Members of Fazendin Staff at Twins Game with Organist Sue Nelson
A few members of the Fazendin Staff took in a Twins game on Thursday, May 10. Unfortunately, the best performance of the night was by organist Sue Nelson!
News continues to be good in the residential real estate world. Our President/Sales Manager Andy Fazendin was quoted in today’s Star Tribune article about the market. Roger Fazendin REALTORS continues to have good news too – unit sales are up 73% as of end of April. If we can help you or someone you know, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Just a quick glimpse into what the agents do on Monday morning’s at Fazendin. They gather – first for Sales Meeting. Each week a topic or speaker shares information to keep our agents current with what is going on in the industry. Our agents don’t want to miss Sales Meeting – they want to be in the know. We also share successes and challenges as a collective team. From there we go on tour. Our Fazendin agents tour every one of our listings together. The industry chooses to go on Tuesday’s during Broker Opens to do this – but if you are hosting an open then you don’t get to see the other agent’s listings. By going on Monday – everyone has the opportunity to see every listing – which is great when floor questions come in about our listings. Agents have toured the homes and are better equipped to answer questions. The third piece of the gathering is we share lunch together. Agents and staff take turns teaming up and cooking lunch for one another. This piece is enjoyed by all. Sales Meeting, Tour and Lunch every week is just one of the ways that Fazendin is unique and works to give you the highest level of service!
Roger Fazendin REALTORS is participating in the Nationwide Open House Weekend this weekend – Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29. Many new listings this week at Fazendin and many open houses! Pick out a few and come and take a tour! We’d love to see you. Check out our website http://www.fazhomes.com/ and search for all the Open Houses this weekend.
As brainstormed by our agents at our weekly office meeting the week of April 23, 2012:
Inventory is low – Steve Battis
Lots of open house activity and realistic sellers getting prices right – Marilyn Richter
There is an abundance of buyers right now – Dick Willis
Rates are great and we are starting to see multiple offers – Carrie Swanson
You may have to sell low, but you will buy low too – Beau Bruneau
Spring is “prime time” to sell – Twyla Weiland
Don’t try to time the market – you usually miss it and end up reacting too late – also there is not a ton of new construction in our area – Andy Fazendin
Reduction in foreclosure and short sell inventory – less competition – Corey Robertson
If any of these reasons, make you stop, think and wonder “should I be selling?” Why not call one of our knowledgeable agents and investigate for yourself. It could be the perfect time for you!
If not, you should! What is Patch.com you ask? It’s a source for local knowledge that you can’t live without, according to their website and many of us at Roger Fazendin REALTORS® are finding this to be true. It’s real time information about things going on in your area. They have even sent Breaking News Alerts throughout the day of urgent news that people need to know – like a school closing or traffic jam, etc…
Patch.com is located in many states including Minnesota and the news is specialized by cities. For example, you can receive daily updates from Patch.com about news in your area – like Plymouth, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Lake Minnetonka and more. It’s easy to sign up. Go to Patch.com and enter your zip code. You can request to receive Patch.com in your e-mail daily.
It is interactive too. Patch.com says they are a new way to find out about and participate in what is going on near you. Just this week on the Patch.com Maple Grove site there was a great article “Recovery? Maple Grove Home Prices Surge”. Our own Andy Fazendin, MAAR president-elect is quoted in the article.
Click on the link and take a look and then sign up for Patch.com for your neighborhood!
Some of the REALTORSÒ at Roger Fazendin REALTORSÒ were able to partake in a special home tour this week. JMS Custom Homes, LLC (the 2011 Builder of the Year Award Winner) invited our office to be the first group to enjoy their new beautiful, coach, luxury bus. The agents boarded the bus at the Fazendin office and toured three new construction homes by JMS Custom Homes in Eden Prairie, Edina and Minnetonka.
We spoke to Fazendin REALTORÒConnie Ede for her insights about the tour. “It was great to see new material being used in flooring, wall coverings, and hardware appointments. Windows too – what a difference big, argon windows make that let the light in and deflect the sunlight!” Connie also noted that she was very impressed with the workmanship. When asked about a feature that she hadn’t seen before or was most impressed with Connie mentioned the “pot filler” – a water faucet above the stove. You simply turn it on and fill your cooking pot with water and you don’t have to carry those heavy pots from the sink to the stove – ingenious!
Connie has been selling residential real estate since 1976. Her final comment about the tour was “if you’ve lived in your home for many years you should get out and see what’s being done today – it will help you to be aware of the updates needed when it’s time for you to sell or give you ideas of options so you can enjoy your home in a more current way!” Thanks JMS Custom Homes for the great tour!
Ever look at a house for sale and wonder could we afford that? Is that neighborhood near our price range? Are you thinking about purchasing your first home, but not sure how much you can purchase? If so, have you ever tried the Mortgage Calculator on the Roger Fazendin REALTORS website?
The Mortgage Calculator is on the left side of the list of features. You simply enter the list price, the down payment, the loan term and the interest rate. It automatically calculates what your mortgage payment would be – you can also include taxes and insurance fees into the calculation to give you a better idea.
Or if you find a listing that you like by using our Property Search on the fazhomes.com website – when you click on the listing to look at the features you can click on the right and find a mortgage calculator specific to that listing. You can change the
parameters to meet what the current market is doing. It auto populates fields
like list price and taxes from the MLS listing detail.
So while you may have fun exploring the options on our website – when you are ready to get serious – give Cathy a call and she can give you more specifics and options that fit your personal situation. Things are always changing in the mortgage industry, so contact a professional who can steer you on the right path.
March was a busy, busy month at Roger Fazendin REALTORS – listings are selling and we have more buyers looking! Congratulations to our agents of the month who helped some great people realize their homeownership dreams!
