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Just as the kitchen is a magnet for family activity, when an East Aurora home goes up for sale, it’s the one room guaranteed to get rapt attention at every showing. Older East Aurora homes can be at something of a disadvantage here, especially when structural design elements prohibit their being transformed into one of today’s popular airy open plan kitchens.
Perhaps you've already taken a paintbrush to your cabinets to give them a new look, or discovered the transformative power of inexpensive...The Erie County foreclosure situation is a good deal different from what we were discussing a few years ago when the tidal wave of 7.3 million foreclosures and short sales swept the nation. When The New York Times “Dealbook” recently pronounced that the supply of cheap foreclosed homes in America is dwindling, it came as news to…well, no one.
Let’s face it: Southtowns investors wouldn’t need to look up the latest statistics to guess that number of offerings would be down. The continuing rebound...Some folks live for our Western New York winters. For them, the brisk air is a tonic; longer night times are invitations to enjoy the warmth and cheer of fireside camaraderie; the prospect of winter sports is something they look forward to all year long. For everyone else it may be more of a drag—particularly when a succession of storms seem to conspire to make their lives miserable.
It can also be a tough time to sell a Buffalo area house—but only if you allow it to be! Winter does tend to mak...Something new is stirring in the ordinarily hidebound world of residential mortgage offerings: a new way of approaching the financing of home purchases. If successful, it might well shift the way some Elma mortgage contracts are written.
The experiment is known as the “Wealth Building Home Loan,” and it addresses a home-ownership problem that has been talked about for a long time, with little being done to solve it. The issue in question is how to unburden new homeowners from spending years in...They don’t teach this in high school, but maybe they should. The difference between an East Aurora buyer’s agent and an East Aurora seller’s agent can be pivotal, yet first-time home buyers have to figure that out on their own. You can read quotes on the web that say things like, “I looked for a buyer’s agent instead of a real estate agent” (true story!) that illustrate how little knowledge is out there. It wouldn’t take much classroom time to explain that buyer’s and seller’s agents are both re...
East Aurora area home buyers may not have been watching the Patriots’ squeaker victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl for the purpose of learning something about real estate, but at least one useful piece of wisdom did become evident: the enduring value of minding the fundamentals. Despite the harrowing last 20 seconds, when the power of Seattle seemed sure to win the day, New England had confidence that their team was steeped in the fundamentals. Elaborate plays or complicated strategies didn’t seem im...
One of the most effective ways to maximize your chances of achieving the best residential real estate deal possible lies in your ability to partner effectively with your choice of a Holland area real estate agent. Your agent is your local guide through the complexities of Western New York’s market—your assistant, tutor, and trusted right arm in the enterprise of buying and selling a residence. It’s your Southtowns agent’s job to make the team an effective one—but for all parts to truly work as a...
