See what Rob and Karla have to say about how they sold their Pleasant View Utah house and bought their new Ogden home – on the same day. Another raving fan of Joel and Ann Zieve, Keller Williams Success Realty, Northern Utah Home Team.
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Video Transcript
Rob: The fun begins and with a few other things coming up in the near future we decided it was time to downsize and move closer to where both of our moms are.
Karla: It was just very smooth from the very beginning. We were able to just click together. I believe that this process was probably one of the easiest and best. I really think the best was to go with you guys first because we have had a really good experience. I really liked the marketing. The very first thing that I like that you were able to do an Ariel view. I had never really seen something like that before so I was really impressed with the Ariel view. And then I was really impressed that you did the walkthrough, the things you said, and the enthusiasm that was shown, and the things that were showing so positive about our home. And then the way you guys marketing things and kept things going kept things moving, kept in touch with us to say ok what we can do here to see if we can help. And I really did appreciate how well that marketing went because I know that the marketing really helped us a lot and I know that it would have been harder if we wouldn’t have had the good marketing service’s that you guys gave us.
Rob: Everybody that we have talked to have been very impressed with everything and how it’s going. The timing has worked out perfect for selling this home and purchasing the other. We were able to close on both residences at the same time that was a big help.
Karla: I really can’t see anything that you guys could do different because you were so friendly, you were so helpful, and you were accessible to us, you helped us in any way possible. I just like what you’re doing so far so don’t break it what you got going is great.
Rob: Thanks Joel
Karla: Thanks Ann! Thanks Joel! Thanks everybody for all of your help to help us be successful to sell and move. Thank you very much
See what Renee and Weldon have to say about the outside the box real estate marketing that got the property sold. Another raving fan of Keller Williams Northern Utah Home Team.
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My name’s Renee Cross and I owned a lot on the East Bench of Ogden which Joel and Ann sold in a difficult market. My lot, they worked very hard, very diligently. They communicated very well to us on what was going on and the inquiries on the lot and I would recommend them whole-heartedly to anyone!
Past experiences in selling property in Utah have not been quite as pleasant. They’ve been very long-winded. Joel and Ann they have, every week given us weekly updates on any type of inquiry, what’s going on in the market in general and in the area. Joel and Ann, a tower of information! Did a lot of research, did a lot of communicating to us without us prompting at all. And I can honestly say I haven’t had that type of relationship with a REALTOR prior to meeting these two.
So, the Marketing was a little outside the box. I mean whether it’s the video stuff or the social media stuff, I think a lot of that stuff was outside the box.
Yes!
And I think that really helped!
And we feel every confidence that we ever lead anyone to have Joel and Ann represent them that it would be a very, very good, fortunate move on their part! It was a very pleasant experience. We appreciate Ann and Joel’s hard work and their diligence and their information, communication. It was all top notch and we were very pleased with the results!
Yeah, excellent!
Thank you!
“One big key was the constant communication with you…”
Learn how to flip Ogden Utah homes from Joy: Did hers in 3 weeks and got multiple offers (after firing 2 Realtors). Another raving fan of Keller Williams Northern Utah Home Team.
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I didn’t have to buy and sell, but it’s always been an interest of mine. I’d go in and rehab homes or improve them. It was in pretty bad disarray, but I like a challenge and I took it on. Thanks to you for finding the home in the beginning, and I appreciate that. The process of purchasing the home was very smooth.
Another Realtor I was working with and I understood their plan and what they were going to do, and after about 3 weeks I could see that nothing was done. So I gave them another month; still nothing was done. So I changed agents. They just didn’t quite have that marketing edge.
Finally you & Joel got a hold of me. I said, absolutely, I’d like you to list it. Gosh, in a matter of 3 weeks, we had an offer and the very next day we had another one so I was in a multiple offer situation, which was great! I appreciate that. Today was icing on the cake. We were able to sell the home, and got it closed!
The 57-Step plan was great! I mean, you have a lot of steps there. Probably the key element that I think anybody can glean from this is the constant communication. To me that’s important in understanding what’s going on. The activity, whether there is or not. I really liked the aerial photographs – the marketing aspect that excels from everybody else. I would definitely recommend you to anybody. I’d say, you know what, just turn them loose! Don’t micromanage them, don’t do anything, just let them do their job and you’ll have success!
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How To Read Utah REPC Purchase Agreement Plus Year Over Year Real Estate Market Stats
This Week I Cover…
How To Read The Utah Real Estate Purchase Agreement (REPC)
Year over Year Utah Real Estate Market Changes and Statistics
New Layton Home For Sale
Much more…
Want to know what your house is worth in today's market, find out now! Yes, it's free!
Video Transcript
Hello everyone! This Ann Zieve with the Keller Williams Success Realty and the Northern Utah Home Team here to give you my weekly market update, and this week we’re going to answer the question, “What is a REPC?” We’ll also look at some new homes that are in the market, but first let’s look at some market statistics.
So here’s our graph of rolling market statistics for Davis and Weber County, and we now have a year’s worth of data going back to October of 2012. So we can see what the trends have been for the last year, and you can see here the number of new listings is definitely up over the last year, although it has dropped off from the height of the summer market. We also see that price is up slightly from a year ago. Number of new solds is about where it was a year ago after making a roller coaster ride, and number of total listings is up from where it was a year ago. The only thing that is down from where it was a year ago is the number of days a house is sitting on the market. So we still have a pretty active market, although there are signs that it’s slowing down as we go into the winter months.
