Cromer Group Real Estate & Neighborhood Blog
Selling Your Home in Coral Gables, Pinecrest or Palmetto Bay For Sale In Today’s Market
Your Home in Coral Gables, Pinecrest or Palmetto Bay For Sale In Today’s Market Selling a home in today’s challenging market can be difficult. Even if your home has outstanding features and you think you have the best property on the block, you need to prepare your home for sale first. Here are some suggestions [...]
What does “Comps” Mean for your Palmetto Bay Home?
What are Comps on your Palmetto Bay Home? Comps are the shorthand way of saying‘comparable properties.’ Let’s say you lived in a subdivision in Palmetto Bay with 100 similiar homes and wanted to sell your home. How would you arrive at a listing price? You would look for recent transactions in your neighborhood. So if [...]
Palmetto Bay Public Meeting Notification
PUBLIC MEETING NOTIFICATIONRoadway Project on US 1/South Dixie Highway Florida Department of Transportation District SixRoadway Project on SR 5/US 1/South Dixie Highwayfrom SW 168 Street to Banyan Street and fromWayne Avenue to SW 183 Street Project Identification Number: 428487-1-52-01. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Six is developing the design for a project along US [...]
Getting the Pre-Approval for your home sale in Pinecrest!
Q: As a seller, how can I be sure the buyer can really get the loan? A: Although there is no 100% guarantee, your best bet is to ask for a pre-approval letter. To receive a preapproval, the buyer needs to meet with the lender and fill out the loan application. The lender then checks [...]
Pricing your home to sell in Palmetto Bay
Q: How can I be sure I’m pricing my Palmetto Bay home to sell? Obtain current comparable estimates. If you live in a neighborhood with similar-sized homes, try to find a recent sales example and then extrapolate the price per square foot to derive a rule of thumb. Increase or decrease the estimate based upon [...]
Palmetto Bay Offer on House
Q: If I make an offer on a house in Palmetto Bay, and the seller sends a counter offer that I accept, can he still change his mind and sell the house to another buyer? A: A Seller can retract his counter offer any time before you accept it. If you accept the seller’s counter [...]
Quick Greening Tips
No-Fuss Green Fixes You do not need dramatic changes to go green. You can, in fact, take some small steps to green your home. All the small steps you try can add up to big eco-changes. Give up juice boxes: Juice boxes, a perpetual kitchen favorite of kids, are not so earth friendly. Even [...]
Total Wine Store opens in Pinecrest, Florida
Total Wine Store opens in Pinecrest, Florida It was the classic case of “If you build it, they will come” at the Total Wine Store today in Pinecrest, Florida. Although it’s technically “The Falls’ area, the store is promoting themselves as a Pinecrest Store, probably because of the visibility of the Village name. This [...]
What does it mean when a Realtor “Buys a Listing”.
What does it mean when a Realtor “Buys a Listing”. Happens all the time! Bob decides to sell his home. After living in it for years, Bob knows he has accumulated a good deal of equity. The property values have gone up, his mortgage balance has gone down, and Bob has made several home improvements [...]
Quick Tax Tips
As a real estate agent it is not my job to give home sellers tax advice. Indeed, it is advisable not to, since I could end up getting sued if I give wrong advice.Instead, I offer sellers this list of IRS tips. From time to time the IRS releases tips designed to help people with their [...]
