Ask Mrs. Zita Your Meriden’s Best Real Estate Questions

Question: What’s a mortgage “pre-qual” pre-qualification letter?
Answer:
“Pre-qual” = Pre-qualification letter from a mortgage broker or bank.
It’s critical that you conduct this step first before looking for a house, because based on your present financial status the mortgage broker or bank will tell you exactly how much house you can afford to buy.
By doing this first, [...]

Ask Mrs. Zita Your Meriden’s Best Real Estate Questions

Question:
I’m interested in selling my home. What do I need to do?
Answer:
Part 1 of my answer of compiling a Comparative Market Analysis can be found by clicking here.
Part 2:
How to Stage Your House TO Sale Now:

Start with the outside first.

A buyer’s first view by his/her drive can cause them to continue to drive away, or call for [...]

Ask Mrs. Zita Your Meriden’s Best Real Estate Questions

Question: I’m thinking of selling my house. What do I need to do?
Answer:
Since this is a detailed answer, I’ll split this up into a couple of columns.
First, thank you for calling me–a Realtor (R) & real estate professional.
Most people try to figure things out themselves, my researching on their own…and gather incorrect information. This wastes a [...]

Will another Fed mortgage interest rate help the market?

According to Yahoo News! Feds are cutting rates in hopes of stopping a recession.
What do I think?
Well, I’m not a financial expert, nor mortgage broker; but I have to add that given the already shared positive signs of Meriden’s real estate market, another interest rate cut can only help both sellers and buyers right now.
If [...]

Ask Mrs. Zita Your Meriden’s Best Real Estate Questions

Introducing our newest edition: Ask Mrs. Zita!
Here you can ask me any and all your real estate questions.
The most common question being asked these days:
Q: How’s the Real Estate Market?
A: Slow lately…but with the warm weather, it’s finally picking up…which is good news for all of us
Positive signs include:

House prices are lower than [...]

A Typical Day of a Meriden Realtor

Phew! I have a busy day ahead and my head is spinning just thinking about it before it even starts.
Here’s a short list of my day’s agenda:

Floor time (answer calls off of for-sale signs, newspapers ads, “Meriden Home Browser” (real estate booklet, etc.),
Preparing my Sunday’s Open House (creating brouchures to pass out, emailing prospective buyers, [...]