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Diane Davidson gives an interesting talk about if adding improvements to your home payoff when it comes time to sell.

With inventory still low, Diane and Bill discuss why for those who know they'll be selling at some point in the next year but are wondering when the best time might be, Now could be the answer because with buyers out numbering sellers, the competition is fierce among buyers. While also offering strategies for selling before finding a new one.

With inventory in southern BH at near historic lows to make competition among buyers fierce Disne and Bill discuss why if you are thinking to sell it make sense to sct now to get ahead of the spring/summer selling season, along with some tips for short term strategies to blunt the effects of rising interest rates.

Bill Weidacher goes solo in a short episode today about how the low local inventory of homes on the market is great news for sellers and offers a few thoughts for where interest rates will sink to going forward in 2023

Diane and Bill caution listeners to not make a snap judgement from a headline they see in the media as they often can be mis-leading often need a fuller context to give a more accurate picture of the story they are attached to.

Diane and Bill discuss new buying trends from it now becoming a sellers market thanks to current market conditions and because the NH population continues to grow as more people are moving here from out of state.

Bill gives a little background on bills being considered by the NH Legislature that could affect multi-family unit owners and Diane gives the latest good news about the greater Manchester real estate market

Bill and Diane discuss the differences between NH headlines claiming it the worst year since 2014. But that was not the case in NH in 2022 or now, where there are still more buyers than sellers. which presents oppirtunities for the sellers.

Diane and Bill give some eye-popping insights about Mortgage "hacks", aka, ways to reduce your long and short term mortgage costs.

Bill Weidacher and guest host Nicole Quinn talk about resolutions to make for real estate in 2023

Diane and Bill discuss the new opportunities aheaf in what will be a more buyer friendly market in 2023 over what they've seen for a few years.

Diane and Bill talk about where the market is as 2022 closes and make predictions for what lies ahead in 2023

Diane and Bill talk about the effects rising interest rates have turned the sellers market of 12 months ago into one that while still robust locally into a more favorable to buyers to where sellers are more willing to provide better terms like paying some or even all of the buyers closing costs.

Diana and Bill discuss why with interest still on the rise and the inventory of homes on the market still historically low that if your are considering selling doing it now makes good strategic sense.

Bill Weidacher and Nicole Quinn discuss the art of pricing a home and how as the market has shifted a bit in recent months it's becoming a more friendly envirponment for buyers than it's been for the last 18-24 months.

Diane and Bill offer strategies for buyers and sellers, like focusing on local, not national news and your affordability over what interest rates are IF a recession happens.

Bill Weidacher gives the update on what's going in the southern NH market as the final month of 2022 begins.

Diane speaks with Matt Decoste from Ray The Mover of Manchester, NH about how working with your mover early in the process can save you money and make the overall process smoother from start to finish.

Diane and Bill talk about a mish-mosh of topics including key tips for getting a home in shape to sell, that despite inventory of available homes on the market femain low and recent interest rate hikes homes are still selling while slso offering a glimpse of what the 2023 market will look like.

A recent discovery in a listing agreement they encountered prompted Diane and Bill to discuss the importance for sellers to throughly read their listing agreement before signing on the dotted line.

Diane talks with Nicole Quinn about concerns buyers have in the face of rising interest rates on mortgages and about ways to manage the monthly payment through adjustable mortgages and other methods such as buy downs that can be re-financed when rates come down along with the opportunities present via concessions sellers are willing to make now that they wouldn't do in the bull market of the last several years.

Kepping with the Fine Homes Group's mission of Real Estate for a cause, Diane speaks with Keller Williams agents Jessica Nolan and Erin Herald of Fort Myers, Florida about their efforts to help people whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Ian and how people up north can assist their efforts to help their community recover.

Bill and Nicole Quinn talk about getting started in the process of buying your first home which they suggest should start with reading a copy of the book - Your First Home - which gives insight for how to pick the right agent, the negotiation process and what goes into qualifying for a mortgage. For those interested in a free copy Bill says contact the Fine Homes Group International in Bedford, NH and there's a copy for you.

