Getting started on a new week after a BRILLIANT weekend of spring like weather!  It was actually uplifting to be warmer and in the sunshine.   It was great to show property in great weather and to have an open house where one could actually leave the door to the house open and enjoy the weather!   Had a great open house at a wonderful Chesterfield home and I am thankful for the new contacts I have made.  One of the best parts about my job is all the fantastic folks I meet along the way!  I’ve always been one to like people and trust them right off the bat and not be worried or suspicious of someone I don’t know.  And it’s gratifying to realize that most folks are kind and friendly and more often than not willing to talk to you and trust you back.  Once in a while you meet someone who is closed and wary but not often!

I was getting a little worried after the holidays were over that activity in my business was really slow!   But now I’m starting to see a pick up with buyers and sellers so this is the harbinger of the spring market.  Smart sellers are getting their homes listed and ready for the market.   We have the ability to take a listing and call it “exempt” which means we don’t have it online yet.  This allows the seller to prepare their home – make repairs, paint etc. and it gives me as an agent time to line up photographers etc.  But I can let folks in my office know I have a coming soon listing.   Sometimes we sell them before they actually hit the market!

Buyers need to be actively looking now because they will be in stiff competition once everyone jumps into the fray.   Buyers often get frustrated when they write a contract and lose a house to a higher bidder.   If you don’t have too much competition, sellers are more willing to work with you and you don’t have to fight off the competition!  Interest rates are still very low and allows for a buyer to afford more house!

So if you are thinking about buying and/or selling, now is the time to get busy!   Let me know if I can help!