Archive for December, 2009

A realtor can be a great help when home buying or selling but can also sometimes be extremely hard to work with. That is why it is important to choose a good real estate agent and one that you feel confident with since you will be working very closely with them over the period of several months. Using a realtor is the best and easiest way to sell or buy a home.
Many home sellers that try to do it on their own often do not do it correctly or receive a lower price than what they had wanted in the beginning. The realtor is experienced in negotiating prices and can help you easily sell or buy a home in the right market and at the right price.
Since a realtor has a lot of experience in buying and selling homes, they can be of great help in taking care of all the details and negotiating the price between the buyer and seller. There are many places to find realtors. The problem is finding a good one and one that you trust with the details of your home buying or selling.
Good companies like Century 21 or Weichart Realty have many well qualified real estate agents and have a good reputation for having good realtors. Many of the realtors that work for these companies are even brokers and can complete the entire deal. The best thing you can do is to meet with the realtor beforehand and see if they are easy to work with.
If they are, you can be confident that they are going to be of great help to you. Some people simply look up a realtor online, never taking the time to meet with them beforehand. While, this might work out in the end, it is very important that you know you can trust them with the details of your home. The realtor will be the guide of your home buying or selling process and you want to make sure that they will get the the best deal possible.
Just like other relocation specialists, realtors are trained in their field and can be a great asset to you during your moving process. You should always look for a realtor who has experience and comes well qualified and is part of a realtors association. There are many places to find good realtors.
Start by asking friends and relatives for referrals. Once you find a potential realtor, you will want to ask questions about what they will do to market your home, if the realtor is a full time real estate agent, and if they have limited time to spend on the details of the purchase of sale of your home. You will also want to find an agent that is available to show the home to the potential buyers on the buyers schedule.
It is not a good idea to rely on a real estate agent that makes you work on their schedule and time frame. And, by the realtor adjusting to the schedule of the potential buyers, you might possibly sell your home faster. Remember, that when hiring a realtor, you are also hiring an agency.
That is why it is a good idea to ask questions and take the time to decide if that agency is right for you. The agency that you choose to go with needs to have enough financial power to properly put your home on the market.
While small agencies and local realtors might be alright for small town purchases and sells, you will want to remember that bigger agencies have more money to spend on advertising and might possibly sell or find you a home faster and easier. Whichever kind of real estate agency you choose to go through, it is important that you develop a good working relationship with their agents so that you can be confident that you have chosen the right realtors.

Craig Chambers is an author and relocation specialist who enjoys sharing realtor tips and offers extensive free relocating guides, a free money saving report and a relocating handbook on his website www.easyrelocating.com

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Good News for sellers:

More homes are selling and they are moving more quickly than a year ago. Existing, single-family home sales increased 1 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted rate of 562,400 units on an annualized basis.

The statewide median price of an existing single-family home increased 0.3 percent in October to $297,500, compared with September 2009.

C.A.R.’s Unsold Inventory Index fell to 4 months in October, compared with 6.1 months in October 2008.

“Home sales historically trail off during the fall and winter months as we move to the off-peak season for the housing market,” said C.A.R. President Steve Goddard. “However, with affordable home prices, mortgage rates hovering around 5 percent, and the extension and expansion of the federal tax credit, we expect first-time and move-up home buyers to drive home sales through the end of this year and into early 2010.” For the first-time since July 2007, sales of homes priced $1 million or more rose in year-to-year comparisons.

“California’s median price rose for the eighth consecutive month in October and sales continued to show strength, signs that California has hit and passed the bottom of this real estate cycle,” said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie-Appleton-Young. “The number of distressed sales as a share of total sales has shown considerable improvement since the beginning of the year, as a result of loan modifications and other efforts to prevent troubled mortgages from going into foreclosure. This has led to a decline in inventory levels since the start of the year that is more consistent with the price gains we have seen in recent months.”

If these are not enough reasons for a seller to seriously consider  selling a house NOW, I wonder what is. Please call Meena Gujral (California Realtor) at 510-279-9580 if you are looking to buy or sell a home in Fremont, Castro Valley, Pleasanton, Dublin, or anywhere in the Alameda County or go to my website here: Fremont Homes For Sale

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