Diane and Bill Talk About How The Shifting Market Over The Last Few Months Actually Resembles The Typical Fall Market Before The Boom Times Of Recent Years. And With Behavior Shifting A Bit In Response To National Headlines They Stress It's More Important To Know The Local Market Because The Flexibilty Buyers in Southern New Hampshire Are Now Enjoying Does Not Reflect What Is Going On Elsewhere.

Diane and Bill sift through the changes and perceptions (some incorrectly) going on in the market. As well as offering strategies for how to combat issues relating to rising interest rates in the still red hot southern NH real estate market.

Diane and Bill give an update for where the market stands in mid-September, which includes insight for how recent rising interest rates can actually benefit buyers over the long term

Diane and Bill discuss their method of reviewing Key Metrics Such As - Price Changes, Back On The Market Homes And Expired Listings - From The Previous 7 Days To Get A Sense Of How The Market Is Performing And Where It Is Headed In The Immediate Future.

Diane and Bill Discuss How Real Estate Is Now Moving To A More "Balanced Market" Where The Number Of Buyers And Sellers Are Closer To Each Other. Which is A Return To The More Tradional Way Than It's Been In Recent Years Due To Tight Inventory.

Diane and Bill talk about what's behind the market conditions of today and how national headlines can alter perceptions even when they don't reflect what's actually going on in a specific market like southern NH.

Diane and Bill discuss why The Recent Designation Of Three Southern NH Towns As Among Ten Of The Hottest Zip Codes In The Country Is Great News For NH And An Example For Why It's More Important To Focus On Local Real Estate News Over What's Reported About National Trends

With prices and interest rates rising Diane and Bill discuss how buyers can shrink the rising affordability gap by examining how much can be saved by cutting down on their frivolous spending.

In a What Do You Want To Talk About Today edition Diane and Bill talk about current market conditions in general and specifically why it's important to always put your best marketing foot forward in any market to create as many competitive offers as possible.

Diane and Nicole Quinn discuss how using a buydown strategy can help sellers whose homes are lingering on the market move them by helping buyers save on their mortgage costs by sellers using the equity in their home to buy down their interest rate.

Diane and Bill talk about current market conditions and offer tips for doing the extras to make your home stand out against the others during a time of a diminished number of homes on the market.

Bill Weidacher and Nicole Quinn talk about where the NH real estate market stands amid rising interest rates and inflation's impact on our local economy.

With Manchester/Nashua the fastest selling real estate market in the country at an average of nine days from listing to the first offer, Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn discuss strategies for sellers whose homes have not moved as quickly - such as the buydown that lets them maintain their asking price by buying down the mortgage rate to make the home more abordable for buyers.

Diane Davidson chats with 2021 Fine Homes Group International scholarship Darianna Moschetto about how she put to use her 2021 award living in Boston as a freshman at the Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

A discussion about the challenges the millenial generation faces while buying a home in 2022.

Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn discuss some shifting in the local market where an increase in price reductions for houses on the market are good news for buyers.

Diane Davidson and Bill Weidacher go inside the numbers for the month of May to discuss where the local market is headed amid some economic turbulent news. But with more houses coming on the market in May than in recent months there is some good news for buyers.

Diane and Olivia talk about what she's done over the last year to earn the annual FHGI Scholarship and what lies ahead for her.

Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn go inside the numbers of local properties the Fine Homes Group is working with to show how inaccurate listing prices of homes provided by firms like Zillow or Redfin can be because their automated estimates can't take the human element (positive or negative) into account.

An overview of where the real estate market stands on the brink of the heavy summer buying period

Diane and Bill talk about the origin of the Fine Homes Group International, its mission and their individual background in Real Estate to give prospective clients a sense of what they and FHGI bring to the buying and selling experience.

