Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
Would it be effective to market a home using black and white photography? All of the homes currently on the market feature color pictures in their listings, both in the MLS and in the miriad of consumer real estate websites. A property without color photos would stand out from the others online. What’s not clear is if the impression it makes would be a positive one. My first experiment with black and white was a
September contract data for Hartford County single-family home sales showed a decrease in activity on both a month-over-month basis and a year-over-year basis. The final count was 620 contracts for September, which was slightly behind the 625 from September 2012. We were very surprised by how the month developed. After a flurry of activity at the end of August and the beginning of September, we were expecting a strong month and a step up in
There were 766 single-family contracts written in July in Hartford County. This is an 11% increase over July in 2012, and about a 6% decrease from last month. One important point to note is that we have revised the June contract count upwards by a significant number – see the original June post here. While working on the July numbers we found a spreadsheet error that had caused 67 contracts to be omitted from the
GHREB, today you turn 6 years old! We’re pretty busy with the Spring real estate market, so we didn’t have time to bake you a cake. We did get your favorite from a local bakery though. Just a small token of our thanks for all that you do for us and our readers. Enjoy your special day! ps- We also bought you a fancy schmancy camera which I’m sure you’ll love to show off the
It would seem that I like fences. Our small lot is covered with them – some that we inherited and others that we have added. We have a fenced area in the front of our house and a separate area on the side. And within the fenced areas there are even more fences. These are smaller, and mainly to keep the dog out of the gardens, but still, a fence is a fence. Fences are