Moving Checklist

May 27th, 2008

The buyer’s check list to moving. You’ve found the home, now you have to move. It doesn’t matter how far you are going, moving can take a great deal of time for preparation and coordination.

Weeks Prior

1. Pick up a change of address form from the post office if necessary

2. Make a list of all items that will need address changes
     a. Credit cards
     b. Bank accounts
     c. Subscriptions to magazines
     d. Driver’s license
     e. Insurance company (automobile, life, health, etc.)

3. If you are moving to a new area (out of the city, out of the state) 
     a. Ask your doctor, dentist, etc. for a referral in the new area. 
     b. Research and obtain all required documents to enroll in a new school for yourself or your children
     c. Call the local DMV if moving states

4. Pack everything that you don’t frequently use and label boxes for convenience

5. Make reservations or arrangements for moving your boxes, furniture, and appliances 

6. Inform utility companies of your move 

A Week Before

1. Confirm reservations or arrangements for moving

2. Check with utility companies to ensure cancellation

3. Call new utility companies to set up or transfer service

4. Verify closing date and time, check in day and time, or lease date and time

5. All excess should be packed and necessities only remaining

Moving Day

1. Clean up

2. Pack up necessities. Make sure they are labelled and accessible for arrival at your new place

3. Submit change of address form, inform important parties of your move, and make sure you call all the companies on your checklist from step 2 (under weeks prior)

4. Confirm utilties have been transferred to your new place and shut off (or transferred) at your current location

5. Breathe, it’s almost over
    

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How Not To Sell Your House

May 21st, 2008

     The market has changed in most areas. It is in the process of “correcting itself”, people say. Buyers currently have a great deal of choices available to them. There has been widespread discussion of the current market conditions in the local and national news. I would venture to guess that everyone knows what’s going on. However, some people are in denial about some of the absolute facts.

     So, I thought I would put together a list of things that will NOT help you sell your home.

 1.) Being oblivious to your local market conditions

 2.) Pricing your home based on what you want to pocket

 3.) Making your home unavailable to show

 4.) Leaving your home cluttered or disorganized

 5.) Not be negotiatable on anything

 6.) Neglecting the yardwork

 7.) Forgetting about the curb appeal

 8.) Hiring a real estate agent based on fee alone

 9.) Neglecting basic home maintenance

10.) Waiting for that “special” buyer

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Bryan County Monthly Market Report for April 2008

May 5th, 2008

Number of Residential Listings Currently: 569
Number of sales during this period: 40
Average Sales Price: $233,112
Percentage of Asking Price Obtained: 96.9%
The Average Time on the Market: 123 days
Number of Months to Sell Current Listings: 14.225 months

Homes Sold in Bryan County:


Address Listing Price Sales Price DOM
111 RAMBLING CREEK RD 55,900 53,000 61
425 Rushing ST 114,500 105,000 161
525 Rushing Street 134,900 131,000 47
130 Piercefield DR 138,000 138,000 140
744 Park DR 138,900 138,900 52
77 MALLARD LN 139,900 139,900 164
20 JR DR 139,900 135,703 151
580 CANYON OAK LOOP 149,000 149,000 9
45 Blue Heron DR 150,000 145,000 180
5504 PEARL CT 155,000 155,000 66
26 MALLARD LN 159,800 152,000 4
140 BOYD DR 160,000 152,000 246
71 W EGRETS NEST LN 164,900 164,900 255
70 Harleigh LN 165,375 165,375 467
269 MINER DR 178,900 173,400 53
236 Parkside dr. 179,900 179,900 38
55 Miner DR 189,900 158,500 129
60 Summer Hill CT 193,250 204,680 251
268 Scarlett LN 199,900 198,900 128
214 BELLE GROVE CR 214,900 207,000 59
83 Brigham Dr 214,900 200,000 156
101 Pembroke PL 219,900 222,000 98
53 BRISBANE CT 229,800 229,800 19
140 Alexander WY 229,999 242,552 227
512 Marshview DR 249,900 233,000 10
96 BELLE GROVE DR 249,900 245,000 10
20 CHAPLE LN 265,000 266,850 321
122 Cottonham Ct 274,800 289,465 3
196 SHADY HILL CR 279,000 265,000 37
526 OXFORD DR 282,500 264,000 62
32 Cheney CT 293,450 274,500 259
241 Misty DR 299,000 299,000 0
203 Steelewood DR 299,900 289,900 38
550 Strathy Hall DR 299,975 287,400 65
57 SMITH RD 339,000 339,000 469
144 TRALEE COURT 349,000 339,500 117
137 Chastain CR 398,000 380,000 215
75 Balfour DR 434,900 415,000 86
216 MILL RUN RD 499,500 440,350 36
165 BAYLOR DR 795,000 755,000 30

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Effingham County Monthly Market Report for April 2008

May 5th, 2008

Number of Residential Listings Currently: 718
Number of sales during this period: 49
Average Sales Price: $182,067
Percentage of Asking Price Obtained: 96.9%
The Average Time on the Market: 127 days
Number of Months to Sell Current Listings: 14.65 months

Homes Sold in Effingham County:


