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seen it all. With this experience You are buying into an association should be in your new home in no
I have seen a lot of mistakes and which has rules, financial data and time.
things that have been overlooked.
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general or
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be overlooked by a buyer during home look great. When purchasing please contact me, John McCarthy at
the home buying process. a home, many buyers fall in love Rowley Realty, 165 Main St., Rowley,
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colonial w/ room for
Learn EVERYTHING: Find with upgrades or staging, and don’t MA 01969, Phone: 978 948-2758,
everyone. A beautiful
out what has been done (or not always think about the resale end. Cell 978 835-2573 or via email at
farmers porch welcomes
done) to the home including Your REALTOR® can give you an john@rowleyrealestate.com.
you into the open floor
problems and improvements. idea on not only the positives of the
plan, living room or
Utility costs are a good thing to be home but point out the negatives,
den, dining room and
aware of and see if there are any such as a busy street or possibility
spacious fireplaced
major construction projects, not of a new road right next door.
living room off the high
only abutting the house but in the Is the House Neat: First
end kitchen with brand
town you are potentially living in. impressions are often times a good
new cabinetry, stainless appliances & granite island along w/
All of these things affect the future indicator. Is the house picked up
separate eat in area. Upstairs you’ll find the master suite w/
value of your new home and you and clean or is everything just
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walk-in closet and three more generous sized bedrooms. Third
don’t want to be blind sighted by stuffed in drawers and closets. If
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floor features two more rooms, one with a double closet, and
something you could have easily it’s neat and organized, it’s likely
the other with a walk in closet. Finished walkout basement with
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the owner took good care of the
5+ seat granite bar, sitting area, pool table, kitchen set up and
Taxes: Don’t assume that the property.
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walks out to your heated in ground guinite pool, also plumbed for
current property taxes are the Remember: Think about what • Adult Hockey
bathroom. Natural gas heat and well will keep bills down. Newer
property taxes that you will pay. It you can and can’t change. You • Stick Practice
roof (2014) and new hot water heater. 10 minutes to beautiful
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Call Rowley Realty at 978 948-2758 or John McCarthy at 978
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Community Preservation Act rundown home.
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Also, you may already be in the would feel comfortable writing a
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new fiscal year while the listing personal letter for the seller telling
Phone 978-948-2758 • Fax 978-948-2454
sheet may have last year’s taxes. them about their family and why
Does it Work in the Future: the home appeals to them. Often
Most often buyers are looking for a times if you put a story and a face
sold single Family Homes
new home to get away from renting (include a picture) with your offer
and/or to build equity and savings. the sellers are more likely to see
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Town Description DOM List Price Sold For Orig Price
knows what the real estate market that homes that have been on 64 Lakeshore Dr, Georgetown 5 room, 3 bed, 1f 0h bath Bungalow 152 $209,000 $175,000 $279,000
will do by the time you are ready to the market for a long time have 178 Main St, Groveland 8 room, 5 bed, 3f 1h bath Colonial 17 $379,900 $390,000 $379,900
sell. Buyers should identify what is something wrong with them, they 46 Oakland St, Amesbury 7 room, 3 bed, 1f 1h bath Colonial 24 $429,900 $429,900 $429,900
important to them and what they’ll may not have found the right buyer, 355 Center St, Groveland 8 room, 3 bed, 2f 0h bath Gambrel /Dutch 27 $439,000 $449,151 $439,000
likely need in the near future, as or the seller had insisted on finding 22 Andrews Farm Rd, Boxford 8 room, 3 bed, 2f 0h bath Gambrel /Dutch 7 $439,000 $455,500 $439,000
well as what they need now. a home first and refused offers for 6 Sycamore Ln, Salisbury 6 room, 3 bed, 2f 1h bath Cape 225 $555,900 $545,000 $549,900
Other Stuff: Check the height example.
39 Wood, Dr, Essex 4 room, 2 bed, 1f 0h bath Cottage 51 $549,000 $525,000 $574,900
of the garage doors, does your SUV Payment: Pay one extra payment 3 Dewhirst St, Groveland 8 room, 4 bed, 3f 0h bath Colonial 106 $489,000 $489,000 $585,000
fit? Is the home on a flight path? per year to turn your 30 year 27 Margaret Rd, Hamilton 9 room, 4 bed, 2f 0h bath Ranch 50 $595,000 $595,000 $599,900
Near a gun range? You bought mortgage into an (approximately) 17 Wilkes Rd, Rowley 10 room, 4 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 51 $629,900 $635,000 $629,900
a smaller lot with a neighboring 23 year mortgage. Easiest way 12 Stagecoach Rd, Topsfield 10 room, 4 bed, 2f 0h bath Cape 57 $624,900 $610,000 $649,900
conservation area, is that used for to do this is to take your $2,000/ 28 Spring Hill Rd, Merrimac 12 room, 4 bed, 3f 1h bath Colonial 128 $675,000 $675,000 $675,000
hunting?
month mortgage payment and 131 Washington St, Boxford 10 room, 4 bed, 3f 0h bath Cape 82 $674,900 $652,500 $689,000
Condo Living: You need a multiply by 13 and then divide 7 Highland Aven, Newburyport 11 room, 4 bed, 2f 0h bath Ranch 145 $659,000 $615,000 $694,500
different mind set here as your by 12. By paying $2,167/ month 137 Cherry St, Wenham 10 room, 4 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 86 $799,000 $770,000 $869,000
happiness here depends on how you shave approximately 7 years off 5 Chaplin Hill Rd, Georgetown 11 room, 5 bed, 3f 1h bath Colonial 63 $849,900 $768,000 $879,900
others perform. Do the rest of your mortgage.
5 7th St. E, Salisbury 9 room, 5 bed, 2f 0h bath Colonial 118 $950,000 $925,000 $1,150,000
the owners care about what the There are a number of things
54 Essex St, Hamilton 10 room, 4 bed, 3f 1h bath Colonial 58 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $1,395,000
property looks like from the that you should be aware of during
Single Family Listings: 18 Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 2,718.61 Avg. List$: $616,572 Avg. List$/SqFt: $245
outside? Are they paying the condo the purchase of a home. Yes, it
Avg. DOM: 80.39 Avg. DTO: 56.33 Avg. Sale$: $603,003 Avg. Sale$/SqFt: $239
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fees? Look past the condo itself and can be daunting but with the right
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