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In the weeks before you decide which of our local real estate agents will represent you and your home once it goes on the market, you’re probably looking for a Elma Realtor® with the qualities that make a great sales person: knowledgeability, directness, personality, trustworthiness. Likeability is always helpful, but it’s only one among many qualifications. This is a business decision, and an important one for you and your family.
Then, the instant you make your selection, the landscape change...It can feel a little like a trip to the shore in springtime, before the summer sun has warmed the water. The water might be okay—but it also might be bone-chilling! Most Western New York residents will choose caution, and stick their toe in, first…
Deciding whether to buy a house when you have been renting for a while means taking a much more significant plunge. And there’s no way to test the waters, either: you’re either going to buy a Southtowns house or, you aren’t. It’s in or out. And it’s...Home buyers direct a series of major decisions when it comes down to finalizing their Southtowns property purchase. Among the most important are two with decisive ownership and financial consequences: who will be the primary borrower for the mortgage; and who will be named on the deed?
The answers to these questions are the opposite of the fine print details that few of owners ever need to concern themselves about. These cast defining roles in determining the eventual ownership of the Erie Coun...In Elma real estate as in many other businesses, successfully drawing the public’s attention, then communicating value, are what separate can-do practitioners from the pack. It’s pigeonholed under “marketing” instead of “selling” because the latter sounds more like a one-on-one activity, whereas “marketing” depicts the kind of effort that goes out to the world at large.
The past couple of decades have produced sea changes in the way Elma real estate brokers and agents need to approach their mar...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...
