The Smart Buyer’s Guide!
Welcome to the Smart Buyer’s Guide! Our team at William Raveis Vermont Properties has a combined 60+ years of experience working with buyers. We know that searching for real estate is a complex process, and often buyers feel lost when navigating this alone. Our team offers you a new buying experience that is well-rounded, effective, and comfortable. We have compiled our favorite buying tips to help guide you in this process.
1. Find a Realtor & Commit:
The first thing we tell buyers is to find a Realtor or a Real Estate office that you love and commit to them. Working with one agent is a lot easier on you, and the agent themself when you commit to it. This will ultimately provide you better service as the agent is able to do all of the searchings for you. There’s no need to contact every listing agent you find… let your agent do the work for you. We have access to both properties listed by us and through our cooperative agreements with other agencies. We can find you a home anywhere in the Okemo Valley, both on and off Okemo Mountain, and in the Lakes Region. Leave the home search to us.
2. Enjoy the Team Experience:
When we refer to ourselves as a “team”, we mean it! Our office works uniquely, as all of our agents are on the same team here. This means the agents work together on every transaction and every listing. As a buyer, you will always have an agent available to take you on a showing or to talk to you about specifics on a listing. Our team is made up of five agents and our office is open daily, which allows us to have at least one agent on duty every day of the week. Being a buyer has never been easier with the help of our team!
3. The Inside Scoop:
Finding an agent who is familiar with the area you are searching in and can access the “inside scoop” is a highly underrated tip. Ideally, you want someone with insider knowledge of commercial trends, local schools, and even developmental plans. Furthermore, you’ll want an agent who has connections and knowledge about local vendors that will help you with the buying process and beyond. Our team is known for our specialized knowledge in the Okemo Valley and Ludlow area as we have focused our efforts on this immediate area for 60+ years. We can assist you in finding a local and trusted builder, electrician, interior designer, mortgage lender, and so much more.
4. Receive Automatic Market Updates:
The real estate market moves quickly, which is why you need to make sure you are getting the most up-to-date information that you can. Our office is constantly sharing new listings with our buyers, whether it be through direct emailing or via our automatic market updates from our website. Most second party real estate sites are not the most reliable when it comes to current listings, as you often will find listings that are already under contract or even sold. Stay up-to-date by signing up for automatic market updates from our team! You will get added to a specific buyer group, so if you are looking for a slopeside ski home, we will make sure you get any new listing that fits that specification. Visit www.vtprop.com/user/register/ now!
5. The Power of Marketing:
Pick a real estate office that has a marketing powerhouse to assure you get the best buying experience. Our office is a William Raveis affiliate, which means our marketing power is incomparable to our competitors. We have access to state-of-the-art buyer services through William Raveis, including:
- Local Market Insights - Receive a comprehensive email with the most current data delivered to you quickly and accurately, straight from the people that know best. Transparent, clear, and honest.
- Local Housing Data - View local housing data, total inventory, median sales, unit sales, market time for sold, and recent sales.
- William Raveis Mortgage - Working hand-in-hand with our agents, the mortgage team finds the most competitive interest rates and enables quicker closings.
- William Raveis Insurance - Offering client coverage for homes, rentals, automobiles, and so much more.
- William Raveis Luxury Properties - Search the Luxury Properties Network, which is the most direct and effective route for affluent home buyers.
- Raveis.com & Vtprop.com - Search the largest database of listings on either of our user-friendly websites.
Our marketing power doesn't stop there, we also have an in-house marketing team that constantly keeps our buyers up-to-date with new listing blasts via email and social media. Providing our buyers with new listings as soon as they hit the market is a priority!
We are proud of the services we provide, the manner in which we conduct business, and the outstanding results we achieve for our customers year after year. If you are beginning your home search, our team is ready to help. We will be there every step of the way. Contact our team anytime, any day. We are open 7 days a week and we always have an agent ready to take your call. (802) 228-8877
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