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 [...]

       Fall season is the time for yard clean ups and readying your home for the cold winter ahead.  Living in Berkshire County which is famous for the fabulous fall colors displayed by maples, oak and birch we are very aware of falling leaves.  Take a minute and review our safety tips to make the coming winter months a safe and happy [...]

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  [...]

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 [...]

No Deal. Qualified Seller? Maybe Not. 

 The moments we remember fondly always involve wonderful times in life when everyone seems contented and things just hum along happily.  In real estate terms, good markets are when things are more or less "in balance."  In the Berkshires, we remember this period as the all time great "seller's [...]

Open the Floodgate- Lower the Price

A recent article in the New York Times carried the title "Dry Your Eyes and Lower the Price."  That is timely advice if your home is on the market this season.   Lots of tissue will come in handy as your realtor provides you with a market analysis, which may indicate that homes are selling from 9% to [...]

Lottery Anyone? Predicting the Berkshire Housing Market .  

 

Predicting the right time to invest in the stock market and predicting the right time to buy low in the housing market carries the same "trying to catch a falling knife" safety advice. 

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Housing prices are, as economists say, "sticky downward." While stock prices can plunge dramatically in a single day,

housing prices sometimes take years before they fall enough to restore the balance between supply and demand.

Don't blame buyers for this. They always adjust quite readily to the new reality of lower housing prices. [...]

I recently spent a sunny afternoon looking back over 23 years of statistics for the Berkshire Housing Market.  I was seeking some indication of what is in store for the Northern Berkshire Housing Market in 2010.  However, as Yogi Bera once said "predictions are difficult to make, especially about the [...]

The new year promises some changes to the Berkshire real estate market, as well as the market as a whole. So what road will the real estate market take in 2010?

Here are some of our 2010 Berkshire real estate predictions:

1. There will be a greater diversity of buyer types.  This ranges from seniors with little or no interest in high
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Real Estate Home Appreciation - Last 12 Months

Last Updated: 10/5/2009

The median home price, the point at which half of all homes are sold for more and half are sold for less, dropped in all regions but the West, as well. The price increased to $220,500 in the West, up from $217,900 in July, but it is still down 12.2 percent from last [...]

No matter your interests or the time of year, it's just better here in the eclectic Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. From Boston or New York, Newark or Norfolk, those with a taste for the arts, for antiques, for the country life without isolation head here ...... and then tend to stay... three nights instead of two, a month instead of a [...]

Harsch Associates has been drawing visitors by the hundreds and thousands to its latest feature, live video tours of homes in the Berkshires, Williamstown, North Adams, Vermont towns, Hancock, Lanesboro, and soon in New York. The videos show homes as well as Berkshire land offerings. Ironwood features a home with indoor riding ring and [...]

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