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When I go to list a house, the sellers’ to-do list can sometimes seem endless! Tidy and trim the yard .. paint the front porch railing .. repair that rotten siding on the chimney .. declutter the whole house .. replace the old storm door .. repaint the orange bedroom .. and on and on.…

I sent the MLS listing to a buyer who had found the home online. On the listing she saw that “Seller” was given as “Trustee.” “Does that mean the owner has died?” she asked me. “That’s kind of creepy.” I assured her that it didn’t mean anyone had actually died in the house, but I…

After 13 years in real estate,  I have some pretty long-term relationships among my closed clients.  Some of them are people who have come back to me for a second or third purchase, so that we have had more than just one transaction.  In the past week, however, I had lovely long chats with two…

It’s nice to be on the same page as NPR’s Planet Money.  In my last post, I predicted we would continue to see fewer buyers, which of course bodes ill for sellers.  At the end of the day, it’s always about Supply and Demand.   In today’s Planet Money post on housing, people more expert…

  I just got back from a few days’ visit to New York City.  My son Lance had back surgery and his doctors told him to get out and walk, so I went up to walk with him.  It was cold with a lot of snow on the ground, but we had fun through Central…

Many buyers, especially first-time buyers, will wander into new subdivisions and end up buying from the on-site agent who helps them.  Why not, when they are so warm and friendly and charming?  The job description requires charming. Usually also attractive, but inevitably charming. The problem is that buyers don’t realize that the onsite agents, charming…

I know the economy is better than it was a year ago, because everywhere I go there’s construction. Road work, utility work, bulldozers pushing red clay around. Definitely encouraging!