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TU: Monticello’s Secret Sauce To Selling Homes

April 6, 2014

We reveal the Monticello secret sauce to selling real estate. From Today’s Times Union: In this new real estate market, buyers are using the Internet to search for their home, and they have thousands of homes to view. If you don’t have the cleanest, brightest, picture of your home’s best side, buyers are just going […]

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Why Pre-qualifying for a Mortgage Matters

March 24, 2014

We advise every buyer we work with to get pre-qualified for a mortgage (assuming you are not paying cash). The New York Times, recently covered the issued and reinforced the benefits of a strong pre-qualification letter. Monticello recommends only working with mortgage lenders who complete a comprehensive pre-qualification process that goes beyond just reviewing the […]

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Not all Mortgage Lenders are Created Equal

March 14, 2014

FREE ADVICE: I have a purchase contract, representing the buyer, which was supposed to close on March 3. We’re still waiting on the mortgage commitment letter (good news it’s coming today). The bank forgot to order their appraisal. This is a local bank (not one I recommend), but unfortunately these incidents seem all to common. […]

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Capital Region Real Estate Market Strongest in 6 Years!

Capital Region Real Estate Market Strongest in 6 Years!

January 23, 2014

If you’re a recent homebuyer, feel good knowing 2013 was the best year of home sales in the Albany-Saratoga real estate market since the great recession. In 2013, buyers purchased 9,221 homes in the Capital Region, the highest number of recorded sales since 2007. Moreover, home prices hit an all time high – the median […]

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