Wayne, PA

"We do not want to gain at someone else's loss; we want to gain while helping the other person to also gain."

— Jose Silva:

Many people today want the first part of the quote above, they want to crush the opposition, take no prisoners and be acknowledged as the winner. But in our business and in representing our clients the latter part is far more beneficial. It reminds me of the Zig Ziglar quote about achieving success through helping others achieve what they want.

Negotiations whether in a buyers market or a sellers market are all about helping both sides reach a consensus that the deal works for both, it may not give each side everything they want but it does help each side come to the table and accept the deal they got. You never know when you might need to go back to the other party and burning your bridges does not help you in the future, so keep those avenues of communication open and look to help the other side a little.

I find in the Main Line, PA Real Estate market that helping both parties achieve most of their goals leads to success. If you want help achieving your goals then give me a call now and lets get started moving you towards achieving your goals straight away.

The market has been picking up recently and you are not seeing my signs because...

As the sign above shows we have sold all our current listings. Really, we have no listings at the moment, but we have two coming soon, a Town home in Exton and one in Villanova an executive quality home, which has all the bells and whistles. Both will be on our website soon.

We don't expect to have these long, so if you are thinking of listing your home soon, give us a call and find out what makes us different. We are not like everyone else and our success shows that, we sell homes all along the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.

If you are looking to buy a home, we represent buyers as well, for both buyers and sellers we act as a personal expert, a Real Estate Consultant allowing you to made educated and informed decisions about the buying and selling process from mortgage provider, home inspector, to price. So why do the same as everybody else be different and hire your own Personal Real Estate Consultant, give us a call today, the number is on the SOLD sign above.

Looking for somewhere new to grab a bite, why not try Ella's Bistro in Wayne, right on Sugartown Road in the Acme/Kmart shopping center. As part of the recent development and extension of the shopping center this is a welcome addition.

I stopped by yesterday with a friend for lunch, I was pleased I had booked as the place was packed. It provides a nice alternative to The Paddock of Devon across the road on Lancaster Avenue and is definitely a more upmarket feel with white tablecloths and although I had seen a post about bad service I had no complaints. Quick update on The Paddock is that it closed, yes, gone out of business. To be honest, the food was only average, and the menu somewhat limited, and the sapece very large and numbers of customers has been low when I have been there.

Lunch is a hard meal to asses how good the food is going to be across the board, I had a chilli, and my friend went with a chicken sandwich, but both were tasty and looked great when presented. Service was attentive without being over bearing and there when you needed it.

Well worth a try they are open for lunch and dinner, there is a nice looking bar that I am sure will become another place to meet friends for a quick drink after work not being to large and for those who don't want to go all the way into Wayne is a nice alternative to George's and as stated The Paddock which can feel a little large and noisy at times which is also now closed, good news for Ella's although there really was no comparison between the two because in my opinion ella's was much better.

If you go let me know what you think.

Here is some Main Line real estate sales data for the last quarter of 2011 for different townships along the Main Line.

As you can see average prices per square foot are all lower compared to one year ago. So if anyone tells you that Main Line real Estate is invulnerable to the current housing crisis they don't know what they are talking about.

Currently sellers in Haverford and Tredyffrin seem to be getting prices closest to their asking price although that price has fallen per sq foot over the year steadily each quarter in Haverford whilst in Tredyffrin they have been up and down. Highest price per square foot this quarter was obtained in Lower Merion Township at $211 per square foot which also had the most sales for this quarter just beating out Haverford Township both being up in the 80's. Days on market have increased although some homes do sell quickly, and it is all about pricing your home correctly, over pricing in this market is a sure way to be a just listed and not a just sold home owner.

If you need advice on pricing your home correctly and marketing it to get it sold please contact us so you can get your home prepared for sale for the Spring Market.

I wrote back in November about a scene I saw in London, the blog was titled Will we ever see this in America? well I had several comments from people on the West Coast how local municipalities were providing charging stations for cars, but I just read how Wayne, PA had installed one in their parking lot. So I stopped by today to check it out.

As you can see it is empty, but it is close to the station as you can see, right behind the Wayne Senior Center so it is convenient for those shopping, eating out or commuting to Philadelphia to use. It does contain a charging station as well, so all those local electric car drivers get on down here and take advantage of this parking slot and charging station, you can even come from afar knowing you can re-charge your battery. So, in answer to my previous question, yes we will see it in America and right in my own backyard so I am very pleased. As you can see this is provided by wind energy as well, so an even better choice.

Now I just have to go and get myself an electric vehicle, lots of choices out there today and be the Green Realtor along the Main Line.