Linda Walters's (sagehomes) Blog

Any EBA's out there that are NOT members of NAEBA?  I can't belong becuase I am an attorney and I sometimes have cases where my client is the seller of a house.  NAEBA feels that violates their policies.  Great group and no bad feelings here.  But I would love to talk to others who are charting t...

For the 30 days ending February 10, 2011 in the 3 nearest townships, there were 32 single family and twin homes that settled at an average price of $842,147. This is similar to December, quite low in volume, but a significantly higher average sales price.  For whatever reason, those higher priced...

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Of the 30 homes, 5 sold in 10 days or less. This is also a good sign.  The average time the 30 homes were on the market was 106 days-quite a bit less than the averages we have been seeing but still not back to where we were last October, with an average DOM of only 82 days.  As seen in the chart ...

Just had a beautiful home in an historic neighborhood appraise $100,000 under value!  The national lender sent their fee appraiser from an area 50 miles away who had never heard of this gem of an area.  Would have been a great value in about any other place but these homes go for a premuim and fa...

For the 30 days ending December 9, 2010 in the 3 nearest townships, there were 30 single family and twin homes that settled at an average price of $501,939. This is a huge decrease from last month's average price, perhaps indicating that some lower priced homes that had been sitting finally sold....

Sage welcomes Kim Agew as its newest agent.  She will represent only buyers and specializes in the Chester County and Montgomery County areas.

For the 30 days ending November 1, 2010 in the 3 nearest townships, there were 41 single family and twin homes that settled at an average price of $709,112. This is a slight decrease from last month's jump in average price, but still evidence that higher-priced homes are starting to move in our a...

Why does a lender with only a 70% interest in a home have a right to make the seller fix a working septic system?  This is not FHA, it is private money. The cost to replace it (recommended by the inspector and agreed to by the buyer to make the seller happy) is not even close to the amount at ris...

I am joining with Paul Tansey of the Suburban West Realtor Association in a webinar October 19 at 10 AM EST to discuss the use of mediation in real estate disputes.  I am a mediator for SWRA, so I mediate disputes regularly.  There are many myths surrounding the process that agents have come to b...