The Luca's Tri-State Team - by John & Mary Luca

Good Monday Morning!

Halloween is just a day away and the weather certainly fits this time of year.  This is the time to take a walk along the Brandywine River or slip out and walk along a golf course (or even play if that's your game!).  The Fall colors are gorgeous there right now.

The Real Estate market looks like we're seeing a ittle bit of a mad rush before the holiday season.  Showings have greatly increased over the last three weeks.  Buyers will buy when the house if priced to sell, and John has personally run into two multiple offer situations in the last week.  Current low mortgage interest rates should continue to support buyer demand. 

If you would like to have a professional opinion of how to best stage your home for sale, please contact me.  We can tour your home and give you some great advice on how to best prepare your home to optimize it's value on the market. This is a FREE service and there is no obligation! 

If you're interested in seeing the homes currently on the market, as they hit the market, visit www.EmailTriStateHomes.com to set up a daily search as well as search the MLS fed database live.

Have An Awesome Week! 

AND HERE'S YOUR MONDAY MORNING COFFEE!! 

Yes, home staging has been around for a while - sellers have been sprucing up there houses to sell for decades.  However, it's now got an official name - Home Staging - and it can be a profession for some.

As we tend to be busier in life, we find that there are many niches to specialize in, and sometimes with all of the clutter we now have in our homes that weren't there before (we've moved from figurine collections to DVD collections and all sorts of electronics), sometimes it does help to have a specialist enable you see where to declutter to present your home in the best light.

I always guide my sellers on changes they can make to enhance the appearance and therefore, saleability, of their home.  And on a couple occasions, I've even recommended a Home Stage Specialist (who is a professional associate of mine - we work as a team when she's called into action for my sellers) to my clients.  The results have been astounding (drop me a line if you want to see before and after pics - I don't have time to post them now while blogging quickly on a Sunday morn).  The sellers were amazed at the results as well.

For more information to help yourself get started - read the following articles - then call me with questions.

Have a great day - it's looking sunny out there today!!

News Journal Article 10/29/06 on current housing market in Delaware and why home staging helps

Articles on How to Stage Your Home

After a temporary slow down in the market, it appears as if things are starting to move again - the buyers are certainly bidding now and the sellers are seeing the action they need and want to sell.  This appears to be the case in the real estate markets in this Tri-State area of Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland for homes for sale listed with Realtors. 

A couple FSBO's I've spoken with have had offers, only to have them fall through before settlement - although I've not seen that with my transactions right now (it's always a possiblity, but that's one of the reasons it can help to have a realtor in the middle, trying to always mediate between the buyer and seller so that they can both settle and walk away from the table as happy as when they first signed the contract).

If you want to see what's on the market right now - you can search all the properties shared by the MLS at www.DeluxeHomeSearch.com  .  If you'd like an estimate as to your home's value in case you are thinking of moving (or just updating your investment portfolio valuations) visit www.PriceMyTriStateHome.com

Have a great day - I'm having fun at an Open House!  (while my buyer's agents host a couple others).