Blog :: 12-2018

Berkshire Real Estate is our profession. Here at Harsch Associates Real Estate we have sold over $527 Million Dollars of property all over the Berkshires including Williamstown, Lenox, Stockbridge and Great Barrington. As a Realtor Emeritus, Paul Harsch has more than 40 years of experience in guiding sales to closings. Our real estate agents offer the professionalism you expect from Top Producers. Call us today to begin your journey from sale to SOLD.

Buying and Selling a Home in Massachusetts| Your Rights as a Buyer or Seller

By Joyce Harsch
Posted Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018

The most common real estate listing contract in Massachusetts is an "exclusive right to sell" agreement. Under an "exclusive right to sell" agreement the listing broker is given the right to earn a fee for professional services if the property is sold by anyone, including to a buyer located solely through the efforts of the owner.

Buy a Berkshire Home?

By Joyce Harsch
Posted Tuesday, Dec 18, 2018

Berkshire Home Sold Couple Happy

Buying Berkshire County Lenox or Stockbridge real estate is most cost-effective when the owner plans on staying put for at least a few years. If you’re uncertain of your future and cannot commit to one location for a few years, buying a home may not be the smartest move.

Dear Paul, Thank you so much for your help earlier this spring and summer. All is well and we are grateful to have connected with you. I notice that you have reviews from folks with whom you have worked on your website; please feel free to add this testimonial from me and Kim: "We are very grateful to have been able to work with Paul Harsch and Harsch Associates when we purchased a home in Williamstown. Paul is a great [...]

Daniel Bergstresser and Kim Nicoll August 2020

June 14, 2013 Dear Paul and Kevin, Guilietta and I would like to express our heartfelt thanks for your constant guidance and support during the sale of our house in Williamstown. You were there every step of the way. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that you often went well beyond the call of duty, a fact appreciated all the more as our primary home was located 135 miles away from Williamstown and we couldn't always be there when [...]

4-2-2012 Dear Pual, What an unexpected and nice surprise to find the Harsch Associates Charitable Gift Program check in this morning's mail. I am so pleased that thge program has been a success and much gratified by the support shown the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you for implementing such a program in support of so many worthy organizations. It is gestures like this that make our community [...]

Dear Paul, Thank you for leading us to North Adams. The time you took with us when we first came to your office persuaded us of the pleasures of the Berkshires. Your associate, Carolyn Umlauf was absolutely wonderful to work with. She was polite, professional and tough as nails when needed. I call it the velvet hammer. She is a great addition to your office. Thank you for everything. We could not be happier with [...]

4-4-2012 From the Hancock MA Volunteer Fire Department Thank you again for your donation to our department! Thanks to you and your clients for thinking of us for the second year of your Charitable Gifting Program. signed: Members of the Hancock Fire Department

April 10, 2012 From: Berkshire Community Action Council, Inc., Pittsfield MA Dear Mr. Paul Harsch, I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of Berkshire Community Action Council in emergency heating assistance. Your assistance means so much to BCAC as well as our community. Thank you from all of us. Sincerely Aleta Moncecchi

Zillow Five Star Rating for Harsch Associates Here is what bwberlin wrote: How likely are you to recommend this agent? highly likely Rate agent on specific characteristics Local knowledge: 5 [...]

July 2018 "Hi Kevin, As I said at our closing, my pursuit for a Western Massachusetts property begun in a spirit of simple "look-see" for a snazzy new apartment became such an interesting and enlightening process, concluding in a way we had [...]

Joellen and Mohammad

Received on July 19, 2012 from a very satisfied seller. Our thanks for the compliment. We offer this kind of service to every seller as a matter of course and our way of doing business. Paul, Thank-you very much for your kind comments below and I can only [...]

Randall

From: ABC- A better chance. A better community. Williamstown MA May 11, 2012 Dear Paul, On behalf of the Board of Directors for Greylock ABC, I would like to thank you for your generous donation to the Greylock ABC 2011-2012 Annual Fund. Your contribution truly makes a difference in the lives of our scholars, especially in these economically difficult times. We could not offer the current variety of programs and a secure nurturing home for our scholars without [...]

July 18, 2012 Hi Paul, I don’t think that any of us can express our gratitude for all your hard work and persistence. It’s not been an easy property to work with, however, you stuck with it when many would have thrown in the towel. I’ll continue to recommend you to anyone in the Berkshires looking to sell or buy.

Tryggvi

12/25/2017 Dear Paul, After all we went through the last six months I needed a few days to think over everything over before writing you. Because I have known you and your excellent reputation for probably 30 years there was no question who Dianne and I wanted to help us with the sale of our home. Little did I know or could imagine what we would go through over the last six months. When the interior was destroyed in a broken pipe flood [...]

Ben and Diane Glick

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