Annette Sievert's Real Estate Blog

    This is the office where I worked before we moved to Corvallis. Total devastation from Hurricane Irene. Nothing rescued. So sad, I so feel for them.  

Ok, SO NYC is fine. That is business as usual in NY. What many people do not realizie is that there is actually a big state besides NYC, and the Catskills are the are where the City gets it's water from. Lots of pristine streams and huge reservoirs. The DEP has a bottomless budget to buy land the...

A few days ago one of my clients told me that, BTW, she had looked me up online and there was nothing on my profile page about me. WHAT? I am diligently maintaining as much as I possibly can. Uploading pictures, changing them around, snapping the whip at Zillow, that unruly internet brat..... I t...

This a good summary and interesting for buyers and sellers alike. Especially knowing what is meant when advertised as "no closing cost" is an advantage not to step into a trap and all of a sudden having an unexpected bill...WHAT IS A "CLOSING COST"? Inspired by George Souto's excellent article wh...

It is another beautiful day in Corvallis, or, to be more precise, in East Lewisburg, right in between Corvallis and North Albany in Benton County, Oregon. Are you thinking about moving to the Mid Willamette Valley in Oregon? Do you have specific ideas about how the ideal weather should be? Consid...

Pretty much most of the time I list  a property, at one point the seller starts to literally negotiate with me, what his list price should be. If you have sold a house recently, you know the drill. Your broker gives you market data, a market analysis, shows you where in the market you property is...

If you ever had a seller who has a medical condition, is rather immobile, has a sick child, a difficult private situation or is plainly overwhelmed by having a home showing ready at the blink of an eye you know what problems that can create with buyers wanting to see a house "in about 15min". In ...

A while ago I wrote a blog about how electronic signing works. Today I want to encourage more market participants to use it - or demand it if they are sellers or buyers. I vaguely remember the times of faxing, driving out to get signatures, the waiting for scanning, printing, signing and faxing o...

This is important to know to be ablet to prepare a seller for the appraisal process once the house is in contract. The better the seller can prepare the smoother the process is!Pass this along to every Realtor you know. Re-blog this post, whatever you can do to get the word out!   As of September...

Ah, Summer. Even with the clouds I am looking at right now, the time when we wear light clothing, when the children are more out- than inside, when the animals are frolicking, when the calves on the pastures at the foot of our hill are having a play date and the mother cows are laying in the gras...