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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Moving to Swarthmore, PA 19081

If you are looking for a small town setting within an easy commute to center city Philadelphia, Swarthmore is ideal.  Founded in 1893, Swarthmore lies south west of Philadelphia and is most notable for being the home of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore College sits almost at the center of town, just up the hill from the train station.  The Borough is a busy stop on The Septa Media Local train line, providing an easy commute to University City and center city Philadelphia.  Most Swarthmore homes are an easy fifteen minute or less walk to the train station.
Sidewalks grace almost every street, allowing one to walk to school, the Swarthmore Swim Club, or the town center.  Several businesses are conveniently located on Park and Dartmouth Avenues, as well as Chester Road.  The SwarthmoreCO-OP is an amazing gourmet grocery store that is open to the public, in addition it is very reasonable to join and members receive additional savings.  Several eclectic shops and eateries call Swarthmore home including Swarthmore Hardware (a real hardware store), OccasionallyYour’s, Renato’s, and Paulson Rug Company (one of the area’s finest and oldest rug stores).
Swarthmore is served by the award winning Wallingford SwarthmoreSchool District.  The Swarthmore-RutledgeElementary School is located on College Avenue, a short walk from most homes.  Strathaven Middle School and Strathaven HighSchool are located a short drive away in Wallingford.
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Swarthmore Real Estate is a sought after commodity.  The neighborhoods are truly a mix of housing sizes and architectural styles.  Gracious Victorian’s co-exist with charming Tudors and gracious Colonials. If you are moving to Swarthmore, we would highly recommend you be in touch with us as soon as possible.  It is not uncommon, even in a slow market, for homes to sell within days (or a day!) and you need to be working with a local agent that knows the ins and outs of the Swarthmore market and will let you know immediately, when a home becomes available.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Traymore, Rose Valley Pennsylvania

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Traymore - Rose Valley, Pennsylvania 19063
Nestled in the timeless, Arts & Craft area community of Rose Valley.  Traymore was designed to be a small enclave of distinctive and quality built, elegant carriage homes.  Careful planning and attention to detail by Vaughan & Sautter builders have resulted in one of the only new construction communities that feature beautiful architecture that blends seamlessly into the tranquil Rose Valley location.

Only forty-three homes are slated for Traymore and currently thirty-seven have been sold.  There were three floor plans available at the time of construction.  The Calvert, an end unit with a minimum of 2726 square feet, The Broughton, an interior model boasting a minimum of 2544 square feet and the Hadleigh, another end unit design with a minimum of 2912 square feet.

The homes were designed by acclaimed architect, Ann Capron.  They all featured nine foot ceiling on the first floor, great rooms, formal dining rooms and an island designed kitchen with extra height cabinetry.  Many units feature custom molding and all were designed with energy efficiency in mind and all have efficient gas heating.
 
 
 
Traymore offers a convenient location with easy access to the Media Local Train, for an easy commute to center city Philadelphia, as well as the University of Pennsylvania and their world renowned medical center.  A short ten minute drive, will have you on State Street in Media and dining at one of great local restaurants like IronHill, Azie, Shere-E- Punjab and the Famous Town House.


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Available Homes For Sale at Traymore
Call, text or email us and we would be happy to give you a tour of this great community! Of course, you can check out what the market for Traymore or any area is doing through our FREE market insider report.
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Monday, May 12, 2014

The Beautiful Bowling Green Neighborhood of Wallingford, PA 19086


Bowling Green is a charming, early 20th century development of Wallingford, PA.  Built primarily
during the 1920’s and 1930’s,  the small enclave features many large Colonial and Tudor style homes,
with an interesting mix of smaller cottage and Arts & Crafts homes as well.  It has many eccentricities, one being its mailing post office, which is Media, not Wallingford and the other, which is very desirable, is that it is one of the only Wallingford communities that has sidewalks.

Bowling Green is composed of Mulberry Lane, Truepenny Road, Luckie Lane, Quaint Road, Surrey Road and Twyckenham Road.  All but a few homes located on Bent Road, are part of the Wallingford Swarthmore School District.  Those few homes on Bent Road are actually located in Upper Providence Township and children from those homes go to the Rose Tree Media School District (and consequently, have lower taxes).

Entering from Providence Road, one comes through the stately stone pillars announcing our arrival to Bowling Green.  The streets are wide with mature trees and the diversity of the homes architecture, make for an unmistakable charm.  Gracious large, stone Colonials mix seamlessly with the charming cottages and Tudor homes.  The availability of sidewalks, allow one a casual stroll to the nearby shops and restaurants of State Street in Media, including Iron Hill, Azie, TheTownhouse and Shere-E-Punja to name just a few.  Too tired to walk, the Media trolley is conveniently located at the entrance to Bowling Green.
Beautiful Tree Lined Streets - Bowling Green, PA Real Estate for Sale
 Buying a home in Bowling Green is not for the faint of heart.  Even during downturns in the market, homes for sale are scarce and sell quickly during peak times in the market, you need to put an offer in During that time, the low was $320,000 to a high of $668,900.  The median sold price was $450,000 and the average was $468,489.
Classic Philadelphia 1920's and 1930's Architecture

 

Buying a home here is not for the faint of heart.  Even during downturns in the market, homes for sale are scarce and sell quickly during peak times in the market, you need to put an offer in immediately and do expect competition. During the last 3 years, only nine homes out of a possible seventy-four, have sold in the last THREE years!
 

