Merrimack Valley Real Estate- Massachusetts, Essex and Middlesex County

Just posted an article on my Massachusetts Real Estate Blog about taking an outdated or rundown sofa and chairs and using inexpensive slip covers to draw a buyers attention away from them.  When buying a slip cover keep it solid white or nuetral and if you wnat to tie in color use throw pillows ...

Dracut MA Real Estate Update Dracut MA has seen a very modest increase in the median house price of a single family home.  A 2.9% increase from the same time in 2013 shows an increase of $257,500 to $265,000. Inventory has dried up quite bit from 91 to 55 homes on the market in Dracut.  A whoppin...

  I found this to be an interesting article and it is something home buyers should consider.  I have had to take classes on Meth Houses.  It is actually pretty scary.  I have shown some houses that have been disclosed as meth houses or I found through research to have been a meth house, though my...

Here is a technique I incorporate quite a bit in my real estate photography.  I blend a natural light photograph with a flash photograph to get a nice natural result.   Available Light Shot- This was photographed on a tripod at f9 at a 1/4 of a second.  I exposed for the overall interior scene.  ...

I just finished a blog post on my real estate website. Show It Dont Tell It- The importance of GOOD Real Estate Photography It is a post of a summary that the Wall Street Journal did on a study done by a Prof. Seiler.  The Study was a study of Home Buyer Internet Search Behavior: An Application o...

For me this could not have been a more timely blog post.  I just completed an article on Show your home to sell it!  The real estate article discusses how a home seller or even an agent can prevent a showing to happen.  As a home seller you have to remember though it may be incovenient you need t...

A recent home sale that had the potential to be very difficult but wnet very smoothly made me looking back over my 12 years in real estate, I have to say the most successful home sales have been the ones with great communication and collaboration between myself and the seller.   A home seller nee...

There is a misnomer that you shouldn't try to sell your home during the winter.  I have been selling homes for 12 years and Decemeber has been on of my busier months for most of them.  The one thing I can share is that the buyers that are out and looking at homes are serious buyers putting in ser...

I was showing homes in Groton MA on Sunday and had the opportunity to take some photos.  Somtimes we ignore the beauty right in our own backyard.... pictrues reposted from my real estate blog.     ________________________________________________________________________________ Kevin Vitali is a T...

Just got off the phone with a home buyer.  Its a lower end, low money down first time home buyer, limited funds, limited options.  But it is totally doable. That's fine, I love first time home buyers.  The buyer expressed the desire for a home for his growing family.  There really was't anything ...