EXIT Oceanside Realty Blog
Most Americans spend more time than usual shopping this time of year. Gifts for the kids and your special someone, your parents, hairdresser, bus driver, boss, and dog aren’t going to buy themselves! But, what about you? What is on your wish list this year?
Staging is a home selling strategy that uses home design to make your home appealing to a larger number of buyers. In most homes, it means removing personal elements from the decor or design elements that have a strong point of view. This allows sellers to imagine themselves in the space.
As a new season rolls in many of us are dusting off our scarecrows but when staging your home it’s important not to simply update decor for the season. Seasonal staging is about creating a setting that enco...
Talk to anyone in the market for a slice of the oceanside life and they can rattle off the names of plush coastal towns without thinking. And, I know we’ve all been sucked down the rabbit hole of multi-million dollar oceanfront Zillow listings. What you may not know is that the seacoast is dusted with hidden gems of coastal New England hamlets just a step off the beaten path, but still just a short drive to the ocean. There is no shortage of dream homes in the often-overlooked seacoast communiti...
The Wells Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their Annual Christmas Parade (the 2020 Version!) on Sunday, December 13, 2020. The State of Maine recommended “reverse” parades this season due to the Covid pandemic. A “reverse” parade means the parade watchers are the ones driving their cars with the floats/parade participants lined up along the road.
The event venue will be changed this year to Wells Harbor Park located at 331 Harbor Road in Wells versus closing down Route 1. The hours will be...
In a year when we’re learning to do so much remotely, homebuying is no exception. From going to work to attending school, grocery shopping, and even seeing our doctors online, digital practices have changed the way we live.
This year, rather than delaying their home purchases, buyers – alongside their trusted real estate professionals – turned to the Internet to do more than just a typical home search. In some cases, they bought homes without even stepping foot inside. Jessica Lautz, Vice Presid...
Sales in Maine’s real estate markets continue to set record highs this year and real estate agents are witnesses sing home sales rise a rates they've never seen.
The Maine Association of Realtors reports over 2,300 single-family homes sold in October.
That is a jump of nearly 27 percent from October of last year.
Tom Cole, president of the Maine Association of Realtors, says low interest rates and the pandemic are playing a hand in this.
"So, there are people who are taking advantage of that...
EXIT Oceanside Realty is pleased to announce that we've welcomed Michelle Gonya to our Wells Maine Office!
Michelle was born and raised in New England and spent many summers vacationing in York County, Maine with her family. She enjoys traveling and adventures. She visited many countries before venturing into buying and selling properties of her own. Michelle lived bicoastally between Southern Maine and Southern California for 18 years. She now resides in Wells, Maine and will enjoy being a sno...
