If you are readying your home for sale this spring or summer, one of my favorite tactics to set your property apart from other Capital Region listings is to order a pre-inspection. If you’re not familiar with the term, a pre-inspection is a less detailed, less expensive visual inspection designed to report major conditions certain to be noted in the final. Why add this extra expense? Won’t buyers ultimately get their own inspection? Well, not necessarily. Often times, when reviewing a … [Read more...]

Spring is truly in the air…the traditional time when people can fall in love at first sight! I’ll try not to dampen those springtime spirits too much, but for anyone currently looking into the Capital Region luxury home listings, some advice may be in order: Online love at first sight is a really bad idea. Those Capital Region luxury home listings can indeed be truly alluring, and using your computer (iPad, or smartphone) to winnow through the current crop of terrific luxury home … [Read more...]

Love your home, pictures and winning...stuff??  Here's your chance!  It's simple....take a snap shot of anything related to your home, upload it to Instagram with the hashtag #mycapitalregionrealtor.com & get as many "likes" as you can by telling your family & friends to double tap your photo. Every 2 weeks the top 5 photos will be put on mycapitalregionrealtor.com for voting....the winner will receive a $50 Visa giftcard! To increase your chances of "likes" beyond friends and … [Read more...]

Who isn’t ready for summer? One group that’s clearly already there is this springs sellers: Capital Region listings are already racking up page views. For them and everyone contemplating taking advantage of the busy spring selling season, an interesting fact has come to light. It puts numbers on something that most of us feel intuitively. The Wall Street Journal has recently called attention to it. They uncovered a study from BYU showing that when home listings including swimming pools go … [Read more...]

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Things are looking up!  The Capital Region real estate market is bouncing back with reports of more homes sold in 2012 than any previous years since 2008, with an increase in median and average price sales. Buyers are continuing to see fantastic rates from lenders, while sellers are making fewer reductions and witnessing more multiple offers. With the warmer weather in the not too distant future, we can expect to see an abundance of homes hit the market and the buyers come out of hibernation … [Read more...]