Business & Marketing HomeLight Achievements   We earned a HomeLight Achievement for 2021! Real estate agents earn this award when they rank in the top 5% of agents in their area based on historical real estate transaction data. Each year, HomeLight awards agents at both the local and national levels for excellence in 3 distinct categories. As a winner of […]
Uncategorized Spring Housing Market Sees Houses in High Demand! KEY POINTS There were nearly half as many homes for sale at the end of February, compared with a year earlier, according to a new calculation by realtor.com. A pullback by sellers resulted in roughly 207,000 fewer homes newly listed for sale in the first two months of 2021 compared with the average for the […]
Selling your home I NEED TO SELL MY HOME BUT IT IS TOO INCONVENIENT TO SHOW IT Let’s face it, showing your home to potential homeowners can be inconvenient.  You have to straighten up, pack up the family, take the dog and vacate your home.  And the longer your home is on the market, the more burdensome it becomes. Sometimes the timing is just plain bad. But think twice before denying showings […]
Housing Market Now That 2021 Has Arrived – Is Your Home Feeling Smaller Now? 2020 has been an odd year to say the least, but has it opened up some new thoughts about what people are looking for in a forever home? ABSOLUTELY. After adapting to new lifestyles (remote work, virtual learning, working out at home, etc…) many are finding that the homes that seemed like they were big […]
Home-buying Calling All the Renters Out There!   Renters – there are pluses and minuses involved in the housing  market as of December 22, 2020. Good news: more renters are able to afford buying! It went from 33% to 38% as of the 3rd Quarter of 2020. Bad news: down payments can be tricky for some renters , but don’t let that […]
Housing Market 2021 – The Year for Optimism 2020 has been filled with challenges for certain, but good news – the 2021 real estate forecast is looking great! Why you ask? 1. The Economy Is Expected to Continue Improving “There is nothing fundamentally ‘broken’ in the economy that needs to heal…there was no obvious financial bubble driving excessive activity in any one economic […]
Housing Market The Winter Months are Heating Up – For Real Estate. Winter is not the time for slowing down with the way this housing market has been! Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors says it perfectly – “The demand for home buying remains super strong…And we’re still likely to end the year with more homes sold overall in 2020 than in 2019…With persistent […]
Uncategorized This Winter’s ‘Slow’ Home Selling Season – Predicted to be hotter than ever! “This winter’s real estate market… is shaping up to be unlike any other before it—and, contrary to what some may have feared, is slated to be an excellent time to sell a home. In fact, Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors, predicts “it will be one of the best winter sales […]
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General Real Estate Offices Now Open As you may know many regions of New York have moved on to ‘Phase 2’ of the Governor’s re-opening plan, Ithaca and the Southern Tier included. We’ve seen a great deal of changes to our industry over the last couple of months and as we transition back to a new version of normal we’re here […]
General The Value of a Lake Expert Kate is an experienced realtor who was very attentive to our search for a property on Cayuga Lake. We looked at a dozen or more year-round houses, as well as seasonal cottages. Starting out, we were not sure of what we wanted and Kates knowledge of lake properties gave us a good understanding of what […]
General Listing a home in the winter?   Create a Digital Photo Library! A question I am often asked is, when in the best time to list your home for sale? As with everything in real estate there is no bright, answer b every seller and every property have its own set of strengths and challenges and the timing is just another […]
Events Summer is here!   Happy Summer Solstice, With over 30 open houses this weekend (including four from the Kate Seaman Team)- it’s a great opportunity to start or continue your home search. Follow the link below to see the entire list and if you’re not in the market for a home but still looking for something to-do we’ve […]
Housing Market Local Market- Springing ahead! Over the last couple of years, I’ve been noticing a shift to the start of the spring selling season, which in the past has been early-mid April here in our market. This year the trend is continuing to move closer to the beginning of the year. Right now, I have 14 clients with a pending […]
General Building vs Buying- what you should know Over the last six months or so I’ve had a few clients who have been debating between buying an existing home and purchasing land in which to build a new home on. It goes without saying that both have their pros and cons. However, with existing home inventory low right now it seemed like an […]
Selling your home The myths of Price Reduction I always say there a two things that sell a house: price and time. In most cases, time is of the essence in a home sale which makes price the biggest factor. As real estate professionals we do our best to suggest an accurate list price from the beginning, but the market is always changing […]
General Buying in the Spring? Follow these financial tips this winter!!             With the holiday buying season almost in full swing I thought it was a great time to discuss some financial guidelines to follow if you’re hoping to buy a home this upcoming spring. I asked my friend Bonnie Osadchey, a mortgage originator at Elmira Savings Bank, to share some […]
General An Active Fall Market An active fall market After the lively and sometimes chaotic spring and summer season of real estate most of us welcome the slower pace that autumn can bring. Kids have returned to school and everyone is back into their respective routines. Although generally the colder weather does signal a slow-down of the market, that’s not […]
General Joy and The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up     The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t. If you’ve been to a bookstore recently or googled de-clutter or organization in the last six months you’ve probably stumbled upon Marie Kondo’s book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Its been on the […]
General HOME STAGING: A NECESSARY STEP IN SELLING YOUR HOME Staging is an important and cost-effective strategy you can use in the selling of your home and one I recommend it to all of my sellers!!! On occasion, I am met with hesitation and a sleuth of questions as to why their home needs to be staged and how they go about doing it. Because […]
General Life on the Lake   Life on the Lake Growing up I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of time with my family at our lake cottage in Interlaken- it always brought me a sense of relaxation and I loved being in the serenity of nature. I’m sure we’ve all had a similar feeling and this time of […]