Some people like Halloween. Lisa Campo, one of my favorite colleagues at William Raveis, LOVES Halloween. For the past 15 years, she’s been setting up intricate, gruesome scenes on her West Hartford lawn. She’ll start early in October, building all of her characters from scratch. By the time Halloween rolls around, she has a veritable haunted house in her front yard. The magic really happens on Halloween night though, as live actors are added to
I often have people ask me, “What does 1.1 baths mean?†One point one baths means that the house has one full bathroom and one half-bathroom. Technically a full bath is supposed to have a tub, toilet and sink, while a half bath only has a toilet and sink. “Then what does 1.5 baths mean?†One point five baths also means that the house has one full bathroom and one half-bathroom. Agents do this funny
On the road again for appraisal class. One more trip to New Milford next week for a 1/2 day of review and then the Big Test. Then I can take my broker exam in January and I’ll be all done with studying for awhile. There were a couple of interesting “in the field” points that were made this week in class, particularly in regards to fighting appraisals that come in less than the contract price.
I was finalizing a market analysis today for a homeowner that is thinking about selling their home. I always look at Active properties (homes currently for sale), as well as what’s currently Under Contract and recent Closed sales to give a complete picture of the market. As I was reviewing the 12 properties I selected as comparison homes, I noticed that the recorded Days on Market (DOM) for some of the properties seemed suspiciously low.
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. People explain a situation related to a real estate agent acting in a certain way, saying something, or specifically doing something and they say “Why’d the agent do that?” This doesn’t usually come across as a positive question. The inquirer is asking because they are miffed, annoyed, or exasperated with something that’s happened. I think I’m seeing this question asked more recently because the market is getting