Your Berkshire home has sold and now comes the really hard part. Moving away, even if that means moving across town or to another state. The result is stressful. Moving falls into the category of major life events. All change is stressful whether the stress is considered good or bad will depend on the cause of the change. Moving to [...]
5 Things to do Before Putting Your Berkshire Home for sale on the Market
1. Have a pre-sale home inspection.Be proactive by arranging for a pre-sale home inspection. An professional certified home appraiser/inspector will be able to give you a good indication of the trouble areas that will stand out to potential buyers, and you'll be able [...]
Tips for Tempting Winter Season Buyers
Dwelling, habitat, lodging, or home? How did home become what it is today? And furthermore why? Bill Bryson who wrote one of the most read books of the past decade A Short History of Nearly Everything has tackled these questions and more. His newest tome is At Home: A short history of Home Life which reveals the history of [...]
Living in the Berkshires and Southern Vermont can be a very chilling experience. Especially for Northern New England property owners whose property is exposed to below zero temperatures all winter. Did you know the most important home investment you can make in the winter season is preventing damage from frozen and burst [...]
In September of 2010 I completed my 35th year in Williamstown real estate. There was a time when counting the years in my early career meant simply lasting from one year to the next in business. I recall how I began my career right around Labor Day of 1975 with high hopes and many trepidations, [...]
Bennington Real Estate is offered through Harsch Associates Berkshires Real Estate Serving Southern Vermont for 31 years. A top 10 tourist event in Southern Vermont is the yearly Moosefest. Tourists come to see the most unusual flock of moose in Northern New England and indeed in the world. Click the moose photo to see the entire flock in [...]
R.E.Harmony: Finding a compatible Berkshire Real Estate Agent
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Fair Market Real Estate Value Defined- Berkshire Real Estate
Berkshire home sellers can teeter between hope and worry in the housing market in the Berkshires. Berkshire buyers are confused and hesitant. Real estate agents often fall somewhere in between the emotions of hope and despair depending on the particular day and month. Our [...]
A good Williamstown real estate agent is very familiar with the neighborhoods where he or she shows properties. But because of legislation called the Fair Housing Act, the agent can't legally share all of that information with you. When searching with your Harsch Associates Berkshire Real Estate agent for properties in Stockbridge, Lenox, [...]
Harsch Associates Berkshire Real Estate located in Williamstown MA presents Holiday Fire Safety Tips to assure that your holiday starts and ends joyously and safely. We have been selling homes for over 35 years and assisting buyers in Williamstown and Berkshire county in obtaining the perfect home for their family. As Realtors(R) we know [...]
Williamstown MA located in Berkshire County and home of Harsch Associates Berkshire Real Estate has a Christmas Tradition which benefits our four footed furry orphans at our local Humane Society. The Williamstown Annual Reindog Parade includes dogs of every size, shape and color who parade in full festive costume down Spring Street along [...]
We all believe we truly "see" what we are looking at (at least most of the time). It is no secret (especially among police detectives and attorneys ) that seeing things with our own eyes does not mean we actually "see" or remember the details. Read the few lines below and you will understand how your mind can help and hinder you by [...]
The idea that our tastes and choices are shaped by our environmental history is the basis for "design psychology." Design psychology has Jungian undertones associates with the domain of "environmental memories" or "self-place connection." Toby Israel, author of [...]
The newest property investment niche is buying real estate in a college town where the great mix of affordable homes and higher quality of life include low crime rates, better-than-average schools, thriving cultural venues, and quality health care facilities/providers make the living easy. Rutgers University completed a study in 2009 [...]
Berkshires Real Estate Market Value Opinions can often reflect serious Conflicts of Interest
Sellers of real estate tend to seek the advice of one or more Realtors ® to provide a market value opinion upon which to base a listing price. Home valuation advice from Realtors® can be fraught with conflict of interest. The Realtor® is strongly [...]
Sizing up vacation destinations
courtesy of http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/sizing-up-vacation-destinations--2
A roundup of how some of the biggest second-home markets around the region are faring
May 01, 2010 07:00AM
By Sarah Ryley
From left: Fire Island, Martha's VineyardFrom the splashy beaches of the Hamptons to the rolling [...]
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