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Jamison, End Unit in Windrush, New Price $344,900

08-30-09
GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES


More details available at ZIPVO.com.

 

 

If you would like to look at this home email gita01@ao.com or call Gita at ReMax Centre Realtors 215-3438200x124

It has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, family room with fireplace, 1 car garage, deck, walk out basement.

This home is located in Central Bucks School district go to www.cbsd.org , It is within walking distance of community park.

Go to www.gitabantwal.com for details.
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Trans Bridge Bus lines. A great way to go to New York from Doylestown

08-11-09
GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES

If you live in Doylestown and do not wish to drive to New York, you can take the Trans Bridge Bus.

Go to www.transbridgebus.com

The bus stops at the Septa train station . You can buy your ticket at Doylestown Country food market at 203 w State street .

The bus goes to Newark Airport and Port authority in New York.

Doylestown is a great place with lots of restaurants, museums, shopping, and transportation.

If you would like to look at homes in Doyelstonw call Gita Bantwal at ReMax Centre 2153438200x124

or direct 2152758491

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Randazzo's Pizza in Jamison has delicious Food.

08-06-09
GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES

Randazzo's Pizza in Jamison is a great place for Pizza, hoagies and wings during Foot Ball season.

It is located at 2395 York Road, Jamison, Pa 18929.

You can order on line at Randazzos1.dineblast.com

Their telephone number is 2153434555.

I usually call in my order so it is ready for pick up.

If you are in the area I hope you will have a chance to eat there and stop in at my office at 2701 York Road. ReMax Centre Realtors.

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If you have listings, check zestimates on Zillow.

08-06-09
GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES

Zillow posts listings from the multiple listing and also suggests an estimated market price based on comps. If it were this easy to get an idea of price, banks would not pay for BPOs and buyers need not pay for appraisals.

A local agent goes into the house and accounts for upgrades and helps determine the price and so does an appraiser . This can be more accurate than a Zillow zestimate.

These days buyers assume they know everything , and do their own comps based on Zillow when they make an offer and disregard advice from the agent. They think that our fees are based on percent of sale price so we make more if we sell at higher price.

But the good thing about Zillow is that the owner or agent can make changes based on upgrades as zillow has no idea how the house compares to a recent sale in terms of upgrades. This way atleast the price will be higher than the original estimate.

I recently had a buyer who decided to offer a certain price which after negotiating for a week is only $10k. less than seller's counter offer and zillow price , there are $20k in upgrades . If the agent had taken the time to check it out , the buyer might have agreed. The buyer has a few friends who are all experts because they have bought a house and the buyer thinks he knows everything

They need an agent only to show a house.

Zillow is a good site and you can look up listings and see recent sales in the area but their price is just an estimate.If you look at sale price and estimate in many cases they are different.

If buyers determine price based on Zillow, how come sellers do not do the same thing?

Attention buyers! ask yourself this question.If we can get a value of a home by going on the internet why would banks send appraisers to check out value?

A good agent tries to get the lowest price for the buyer and bases it on knowledge of the market. Our business is based on referrals which can be worth thousands of dollars in the long term, rather than selling you a home for a few thousand dollars and getting an extra couple of hundred dollars in commissions.

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What do you think of Pre qualification letters?

08-05-09
GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES

Many Mortgage brokers and loan officers give free pre qualification letter to home buyers .

These letters usually say subject to verification of employment ..... etc

They ask the buyers a few questions and run a credit check. The letter is based on credit check but other things may have not been verified. When I am the listing agent I explain it to sellers.

Sometimes they give pre qualification based on the offer. Sometimes this can backfire because if the seller thinks the buyer can not afford more and there is a better offer on the table , he will not make a counter offer to one he thinks qualifies for a lower price.

I wish buyers can make an application and have everything verified and get a Pre Approval subject to appraisal and they can then just look for a house. But most lenders expect to see an agreement of sale first.

Now that it is going to take longer for approvals it would give first time buyers time to close by the deadline.

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