceramics, silver, decorative arts and Americana.
The show theme is Botany.
Here … (8 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown Market Report March 2017
- 04/04/17 11:53 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown Market Report March 2017
This market report includes all homes, condos, apartments, town homes, twins and single family homes for March 2017.
Tredyffrin Easttown had 42 homes settle during March 2017, the median price for homes settling in March 2017 was $499,500, 96.3% of the original list price, whilst the average price was $491,738 and this was 94.3% of the original list price. The lowest price home sold for $134,000 selling in one day. The highest price home sold for $1.4 million taking 578 days to sell.
However there are 84 homes with a pending status, this does not include those homes which are … (6 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffryn Easttown Real Estate Question - Is your offer confidential?
- 03/30/17 08:31 AM
Tredyffryn Easttown Real Estate Question
Is your offer confidential?
Many home buyers presume the offer they are making on a home is confidential. See our video below discussing exactly this point
I totally understand when you write an offer with your buyers agent you expect it to be confidential. Now your buyers agent will hold it confidential, not sharing it with anyone but the listing agent. Your buyer agent has a fiduciary responsibility to you to protect you, your funds, your interests even above and before their own interests.
However, likewise the listing agent has the same level of duty to his seller. As such … (9 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Are your home inspection reports confidential?
- 03/30/17 07:25 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate Question
Are your Home Inspection Reports Confidential?
This question came up recently with another agent in our office when the listing agent requested on behalf of their seller a copy of the home inspection reports. Our video below covers the confidentiality of your home inspection reports.
Tredyffrin Easttown Home Buyer asks if their home inspection reports are confidential? While it would seem that you as the home buyer pay for the inspections and thus for the reports under the agreement of sale in paragraph 13 it states the seller and their listing agent can request a free copy of any … (12 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Where is the best place to live in Pennsylvania?
- 03/29/17 12:11 PM
Where is the best Place to live in Pennsylvania?
A new report by Niche highlighting the best places in the burbs to live places Chesterbrook in Tredyffrin Easttown School District as #1, Tredyffrin as #2, Devon #7, Paoli #10 and Easttown as #22. This report is a little confusing in that Chesterbrook is part of Tredyffrin Township and Devon which is ranked #7 is part of Easttown and Tredyffrin Townships, whilst Paoli ranked #10 is part of Tredyffrin, Easttown and Willistown Townships as well.
Where is Tredyffrin Easttown?
What are the parameters for selection; location, which as we know in Real Estate is highly … (8 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Marketing your Tredyffrin Easttown Home Effectively
- 03/22/17 10:46 AM
Eye catching? Effective, definitely different. Appropriate for the brand? Not sure.
How you market your Tredyffrin Easttown home is important. It needs to be eye catching, but appropriate as well. It needs to be seen and it nees to create a response with a call to action. Just like this post is asking you now if you are ready to get your home on the market then give us a call and see how we will effectively, appropriately and eye catchingly market your home to get you the best price and acheive your real estate goal. So call us today, Nick, office … (9 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: What do you think of this branding - Matching People and Property?
- 03/21/17 02:34 PM
This past weekend I took a quick trip home to Blighty, that is England for those not used to the phrase. London to be exact and whilst walking around on Friday came across these marketing poster/adverts in a real estate agents window. I apologize for the reflections. At first I was confused, but then as I read them I got it and thought how clever each was and as a group.
Remember this catch phrase under each photo just above the brokerage name, which is hard to read because of the size:
Matching people and property in London for over 160 years.
I like … (13 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - What is a contingency?
- 03/16/17 10:26 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate - What is a contingency?
So you are either writing an offer or receiving an offer and your agent wants to talk about the contingencies in the agreement. But what is a contingency? Nick Vandekar, Tredyffrin Easttown Realtor answers that question in this video below.
A contingency can be of varying lengths. The mortgage contingency lasts right up to settlement, although a commitment may be delivered ahead of settlement. If the buyer, or one of the buyers loses their job the contingency allows them to get out of the agreement. Other contingencies such as home inspections, including the home, Radon, Wood destroying … (4 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Avoiding a Homeowners Insurance Disaster When You Apply for a Mortgage
- 03/15/17 10:01 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown home buyers, a great answer to why you need to obtain home owners insurance from a mortgage professional.
Avoiding a Homeowners Insurance Disaster
When You Apply for a Mortgage
When buying and financing a home, prospective Borrowers are required to produce a variety of documentation and information to their Lender at the time of application and prior to the Closing of their loan. In almost all cases, Homeowners Insurance is included within that documentation requirement.
What service does Homeowners Insurance provide? Why is that service so important?
Homeowners Insurance policies offer multiple types of protection and coverage to an insured … (6 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: They were not there to kill us!
- 03/14/17 07:34 AM
My middle son, Jeremy, decided to become a Marine. He left for boot camp on Mothers Day.
He has written a book about his experiences called Kicking Ace Taking Names you can order the book by following the link and all profits go to support veterans.
One of the lessons I learnt from him was something he said about Boot Camp. As good parents we had tried to prepare him, on reading the book wrongly it seemed, by preparing him in case he did not make it through.
Much later he said talking about the Drill Instructors and Boot Camp in general, "Dad, they weren't … (40 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Tredyffrin Easttown Real Estate video
- 03/13/17 03:06 PM
Why do homes show as for sale on the Internet, but are already sold?
Check out our latest video in our Frequently Asked Real Estate Questions series.
Often homes are sold, but under a contingency period which may last a few days to much longer for buyers to conduct their due diligence or even to obtain their mortgage. As a result, some sellers ask for the home to be continued to be marketed although they often then reject showings because they have not kept the home in show ready condition. However on third party sites such as Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com the … (6 comments)
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tredyffrin easttown realtor: Surrey Services for Seniors
- 03/11/17 06:52 AM
Tredyffrin Easttown Seniors are blessed to have Surrey Services for Seniors in the area.
Rather than needing to move, they can age in place, no rush. Located in Devon with locations in Media and Broomall as well, this local charity just received four stars out of four for the fourth year running by Charity Navigator.
One of the things about Surrey is the number of volunteers who give of their time and energy to the charity. This allows them to keep their costs down and to help more people. Started around a kitchen table, it now has multiple local locations and provides … (9 comments)
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