Reason #7 to list your home during The Holidays: Positioning. Selling before the first of the year positions you to be able to purchase closer to Spring, when inventories are traditionally higher and you have more to choose from. This could save you money when you buy. Stay Tuned for Reason #8 ... Previous Reasons: Reason #1 to list your home during The Holidays Reason #2 to list your home during The Holidays: Reason #3 to list your home during The Holidays: Reason #4 to list your home during The Holidays: Reason #5 to list your home during The Holidays: Reason #6 to list your home during The Holidays: 12/06/2010

Reason #6 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays: Scheduling Sensitivity. Buyers are more sensitive to the time of year, so appointments may be more conveniently scheduled. Come the first of the year, if someone wants to see your home, you will have to drop everything and show it.    Stay Tuned for Reason #7 ...  Previous Posts:  Reason #1 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays Reason #2 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays Reason #3 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays Reason #4 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays Reason #5 Why to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays 12/06/2010

Reason #5 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays. Fewer fall-throughs. The best agents are still working now and the best agents are more likely to have the most qualified buyers and are the best prepared to smoothly close a sale. Stay Tuned for Reason #6 ... Previous Posts: Reason #1 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays. Reason #2 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays. Reason #3 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays. Reason #4 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays. 12/04/2010

 Hello. Here is your weekend rate update for:  December 3rd, 2010 *30 day rate locks* Purchase Transactions*   Conventional: 30 year fixed 4.50% 0 points 4.25% with 1.0 point 15 year fixed 3.875% 0 points 3.625% with 1.0 point FHA: 30 year fixed 4.5% 0 points 4.25% with 1.0 point ARMS: 5/1 3.25% 0 points 3.5% with 1.0 point 7/1 3.50 % 0 points 3.25% with 1.0 point 10/1 4.0% 0 points 3.75% with 1.0 point *rates are based on a minimum loan amount of $125,000 and minimum credit score of 720* Feel free to contact your home mortgage consultant if you have any questions.   12/04/2010

 Reason #4 to list (or re-list) your Home during The Holidays Home for the Holidays. The excitement [and happy mess] of the Holidays is a selling point. Homes decorated for the season project warmth to buyers, causing them to "mentally move in." Buyers pay more for a "home" than a house.     Stay tuned for Reason #5 ...         Previous Posts: Reason #1 on why to list your homes during the holidays Reason #2 on why to list your homes during the holidays Reason #3 on why to list your homes during the holidays     12/04/2010

Reason #3 to list (or re-list) your home during The Holidays: Busy time. Everyone is "busier" at this time of year, so only the really serious buyers are shopping; including out-of-town transferees, often times the most qualified buyer.    Stay tuned for Reason #4     Previous Posts: Reason #1 to list your home during The Holidays Reason #2 to list your home during The Holidays 12/04/2010

Dee Nofziger, Realtor - The Danberry Co., Realtors Reason #2 to list (or re-list) your home during the Holiday Season and before the end of the year: Everyone else waits until after the Holidays and so by listing now you avoid getting "lost in the shuffle."   Stay tuned for Reason #3 ...   Previous Posts: Reason #1 12/04/2010

Danberry Realtors in Toledo OH. Danberry Co., Realtors' dinner auction is an annual event, but the needs of children with chronic illness continue throughout the year. Danberry hosts a variety of fundraising events all year long, and together in 2010 we raised enough funds to donate $50,000 to The Danberry Treasure Chest. This is an emergency assitance fund set up at The Toledo Children's Hospital benefitting families struggling with finances ehile their child struggles with a serious illness. Funds are administered through The Toledo Community Foundation and used for things such as a mortgage payment, back utilities, car payments, or in the worst of circumstances, to cover funeral expenses. Please see below for further details and what you can do to help ...     12/02/2010

If you're an inhabitant of any state of the union, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know the day after Thanksgiving is a day of deals, deals, deals. Store owners and retail companies make a nice chunk of cash on that day alone. So it got me thinking yesterday that perhaps now is the time to institute a Black Friday for Real Estate. Some of you may be in the red for the year and this would give you an opportunity to get into the black and end the year 2010 with a bang. In keeping with the retail store advertisements, I am suggesting the following ... 1. Buy One Get One Free - know anybody with more than one property to sell? (Yeah, me too. Lots.) Suggest a BOGO to them. Why the heck not. What can it hurt? 2. Buy One Get One Half Off - see above 3. If a buyer writes an offer on... 11/22/2010

Do the 2010 Election Results Mean The Economy Is Finally Going To Recover - Dee Nofziger's Real Estate Update Hi, this is Dee Nofziger, your Local Real Estate Agent in Toledo, Ohio. I wanted to touch base with this week's edition of Housing News. I will educate you on housing issues that affect homeowners in today's crazy times.Here is what I am going to cover in today's issue:* Is the economy finally starting to recover?* How To Pay Off Your Home 7 Years Sooner and Save Thousands On Interest* Something Fun To Do While Exploring Northwest Ohio: Maumee Bay State Park. We had a great visit there with my family.   * Business Spotlight: Salon Uptown.If you have any pressing real estate needs or questions, then you can reach me at (419) 260-1435. Or, e-mail me at dee@danberry.com.  --------... 11/21/2010

