Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Real Estate Marketing Trends

The home buying search is 90% online. Buyers are using the internet to find their new homes and their REALTOR. When you interview REALTOR's make sure to ask what their marketing plan includes.

Keller Williams offers web marketing at it's best. We stay ahead of the other Real Estate companies.

I use several websites to maket each property. You have to have internet presence to get your home sold.

If you have a REALTOR that still uses various ads that are not web based you will not get the attention for your home that you need.

Alicia Crouch, REALTOR
www.SoldByAlicia.com
AliciaCrouch@kw.com

Monday, July 26, 2010

Trying To Choose Your New Home Destination?

According to Family Circle magazine. One of Upstate, SC towns has been voted in the top 10 best towns for family. Who has won out? My first thought was Greenville, but I was wrong?

Simpsonville has been voted in. The magazine even mentions Freedom Weekend Aloft. The link will take you to the article http://www.familycircle.com/family-fun/money/10-best-towns-for-families-2010/?page=7

So, in limbo for where your next home will be? According to this article Simpsonville is the place to be.

For more information on listings in Simpsonville, SC please visit my website www.SoldByAlicia.com

Alicia Crouch, REALTOR
www.SoldByAlicia.com
AliciaCrouch@kw.com
(864) 529-5198

Friday, July 23, 2010

Sellers...Buyers will be looking this weekend

Sellers the buyers are out and they are looking for their new home this weekend. They have went to the internet and they like your home. They want to ride through the neighborhood scope it out and see if the house appears in person as it does online.

So, show them it does. Remember, fresh mulch, weeds pulled from yard, make sure there is a little color in your yard, flowers are great.

Step back look at your home from the road. Do you need to pressure wash? If so, do that. Curb appeal is the selling point for your home, if they ride by and do not like what they see on the outside, then they will not call to see the inside.

Be prepared, they may call and if so the inside needs to show as well on the inside. Touch up the paint. Look at the baseboards do they need to be touched up? A little white paint can go along way.

Remember kitchens and bathrooms are key. Kitchens do not clutter the counter, organize your cabinets. Bathrooms light and airy, not dark and dingy.

Remember up and coming, not been and gone.

Alicia Crouch
Keller Williams Realty

www.SoldByAlicia.com
AliciaCrouch@kw.com
(864) 529-5198

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Weekend Is Almost Here? Agenda Time.

Here are the new releases for movies in Spartanburg this weekend:

  • Salt
  • Ramona and Beezus
  • Countdown to Zero
  • Grease
  • Life During War Time

Box Office # 1 for last weekend was Inception a thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio who is a skilled thief who can steal valuable secrets from someone's subconscious.

Local Events for the weekend are:

  • Bele Chere in Asheville, NC
  • Little Women Friday, July 23rd, 2010, 7:00 p.m. The Academy of Arts Logo Theatre , Taylors, SC
  • Women's Conference Friday, July 23rd, 2010 7:00 p.m. First Baptist Church North Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
  • Sunday Brunch, Brasserie Ecosse, Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Spartanburg, SC

Enjoy your weekend and remember be safe no matter what you decide to do.

Alicia Crouch, REALTOR
www.SoldByAlicia.com

AliciaCrouch@kw.com

(864) 529-5198

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Internet Confusing You About Real Estate?

How many sellers or buyers have hit the internet for the latest breaking news on the Real Estate market and where it is going? I am going to guess everyone reading this blog. How many are confused from conflicting statistics? Yes, I know. That is where my knowledge of the market and experience comes in.

If you want the help to sort out what is "really" going on and see the circle our market is going in, the contact me, we can do this together. The circle will show you where you are and where you are headed. You need to make an informed decision about your future as a seller or as a buyer, and you will want a REALTOR that will know where this circle is and where it is headed.

Keller Williams Spartanburg was #1 in Sold units in Spartanburg MLS for the month of June 2010. We did not get there without knowing where the market is and where it is headed. We are a strong group and we are leading in technology in Spartanburg. We have the information every REALTOR should have but doesn't that is what sets us apart.

At this time all Real Estate news may not be great news but we will deliever it to you anyway.

Contact me for more information about today's Real Estate market.
"Your Home Is My Top Priority!"
www.SoldByAlicia.com aliciacrouch@kw.com (864) 529-5198


Alicia Crouch