Well, do you know what a REPC is? Let’s talk about that. A REPC is the affectionate name that realtors give to the real estate purchase contract which is the uniform contract used in the State of Utah for the purchasing of a home. This is the offer that a buyer makes to a seller and that a seller agrees to accept from a buyer, and in here you have things like what’s going to be included with the sale of the home, what the purchase of the home price is going to be. You have stuff about possession, when the home is going to pass from the seller to the buyer. You have definitions about things like title insurance and closing and settlement. You also have information about whether an inspection has to be done, an appraisal has to be done. This is basically where all the terms are laid out, and it also has buyer’s right to cancel and seller’s right to cancel, and it also has what’s going to happen if the buyer or the seller defaults.
So if you haven’t had a chance to look at this contract, you should really do so before making an offer or accepting an offer, so you’re familiar with all the terms and commitments that you are making, and the most important part is the deadlines that everybody is agreeing to meet. There’s also usually addendums attached to this. So feel free to get a hold of us if you’d like to get a copy of a REPC so you can review before you make a purchase of a home or sell a home.
All right, well, let’s take a quick look at a new home on the market, and here’s a wonderful new home in Layton that’s listed at $275,000. It has a three-car garage which is a very rare find in this part of Layton, and it’s a beautiful 3200 square foot home with four bedrooms, two and a half baths, and a full basement ready for you to finish off to add more living space. It has a gorgeous kitchen that is going to be great for entertaining and everyday use, and the master’s suite in this house is just amazing too because you have two walk-in closets, two sinks, a jetted tub, your own private master bath, so you’re going to feel like you live in a five-star resort. There’s three other bedrooms on the second floor with the master, and the laundry room is there as well, so you have the convenience of the laundry on the same floor as all the sleeping rooms.
So feel free to get a hold of us if you want more information on this beautiful home. So that wraps up this week’s market update. Feel free to give us a call, a text or an email. If we can answer any questions or give you any information about what we talked about today or any other of your questions with the home buying or house selling process. Until next week, keep living smart. Bye, bye.
How Accurate Are Zillow’s Zestimates in Utah Plus Today’s Market vs. 10 Months Ago
This Week I Cover…
How to search for homes for sale in Utah on Zillow
How accurate Zillow’s “Zestimates” are (and what Zillow as to say about it)
How to find out what your house is really worth
Today’s Utah real estate market vs.October, 2012.
Much more…
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Video Transcript
Hello everyone! This is Ann Zieve with the Northern Utah Home Team and Keller Williams Success Realty here to give you my weekly market update, and this week I have some great tips for you about Internet searching for homes, but first let’s look at some market statistics, and then we’ll look at some new homes on the market, so let’s get going. So here’s our chart of weekly market statistics that we keep for you and right now we’re at the beginning to middle of August, and what I like to do is compare it to where we were about a year ago back in October, so about 10 months ago. You can see how the number of new listings has increased. Those sellers have a lot of confidence in this market so new homes are jumping on the market. Buyers are still buying. They still have confidence in the market, and so the price has been creeping up. Also, the number of days on market is down. It’s a little bit more competitive out there. So let’s take a look at some Internet searching techniques because that’s how a lot of people find out about the market.
So here I am on Zillow. I am sure a lot of you are familiar with Zillow. It’s the number one real estate search engine, but I bet you didn’t know this. If you go down to the bottom of Zillow and check on, click on Zestimates, it takes you to this nice, little chart and tells you about how accurate the Zillow estimates are, and you can see for Utah you only get a one star, and if you look down here to what one star means, it means that it’s based on tax assessors value or they are unable to compute the accuracy of their data. That’s because Utah is a non-disclosure state. Sellers are not required to report to any public agency what they sold a house for, so Zillow has no clue, so when you’re searching for values on Zillow just be aware that they are really guesstimates, not any kind of real life estimates. Let me show you an example.
Now, what is the real value of a home? The real value of a home is when a buyer and a seller agrees it is. So here’s a home that we recently sold that I put into Zillow and it estimates the value to be $332,000. I can tell you the home did not sell for that much, so that is not really the value of that home. Well, let’s look at one more. Here’s another home that we sold recently that the Zestimate is $144,000 and I can tell you that home sold for more, so again, Zillow is not right on the mark there, so the best way to find out the value of a home whether you are looking to buy or sell is to talk to a realtor. We have access to the MLS data which is accurate because sellers do agree to report sold prices there. We can give you a great value on a home you want to sell or that you want to buy.
Well let’s look at some homes that are for sale right now. This first home is listed for $150,000. It’s located in the popular Meadowbrook neighborhood which is north of 12th Street in Ogden. It’s four bedrooms, two baths, and the neighborhood has four parks, so there is no houses behind this home because it’s one of the parks that’s behind it. You can sit on your deck and enjoy the great view. You can see the home has been recently redone, new paint, new carpet, and it’s in great condition. Here’s another new home that’s available. This is actually a townhome listed for $205,000. It’s three bedrooms and three baths. It also has a two-car garage. It’s about $1,500 square feet, and it’s located right by the Ogden Canyon on the Ogden side, so it makes a great second home or a ski rental place for people who want to come out and ski and maybe just be here part-time, so that’s available.
So that wraps up this week’s market update. Remember that we are here to help you if you’re looking to buy a home, sell a home, or invest in real estate. We’re just a phone call, text, or email away, and we’re here to give you values on any homes you’re looking to buy or sell. So until next week, keep buying and selling that real estate. Bye, bye!