An entertaining discussion between Diane Davidson and Bedford (NH) Assesor Doug Irvine about what assessors do that provides useful information to buyers and sellers along with some fun adventures in assessing that Doug has managed to survive.

Don't Let THIS Man in Your House! Diane Davidson and Assessor Doug Irvine offer a primer for understanding the basic issues and complexities involved with how homes are valued.

The frenzy is finally easing

In this episode Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn explore creative ways to get an offer accepted.

A discussion about which home improvements, or any at all, are worth doing when you are getting ready to sell.

Bill shares a story about how a fortuitous cell phone butt dial to a previous client shows why it makes sense to get involved with an agent early in the process when you are considering selling down the road. That on-going communication can benefit in many ways from early preparations to if spending on home improvements will be worth it when they do eventually sell.

Diane and Bill discuss the numbers from the national real estate market and with some changes on the way, what they mean to the local market.

In this 10 minute edition of GD - REWAM, Diane and Bill have a little fun today talking about how much a home cost 100 years ago. Including leafing through information from the Sears Catalog to see what it cost to buy a Sears - build you're own home kit - that they would ship to customers. The prices are hilarious!

With the available number of homes on the market off by 18% from a year ago, Bill Weidacher says he's never seen a better time to sell a home in his 39 years in real estate than right now. That's because there are plenty of buyers competing for fewer homes being sold.

Diane and Bill discuss the many reasons why it makes the most sense when selling to work with a broker/agent over trying to do it on your own.

Bill and Diane discuss 5 different ways they help clients find the right home in today's tight inventory market. From traditional use of the MLS listings to the more proactive method of simply knocking on doors in good fit neighboods to locate attractive properties before they hit the market. Which, incidentally, is how Diane found the property she and Bill now call home. So you know it works!

A discussion on the factors behind the drop in the "affordability" index and how that impacts buyers and seller.

A very interesting discussion between Bill and Diane about the "comp" - which are comparable homes in size, location and recent selling price to the home now being put on the market. And secondly, how relevant is that actually to determing pricing a home in today's rapidly escalating market where the average sale is 103% of the original asking price.

Diane tells us there is so much more to consider than simply price when sellers have the good fortune of evaluating multiple offers when their home is on the market.

What your options are if doubts creep into a buyer's mind to create second thoughts. 

This episode talks about capital gains when selling a home and the key aspects that most people can miss if they are not informed on what the rules are in 2022.

This episode discusses the tax-deferred exchange process that makes it possible for investment property owners to sell one property and buy another similar—while deferring capital gains tax.

Diane Davidson and Bill Weidacher give an update on where the New Hampshire market stands as we enter the new year.

What we learned from the 2021 real estate market.

In a free form holiday episode Diane Davidson is joined by her partner (and husband) at the Fine Homes Group International Bill Weidacher, who draws on 37 years experience in the business to add his unique thoughts to a previous discussion about how to pick an agent with who most fits your needs.

Fine Homes Group International partner Bill Weidacher gives his final monthly update for the red-hot real estate market as 2021 comes to a close. 

A guide for how to provide an added layer of security for Sellers concerned about finding a suitable new home as they look to sell their current home. 

Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn go through everything you need to know about the home appraisal and the role it plays in the sale and/or purchase of a new home. 

An episode that looks beyond just the price of a deal to give listeners insights into  how to make all the elements of one work best for them.

For the past two years, the housing market has been a bit wild. Inventory has been low, interest rates are low but rising, and market competition has been about as high as imaginable. Today Bill Weidacher explains what the November 2021 update means for us all. You can find us at: www.finehomesgroupnh.com

A conversation between staging expert Diane Davidson and Nicole Quinn for how to make your home standout to potential buyers as they see it for the first time. . 

A discussion to help buyers find the best outcome in the current sellers market of today - which includes one important tip to follow. 

The keys to finding the right listing agent for you to help sell your home. 

A guide for how to navigate the hot NH real estate for your best benefit.