Address Listing Price Sales Price DOM
156 E Deerfield RD 64,900 50,000 148
1051 Springfield Egypt RD 73,500 63,000 29
364 Mockingbird 74,900 80,000 35
119 Sherwood CT 81,000 76,100 107
1006 WADLEY CR 104,900 108,000 41
1008 WADLEY CR 104,900 104,900 46
207 Doe CR 109,900 105,000 55
105 Berry LN 115,000 120,900 0
329 Weisenbaker 116,000 112,000 80
102 LAUREL POINTE DR 119,900 119,900 210
108 Whitehall AV 120,000 110,000 142
222 Archer RD 124,900 129,225 51
220 Archer RD 124,900 129,067 44
605 Heathcliff CT 125,000 125,000 195
133 Harvest DR 133,900 130,000 51
29 HIDDEN CREEK DR 138,900 136,400 186
139 HARVEST DR 139,900 136,000 124
3555 Noel C Conaway RD 139,900 148,224 55
206 MIDDLE CREEK RD 139,900 139,900 252
307 Lemans DR 149,900 147,000 102
228 Deerfield RD 149,900 145,000 55
90 WIREGRASS TR 154,900 154,900 25
203 Jasper LN 156,000 150,000 148
126 Barrington 159,000 152,000 96
116 Benicia LN 160,575 163,293 0
128 Barrington CR 162,900 162,900 135
103 CHRISTIAN CT 164,900 166,900 190
138 Crossing CR 165,720 157,500 155
106 HARVEST DR 169,000 167,500 193
902 LUPINE ST 172,160 162,700 21
191 SHEAROUSE RD 179,900 159,000 19
118 Benicia LN 189,900 185,000 142
319 KELLER RD 199,900 185,000 92
221 Wood Duck WY 206,900 197,000 136
217 Windsong DR 214,560 206,597 236
204 ST JAMES WALK 225,000 225,000 58
162 Jamestown DR 230,000 218,000 39
404 Wrigley Field DR 249,900 242,000 67
333 WESTMINSTER DR 268,000 260,000 175
307 Merion RD 289,900 285,900 110
274 Wildwood LN 289,900 285,000 294
122 Willowpeg RD 299,900 275,000 248
137 South Effingham Plantation DR 300,000 306,347 108
372 Moss Loop 314,900 298,000 431
117 Settlers Point DR 339,900 325,000 300
413 Walthour DR 339,900 346,000 240
121 Settlers Point DR 369,900 344,000 29
104 Settlers PT 379,000 335,742 500
112 WILLOWPEG RD 399,900 389,400 15

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Chatham County Monthly Market Report for April 2008

May 5th, 2008

Number of Residential Listings Currently: 911
Number of sales during this period: 66
Average Sales Price: $199,741
Percentage of Asking Price Obtained: 90.9%
The Average Time on the Market: 156 days
Number of Months to Sell Current Listings: 13.8 months

Homes Sold in Chatham County (Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, and parts of Bloomingdale and Savannah Real Estate):


Address Listing Price Sales Price DOM
118 SHAD RD 38,900 30,000 73
118 CANTYRE ST 67,700 65,000 159
108 GORDON ST 69,900 69,900 9
31 BEARING CR 112,900 99,900 83
104 Azalea AV 114,900 109,000 18
170 Berwick Lakes BL 116,838 126,500 117
459 Garden Acres WY 124,900 130,000 68
305 Moore AV 124,900 124,900 44
13 Lagan LN 125,890 125,140 187
201 ABERFELDY ST 129,900 125,000 23
318 W Whatley ST 129,900 125,000 138
189 Berwick Lakes BL 130,000 126,000 83
165 AZALEA AV 134,900 134,000 342
72 Winter Lake CR 134,900 133,500 191
11 Lagan LN 135,770 136,460 277
140 AQUINNAH DR 137,950 137,950 42
4 Tiller WY 140,570 142,304 39
17 Winter Lake CR 142,150 134,650 170
1 Winter Lake CR 142,150 143,945 191
302 Turnberry ST 144,900 90,000 1
78 Travertine CR 144,900 138,000 38
105 Willow Lakes CT 144,900 144,000 55
301 Gallery WY 144,900 146,872 254
137 Michael ST 144,900 143,000 388
28 Halyard DR 146,900 151,300 4
613 Manden LN 147,900 144,900 14
11 TREADWAY ST 149,900 148,000 51
59 PARISH WY 149,900 148,000 29
16 Katama WY 152,900 152,000 196
166 Aquinnah DR 154,900 152,900 27
508 TIETGEN ST 154,900 153,300 36
7 BEACON LN 155,420 155,420 144
37 SPRINGWATER DR 159,900 159,900 259
30 Spring Lake CR 162,545 159,900 76
210 Durham Park WY 163,490 173,385 148
611 Holly AV 164,900 157,500 138
102 Carnegie WY 165,200 165,200 89
351 Winchester DR 166,327 156,327 77
155 Brickhill CR 168,550 168,550 449
126 Houston ST 169,900 161,000 139
126 Longleaf CR 179,900 177,500 43
106 Lakepointe DR 182,030 177,031 164
17 Crystal Lake DR 183,765 184,300 40
2 Fall Lake WY 184,900 191,870 184
234 Silver Brook CR 189,900 183,500 42
143 Spring Lakes DR 192,935 189,336 40
9 CROSS CREEK CT 202,000 208,700 253
254 PAMPAS DR 209,900 208,900 164
162 Magnolia DR 214,200 231,318 233
18 Tranquil PL 225,000 202,000 50
115 Somersby BL 234,400 234,400 297
112 Creek side DR 249,000 239,000 73
114 Quiet Pine CR 251,408 252,986 2
113 Magnolia DR 262,000 260,600 445
11 Weatherby CR 264,900 255,000 326
353 Brighton Woods DR 280,164 275,260 365
1040 Woodland DR 284,900 257,000 306
10 HARMONY LN 359,000 369,900 311
2 Cord Grass LN 370,000 330,500 30
1503 Woodside Ridge 383,900 320,000 860
19 WEDGEFIELD CS 399,900 390,000 138
111 Quince Street ST 457,693 457,693 5
107 GRAND VIEW DR 498,700 455,000 57
26 Lake Heron CT 499,900 460,000 419
123 Grand View DR 620,820 682,530 5
235 Westbrook LN 1,599,999 600,000 566

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