First Quarter Statistics for Franklin, MA area

Well the first quarter info is now available and despite the recent reports of severe price declines the Franklin, MA Multiple Listing Service data shows only a 1% price decrease for this first quarter 2007 as compared to first quarter 2006. The days on market data is significant, however, with a large housing inventory [...]

What in the world is staging?

I was having a conversation with my husband about the benefits of staging a home when preparing for sale and he reminded me that most people would not know what “staging” means. As in any field we probably become accustomed to certain buzz-words and this may be one that non-Realtors would not understand. [...]

Secret Agents

I wholeheartedly agree with Beth Teitell’s “Agent Secrets” article in this week’s Boston Globe Magazine. Teitell points out that although the American public “might spend hours surfing around Expedia and Orbitz trying to save a few dollars…when it comes to a transaction involving real money-often hundreds of thousands of dollars–homeowners tend to be surprisingly [...]

Why Turn Down Free Advice?

Many buyers are waking up from the winter hibernation and most are appropropriately well-informed. In the age of the internet consumers have access to recent sales data and a wealth of information on everything to do with locating the perfect home–not to mention being able to zoom into the backyard of a given property [...]