Keller Williams Wins JD Power & Asso. “Highest Buyer Satisfaction” Award

For the 3rd straight year Keller Williams Realty has won the JD Power and Associates award for highest buyer satisfaction among national real estate companies.

With a company culture that honors God, Family and then Career winning this award is a natural result of those principled values at work.  The company also offers continual training that keeps Realtors up to date on the quickly changing trends and legal landscape of real estate.

Rob Turchetta was the #1 Keller Williams agent in Spartanburg county year to date through June 30, 2010.  If you would like to consider a career in Real estate or if you are an agent looking for a change I would be happy to talk to you about joining my team.

Keep Looking Up!

Rob Turchetta

How Many Homes For Sale are in Spartanburg County?

The amount of Spartanburg County homes for sale is at an all time high.  from June 2008 to June 2009 the amount of homes for sale in Spartanburg county increased 97%!!! from 1,877 to 3,590.  That increase was driven by a poor economy and easy credit standards allowing virtually anyone to buy a home. Read more..

How Many Times Does the Average Spartanburg Home Get Shown Per Month?

When a residential home seller has their home listed for sale on the market expectations for a sale are usually high at first and then wane with time.  Each passing day seems to dim the hope of a quick sale and creates doubt and frustration.  Thoughts such as:  Maybe we should paint the living area?  The front really needs to be pressure washed.  Should we reshingle the roof?  Honey, I told you we should have remodeled the bathroom!  and on and on the thoughts go.  Many times these thoughts are valid but often they are just over kill.

Irrespective of our hopes and doubts, what is the proper expectation a seller in Spartanburg county SC should have as to the number of physical showings per month.  We all know that zero is too low but how many is too high?  Read more..

Spartanburg County Home Showings for 2010

A precursor to Spartanburg home sales is the number of home showings in the Spartanburg market place.

This chart is a large sample of showings from an appointment setting service that schedules a significant amount of showings in the Spartanburg market.  Therefore, it can be considered an accurate sample size for the Spartanburg county home showing rate. Read more..

Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended to September 30, 2010

Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended for 2010

After a close brush with the deadline, Congress has passed an extension of the Home buyer Tax Credit closing deadline, the Home buyer Assistance and Improvement Act (H.R. 5623). The extension applies only to transactions that have ratified contracts in place as of April 30, 2010 that have not yet closed. The legislation is designed to create a seamless extension the new closing deadline for eligible transactions is now September 30, 2010.  There is will be no gap between June 30 and the date the President signs the bill into law.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) worked closely with Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to enact this important legislation. Extending the Tax Credit Closing deadline will help provide additional stability to real estate markets across the nation.