Portsmouth, NH

Listing Your Home In Hot & Cold Markets

sara treacy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:08:25 +0000

Welcome to my blog site and thanks for visiting! As an experienced real estate agent, I am used to “reading” the market and translating what I “read” to my clients. If you are selling a home now in this recessionary market, the steps you must take are very different from the “hot market” of a few years ago.

First, a seller has to decide his/her own motivation for selling. Certainly now is NOT the time to “make fast money” as it could have been 3 and 4 years ago. Moving might be to relocate for a job, to downsize because of retirement, to buy a bigger house for a growing family, an illness etc. SO HOW DO YOU ACCOMPLISH THIS IN A DECLINING MARKET?

Real estate agents do make a difference! They are not all alike in terms of training, knowledge or experience. An experienced agent will tell you what you can expect to sell your house for. As a seller you should be prepared to disclose to your agent the amount of your mortgage balance and your home equity loan balance. Determining what you have to pay off when the house is sold will help determine IF you can sell your house now and reach your expectations. The thinking that, “well, I owe $180,000 on my house so I want to sell it for $225,000 will not work in this market if your RE agent has given you a “price to sell” of $195,000-199,000.

Sara, The Home Listing Lady

Sara Treacy is an experienced real estate agent in the Portsmouth seacoast area.

Contact: 603-661-8588

Web: www.alwayscallsaratreacy.com

Getting Facts Before Setting Asking Price

sara treacy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:06:39 +0000

It is human nature to believe that our own house is the best in every way and worth the most money. However you call a real estate agent for a reason, to get good sound advice on pricing your home and getting it ready for the market. Try not to have sales price expectations for your property until your agent has shown you the facts. The facts are: recent similar sales, active listings that might compete with your home and pending sales. In the present market the recent sales that you and your agent study should be from the last 3-4 months if possible, because the market has been declining. A sale 8 months ago may not sell now for what it did then. So, my best advice is to resist setting an asking price in your mind until you get all the facts from your listing agent.

Sara, The Home Listing Lady

Sara Treacy is an experienced real estate agent in the Portsmouth seacoast area.

Contact: 603-661-8588

Web: www.alwayscallsaratreacy.com

Blog Probes Real Estate Models

CityBlogNH — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:05:01 +0000

www.REALonomics.net is a blog that is asking serious questions about where the real estate industry is going. More specifically, REALonomics poses challenges to the broker/owners to adopt models that will allow their organizations to become more transparent.

REALonomics.net advocates that the industry open up the property information portals to consumers and upgrade its approach to how it is interacting with the consumer by implementing more social networking such as www.CityBlogUSA.com, a community blogging network for every city in the USA.

Visit www.REALonomics.net.

Hospitals and Physicians

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:38:39 +0000

When someone relocates they often seek information about physicians, specialists, hospitals and other types of health care, such as extended care. Is there a resource in Portsmouth for health care information?

Community Sports

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:34:51 +0000

Living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a lot like living in any home town, with local sports being a big part of the lifestyle. Families look for T-Ball, Little League, soccer and of course, junior high and high school sports. What is sport organizations are in Portsmouth, New Hampshire? Are their sport opportunities for adults? Is there a parks and recreation department in Portsmouth?

City Lifestyles

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:30:30 +0000

What are the lifestyle opportunities in and around Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Are there hiking clubs, biking trails, civic clubs, golf clubs, local arts and theater, lakes, streams, fishing, boating, camping or other types of lifestyle opportunities?

Condos in Town?

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:26:58 +0000

Are there any condo projects in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and are there any that are on golf courses? What is the condo price range? Are there any age restricted condo communities?

Real Estate Companies

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:23:31 +0000

Portsmouth has a lot of real estate companies. Which one is considered the best company according the Portsmouth, New Hampshire residents? Who are the best real estate agents in Portsmouth, New Hampshire? Historically, which company has been there the longest? Do any of the real estate companies also have title and mortgage companies?

Foreclosures in Town?

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:20:03 +0000

Can anyone speak to the issue of foreclosures in Portsmouth, New Hampshire? Foreclosures are up around the country due to the sub-prime lending practices. Is there any foreclosure impact on real estate in Portsmouth?

Help, I need a Doctor

CityBlogNH — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:15:30 +0000

Portsmouth, New Hampshire has a hospital. Portsmouth has many medical professionals operating in a variety of specialties. Fundamental healthcare begins with an individual or family?s access to a general physician, call it a family doctor or for children, a Pediatrician and for women a Gynecologist. Certainly, for people like me, a good therapist; better yet, a Psychiatrist! But why is it that someone in Portsmouth, New Hampshire cannot locate a physician that will take new patients?
CityBlog Portsmouth, was struck by the frustration that was apparent in Susie Pena’s (a Portsmouth, New Hampshire resident) post on May 9, 2007, which read as follows:
I have been here 1 year this June and have yet to find a doctor that will accept new patients. I am very discouraged that there is no avenue for new residents to find out who is available without a lot of labor intensive efforts.
Does Portsmouth have a physician association or, does the hospital know of new physicians coming into Portsmouth that are looking for new patients? It would behoove all communities to have some centralized service that maintains a list of physicians who can accept patients as either â€œnewâ€ or on a rotating basis until the new resident can establish regular healthcare.