Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Home buyers naturally want to get the best deal possible on their purchase. But in this market they have to balance that instinct against their desire to win one of the relatively few available properties. Buyers have to BUY the home they want. Sellers are not going to give them the home. And a bidder thinking that they’d be okay taking the home – but only at their price – is unlikely to get anything
November was busy, with 839 single-family contracts in Hartford County, but is was much less busy that the previous six months. I’m most interested in exploring why November dropped off so much from October. We had a big election in November. Did you know that? Well, we did. And it’s possible that everything surrounding the election caused people to take a step back to understand the outcome. Most of us have had a good handle
Hi there. Welcome, and I am very sorry to hear that the offer you made on that home was not accepted. Even though I (probably) don’t know anything about your situation, I might still be able to help you understand this unfortunate development! I have found that sellers generally reject offers for a few reasons, so one very likely applies to your situation. 1. You Didn’t Offer Enough $$$ Sellers usually pick the offer with
Who says that the market cannot have a fall bounce even though the late summer was extremely busy? Hartford County finished October with 1,133 contracts, which was a modest uptick from the September 2020 total and a huge 45% increase over October 2019. To put this result in context, the previous busiest October was 812 contracts in 2018. And not counting 2020, the previous all time busiest month was 1,125 in May 2019. Last month
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