Tips and ideas for how to find the right buyer's agent for you.

Bill Weidacher and Attorney Ken Gould talk about the reasons why having title insurance is so important with a series of examples from their careers of expected and unexpected types of expensive pitfalls that have and can happen to homeowners who do not purchase title insurance at the time of their closing.

Diane Davidson speaks with Valerie Guerette of the Whitten Group about Keller Williams' upcoming – KW Charity Event on October 20th to let those interested know where the money goes, what kind of prizes are available to bid on and how you can get involved remotely.

Today Diane speaks with property preparation specialist Dina Delisle about the importance of preparing a property properly before it goes on the market and the thinking behind how and why Dina does what she does.

With inventory tight and sales brisk Bill Weidacher provides a market update for sellers to help them navigate the current swift moving market conditions as we enter the fall of 2020.

Bill Weidacher provides an update for where the market is for prospective buyers as we enter the fall of 2020 while providing tips, insights and strategies for how they should proceed in the months ahead .

Diane Davidson speaks with Fine Homes Group International’s Customer Care Specialist Shay Fowler about her role in working with mortgage, title search and other essential allied partners to ensure a smooth experience for buyers and sellers through the entire process from beginning to end.

Today Diane speaks with industry experts attorney Andy Gould and his associate Amy Fountain of Monarch Title Services about the importance of how the title search process protects home buyers

Diane speaks with owner of Ray the Mover (NH) and Marathon Moving (Boston) owner Paul Nelson about the most effective ways to pack up your home as you get ready to move.

Bill Weidacher speaks with Joe Griffin of Tri-State Home Inspection about the critical role a home Inspector plays in protecting buyers from unpleasant surprises before and after closing on the sale of their new home.

Bill and Diane discuss the complexities involved in the sales process and how they act in the same way a general practitioner does in medicine to work with all affiliated professionals like mortgage brokers, home inspectors, photographers, etc. to insure that the sales process goes as smoothly as possible. 

Diane and Bill talk about setting your personnel expectations for when the inventory of homes on the market is low and strategies for how to capitalize on that kind of market.

With the available inventory of homes below usual June norms due to the pandemic, Diane and Bill say that’s offering real benefits to sellers who already have their homes on the market and to those who act quickly to get theirs listed.

Diane and Bill talk about new tweaks made to ensure safety as buyers search for a new home during the pandemic. They also discuss how with interest rates being at all-times lows and inventory off about 50% of normal spring time levels and buyers still at around 90% of the norm  why it’s a great time to sell.

Diane and Bill talk about tweaks in the process made for safety while buying and selling during the pandemic. And also about the surprisingly strong shape of the local real estate market, particularly regarding the rare opportunities current conditions offer to buyers.

Diane and Bill discuss how buyers and sellers can best set their expectations to make the complicated process of selling or buying a home go as smoothly as possible.

Bill and Diane say - Don’t wait for a mythical time, the right time to sell is when you are ready or need to sell. They’ll  also talk about the do’s and don’t in the important job of preparing your home to sell.

A step by step plan for finding the right agent for you, including the key questions to ask when meeting a prospective real estate agent for the first time.

A conversation explaining what the agents job is, what you can expect them to do for you and how to find the right real real estate agent for you. 

A guide for deciding when is the right time to sell your him and the steps to take while deciding.  Show Open - 0:00 - 4:12  Today's Key Takeaway - 4:12 - 6:00 Part I - Key Questions to Ask - 6:01-21:56 Part II - Managing Expectations - 21:57-38:48

A guide and key factors for determining when the best time is for you to buy a new home and where the buyers market stands today Part I - (0:00 to 24.30) - Key Identifiers to let you know you're ready to buy a new home.  Part II - (24: 35 - 43:38 - How does the buying environment look today (Feb. 28, 2020) 

An introduction to the professional journey and real estate insights our hosts will offer in future podcasts, along with why giving back is a central theme in the guidance they offer to the buyers and sellers they work with.