Merrimack Valley Real Estate- Massachusetts, Essex and Middlesex County

    The Overly Restrictive Seller   So I always walk away shaking my head....  Today I tried to schedule a showing for a second time today.  Only to be denied once again.  I promptly jumped on the phone and called the listing agent.  Hes said their were NO showings during the week.  They were onl...

I just wrote a blog article on my personal blog, House is not selling? Avoid Market Rot. I ran an anlysis on Middlesex County Massachusetts the results were interesting: The data pulled was for single family houses between 0- $1,000,000 for the past year. Home on the market for 0-60 days-  6633 h...

Just posted an article on my Massachusetts Real Estate Blog about taking an outdated or rundown sofa and chairs and using inexpensive slip covers to draw a buyers attention away from them.  When buying a slip cover keep it solid white or nuetral and if you wnat to tie in color use throw pillows ...

Dracut MA Real Estate Update Dracut MA has seen a very modest increase in the median house price of a single family home.  A 2.9% increase from the same time in 2013 shows an increase of $257,500 to $265,000. Inventory has dried up quite bit from 91 to 55 homes on the market in Dracut.  A whoppin...

  I found this to be an interesting article and it is something home buyers should consider.  I have had to take classes on Meth Houses.  It is actually pretty scary.  I have shown some houses that have been disclosed as meth houses or I found through research to have been a meth house, though my...

Here is a technique I incorporate quite a bit in my real estate photography.  I blend a natural light photograph with a flash photograph to get a nice natural result.   Available Light Shot- This was photographed on a tripod at f9 at a 1/4 of a second.  I exposed for the overall interior scene.  ...

I just finished a blog post on my real estate website. Show It Dont Tell It- The importance of GOOD Real Estate Photography It is a post of a summary that the Wall Street Journal did on a study done by a Prof. Seiler.  The Study was a study of Home Buyer Internet Search Behavior: An Application o...

For me this could not have been a more timely blog post.  I just completed an article on Show your home to sell it!  The real estate article discusses how a home seller or even an agent can prevent a showing to happen.  As a home seller you have to remember though it may be incovenient you need t...

A recent home sale that had the potential to be very difficult but wnet very smoothly made me looking back over my 12 years in real estate, I have to say the most successful home sales have been the ones with great communication and collaboration between myself and the seller.   A home seller nee...

There is a misnomer that you shouldn't try to sell your home during the winter.  I have been selling homes for 12 years and Decemeber has been on of my busier months for most of them.  The one thing I can share is that the buyers that are out and looking at homes are serious buyers putting in ser...