Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Kyle and I are selling the condo that we own in West Hartford. It’s a desirable second floor, end unit located in the Colonial Village complex. The 660 square foot one bedroom, one bath, ranch-style layout offers neutral colors, an open floor plan, and great closet space. The kitchen and bath have been updated. There is storage space in the basement and laundry in the building. One dedicated parking spot comes with the unit and
Many of my clients are fairly tech savvy. They enjoy looking up property data on their own and telling me how much sellers paid for properties. They’ll use Bing.com’s Birdseye views to check out locations before we actually go visit a property. And they Google people’s names to see what they can find on the web about them. That’s right, several of my clients, both buyers and sellers, use the Internet to find out more
We’re past the Fourth of July holiday and agents have entered in the last of their closings for June, so it’s time to take a look back at how we fared with real estate sales in the Greater Hartford area during the second quarter. All data was compiled from the CT Multiple Listing Service for single family homes only and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. My observations… 1. The number of closed sales for
I had some downtime last night, so I decided to look through the MLS to see how the multi family markets are holding up in the current environment. Although multi family properties can be found throughout the region, they make up a small fraction of the overall residential market in most towns. I started by identifying the towns in which they represent a meaningful portion of the housing stock, which makes the data more interesting
You’re ready to sell your house and you’ve met with your agent to go over their pricing recommendation and marketing plan. The agent feels your house would be competitive in the market if it was priced anywhere between $290,000 and $300,000. So what do you choose as a listing price? There are lots of options, but the most popular choices in this situation would most likely be $299,000 or $299,900 or $300,000. One aspect of