New Activerain Outside Blog. Dee's Daily Drizzle of information about short sales and the real estate climate and life in Toledo and NW Ohio ... Dee Nofziger is a Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) and offers free consultations to Toledo area homeowners about their options in this challenging market. Short Sale Questions answered by Toledo Short Sale Blog Columnist and Certified Distressed Property Expert Dee Nofziger Property Taxes causing Foreclosure Action Foreclosure Proceedings cancels my Insurance Policy My Lender just Sold my Loan I thought it would work, but it didn't. Forensic Loan Audits Sometimes they don't tell you the truth Excalating the short sale file Stop Foreclosure Institute of Toledo Sunny with a Chance of Short Sale and more! Dee's Daily Drizzle of informa... 11/20/2010

There are a few problems you may run into when you attempt to escalate a file. Sometimes the negotiator won't give you their supervisor's info. They won't order a new appraisal or help you out. Most people would be at a dead end. Here is how to get their supervisor's contact info. Discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and request a free consultation by clicking here. Call the lender's short sale 800 number. Tell the person answering that you are working on a file with the short sale negotiator and you need to talk to their supervisor. Say something like, "We've talked to the buyers. They will not raise their offer. We've had this house listed for 94 days and this is the best offer we have received. The buyers asked me to call and plead their case." Most of the time, t... 11/12/2010

  DEE NOFZIGER EARNS PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION TO HELP HOMEOWNERS IN DANGER OF FORECLOSURE Dee Nofziger of Danberry Co., Realtors in Toledo, Ohio has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This invaluable expertise is offered at a time when many areas of the country are ravaged by "distressed" homes in the foreclosure process. Short sales allow the cash-strapped seller to repay the mortgage at the price that the home sells for, even though it is lower than what is owed on the property. With plummeting property values, this can save many people from foreclosure and even bankruptcy. More and more lenders are willing to consider short sales because they are much less costly ... 11/03/2010

Home Mortgage Interest Rates for October 23, 2010 from First Mortgage Consultants (an affiliation of Wells Fargo with Danberry Co., Realtors) Here is your weekend rate update: *30 day rate locks* Purchase Transactions*  Conventional:  30 year fixed 4.0% 0 points    3.75% with 1.0 point  15 year fixed 3.5% 0 points   3.25% with 1.0 point  FHA 30 year fixed 4.125% 0 points 3.875% with 1.0 point ARMS 5/1        2.75% 0  points 2.50% with 1.0 point 7/1      3.0 % 0 points 2.75% with 1.0 point 10/1   3.50% 0 points 3.25% with 1.0 point *rates are based on a minimum loan amount of $125,000 and minimum credit score of 720* For APR please contact your First Mortgage Consultant Loan Officer. These rates are for informational purposes only and are subject to change. Feel free to contact me if you... 10/23/2010

You are cordially invited to stop by 145 S St. Clair, Unit 23 at the River West Townhomes to view all the amenities this unit has to offer during the 6th annual Wander the Warehouse District,  on Sunday September 19, 2010 from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served.    Trendy downtown Toledo townhome...Private entry to this brick and stone 3 bedroom, contemporary design, townhouse hosts lots of windows, bathing the open floor plan in natural sunlight. Natural wood stairs lead from large ceramic tiled foyer to a spacious living room with electric fireplace and vaulted ceilings.  Next level is an eat in kitchen made for entertaining! Solid surface countertops, breakfast bar, plenty of cabinets, hardwood floors, all appliances for the cook. Dramatic layout has dining area overlooking... 09/18/2010

09/02/2010

Vote once daily through Sunday for the Toledo Museum of Art at http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/08/americas-favorite-art-museum-the-final/. We've made it past 62 other museums, now just one to go to put a badly needed feather in Toledo's cap! Please spread the word to everyone. The countdown has begun! Toledo Museum of Art is always on the itinerary for out-of-town guests. The collection is outstanding and always impresses. TMA is absolutely the best of show and so inspiring, plus comments on the website say the docent staff makes the experience complete. There's a peristyle for outstanding musical performances, a gourmet restaurant and the new Glass Pavilion is terrific - Toledo Board of Realtors recently had there 100th Anniversary Celebration there. Beautiful! I can remem... 08/26/2010

I have it on good authority that this fall will be bringing a new brewery to Toledo, Ohio.    Stay tuned for further developments as to when those of you with a discerning palette for a great brew will be finding 4 new taste tempting beers available at your favorite local pub.  08/23/2010

Mark your calendar for the 6th annual Wander the Warehouse District Loft and Home Tour on Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Experience the warehouse district of Toledo, Ohio as you never have.  Check out some of the trendy urban living spaces. 2010 TOUR SITES AND ATTRACTIONS Bakery Building -  33 S. Michigan Street.Sunflower Building - 802 Lafayette St.Bassett Nut - 43 S. Huron St.St. Clair Village - 48 S. St. Clair St. River West Townhomes - 145 S. St. Clair St. The Oliver House - 27 Broadway St. Fifth Third Field - Washington and Huron St. (TOUR)  11:30 AM and 12:30 PMBartley Lofts - 745 Washington St. Washington St. Townhome - 917 Washington St. Toledo Repertoire Theatre - 16 10th St. (TOUR)   Noon and 2 PM Tickets may be purchased the day of the event at Michigan & La... 08/23/2010

As True Today as a Hundred Years Ago - The Value of Value. Seeing that Real Estate is the world's oldest profession (some would argue the SECOND oldest!), it's not surprising that the words of John Ruskin still ring true today. A sign in the yard, an open house or two, and a basic web presence is not the way to sell a home nowadays. Saturation is the key - and that costs money. Consumers sometimes feel that real estate agents should charge less today because they use the internet to market their home - and the internet is FREE. WRONG! The interent is NOT free for agents, it is only free for consumers. Saturating the world wide web with a home's presence costs mula - and lots of it. So when an agent offers to cut his commission, home sellers should think long and hard about what else tha... 08/02/2010