Do you need to sell a home in Bowling Green?  Click on the link below to start the evaluation price.  It is critical that you work with an agent like those at the Carl Adams Homes Team at KellerWilliams Real Estate Media that understand how to get all of the potential buyers through your home.  Nothing would be worse that selling in one day to the first person that shows up, when there could be many more who would bid for your home!
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Would you like to live in Bowling Green?  Click the link below to see what homes are available now.  Chances are good that here may not be any for sale at the moment, in which case send the Carl AdamsHomes Team an email and we will put you on a search so you will know as soon as one does become available.
Current Homes For Sale in Bowling Green, Media, PA 19063


Bowling Green is Philadelphia suburban living at its finest!  Walk ability to shops and restaurants, plus an east commute to Center City and the airport.
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Monday, April 7, 2014

The Spring Market is Hot! Let’s sell the house. An agent called, wrote, knocked on the door, emailed, tackled me at the Acme and said they have a buyer……… STOP!!!!!!

I was so cool! I even had a pager.....
I remember twenty years ago, when I first got my license.  Clinton was in the Whitehouse, I just got the original Motorola flip phone and if you wanted to find out what homes were for sale without actually talking to an agent, you went through the office trash, under the cover of darkness, to swipe last weeks mls book.   I was sitting floor duty (literally sitting at a desk, waiting for the phone to ring) and an older, more experienced agent was reliving the “glory days” of the late 1980’s.  “You should have been here son, if you listed it on Monday and it wasn’t sold by Tuesday you did something wrong! Those were the days and we’ll never see that again!”, said my friend.

We actually saw that market again several years later and for a longer period than in the late 80’s and we are starting to see that again, in some markets. Well that’s great isn’t it?  How cool would it be to sell your house in one day and for full price even?  Actually, that would depend who the buyer was and who else got a chance to see a house.
Who saw this house other than the person who bought it?
 
You will have to permit me a few minutes on my soap box, please.  We will soon see sold signs on your neighbors’ homes that say sold in a week, or sold in one day; nifty huh?  My other personal favorite is a sold sign goes up on your neighbor’s yard and you don’t remember seeing a for sale sign.  When you talk to the neighbor, they tell you how they sold it; “quietly”! What exactly does that mean?

In Pennsylvania, in most instances, you employ a Realtor as your agent.  The listing contract creates a fiduciary agreement, where your agent, now has fiduciary responsibilities on your behalf.  Specifically, these duties include Loyalty, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Obedience, Reasonable care and diligence and accounting.  So I list your house on Monday, bring a buyer I found through Monday night, they pay full price and I have a sold sign up the next morning before the next showing. Woo-hoo I sold it in one day!  I am so good and your so pleased; right?  NOooooooooooooooooooo!  I had a duty to show you reasonable care and diligence, remember?!  What about Loyalty?  Your best interests before mine?
Any potential agent you hire should be able to produce how many buyers visit and use their website
 
If I knew of 1 buyer for your home, and there are @4,000 other Realtors in the market, how many of those other agents have a buyer for your house?  2, 15, 100?  Test question; in the above situation, was I, a.) Representing the Seller, b.) Representing the buyer or c.) Representing the agent (me)?
The fact that your house is for sale should not be a secret!
 
The other term we often hear is that the home was a “quiet listing”.  Huh?  Is that a secret listing?  Maybe it’s being sold by a secret agent, governments are cutting back you know and James Bond has a real estate license (doesn’t everyone these days?).  Here’s how a quiet listing usually works.  A home is listed with an agent of a brokerage, and “with the seller’s permission” isn’t put into the multiple listing system.  The listing agent markets it through the other agents in their office, or multiple same franchises or other agents that he or she agent may think does business in the area.  The home sells of course in record time, possibly even for full price.  Isn’t that special?
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What does this mean to you, if you’re thinking about selling your home? Be very careful.  Make sure your listing agent understands you want them to market your home to every possible buyer that is available to buy your home.  They should have no concern as to what brokerage brings the buyer.  Remember, you are hiring them to sell your home to the highest paying and best qualified buyer, which may not be their buyer, their offices buyer or their companies buyer.  If you are encouraged to list the home “quietly”; run.  If they want to bring their office and their buyers through before you are on the open market, say firmly; no thank you.
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If you are thinking of selling your home, you should think about interviewing at least three agents.  Ask your family, your friends and call agents that appear most busy in your area.  Ask each of these agents what their marketing strategy is and specifically, how will they get all of the buyers through your home before you get an offer?  Remember, they are supposed to be working for your best interests.  If an agent if being overly aggressive in having you sign a listing contract RIGHT KNOW, you can go onto the next one.  It is reasonable that a good agent will give you time to think about such a big decision and should have enough confidence in their abilities that they don’t need you to sign that instant.

You should also do a little research of your own on what’s for sale in the area.  For your convenience we have some market links below.

 

 

Want an easier solution?  Just contact my team and we will be happy to schedule a consultation or second opinion and show you why we should be your agent of choice.  For over twenty years countless home owners have successfully put their trust in us to sell their homes.  We can even provide you references but we are confident that you will immediately see the difference in preparation and marketing strategies when you meet with us.  You owe it to yourself, as you sell your largest single asset, to do your homework.

 
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