5407 Nicholas Ct. $2500/month
4Bedrooms 2.5 Bathrooms
Spread your wings in this former model home in the Award Winning Neighborhood of Northbranch. Two Story Foyer with turned staircase, Front to back living room and dining room. Open Kitchen/Family Room with Beautiful Breakfast Room with lots of windows overlooking the large, fenced-in back yard with deck. Family Room with built-in bookcases and fireplace. Main bedroom suite separated from sitting room by a fireplace! Luxurious bath, plenty of closets. 3 additional bedroom and a hall bath complete the second floor. Nicely Finished basement with wet-bar and full bath! House backs to trees and protected space . . . feels like an acre! RESIDENTIAL RENTAL for more info
http://www.postlets.com/rts/3322682
5414 Nicholas Ct $419,9003 Bedrooms 2 Full Bathrooms
Mr. and Mrs. Clean and Meticulous are looking for a buyer who appreciates how much they have loved their home. Every upgrade and improvement possible with no regard to cost, only quality. One level living on a quiet cul de sac backing to protected space and then a working farm. Enjoy evenings on the covered front porch, the large back deck or the beautiful patio area. Let the Gardener in you out! With Beautiful plantings and a pond with waterfall, the backyard will be your 3 season Oasis! No room is missing in this impressively designed floor plan - Plenty of entertaining space with the large living room and dining room. Great kitchen with newer counters and cabinets and a great breakfast bar! Plenty of get-away spaces like the Sitting room off of the main bedroom or the finished basement. And when you have over-flow guests, the finished basement with all of it's extra windows feels like another level. New Main Bath is nothing short of Smashing! Every detail...yours to enjoy! Taxes have been appealed. A Gutner Team Listing. For more info http://www.postlets.com/res/3220573
5467 Richie Ct $524,900 Grandview Model
4 Bedrooms 2.5 Bathrooms
The gourmet kitchen ,granite counter tops, new GE Café stainless steel appliances.Finished Basment, Deck. Back to trees.
For More info go to http://www.gutner.com/
January 2010 Newsletter Here’s What’s Happening in North Branch
Active: 5467 Richie Ct a Grandview, 4 bdms 2 1/2 Baths, hardwoods, granite, partial finished basement. Listed for $529,000 for 27 days
5414 Nicholas Ct A GUTNER TEAM LISTING A Chapman 3 bdms 2 Full Baths, back to protected space. Hardwoods,
Corian, New Master Bathroom, Deck Patio Pond and Gardens, finished basement , incredible condition. Listed for $419,000. Great spot for your parents! Nothing to do in this house! See the virtual tour at www.gutner.com
Recap of 2009
5443 Richie Ct., a Chapman, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, ranch style, fin. Bsmt., 3 season porch. Started at $459,900. Sold in 304 days $389,000,
5479 Melissa Ct. granite kitchen, fin. bsmt, 202 days on the market. Started at $539,900. Sold for $490,000.
4946 Stephanie Way, 4 bdrm., 4 1/2 baths, fin. bsmt. On the market 387 days. Started at $579,623m Sold for $495,000.
5403 Nicholas Ct, an Ashland, 28 days on the market, listed at $519.900, sold for $498,000.
5476 Melissa Ct., 3 car garage, new kitchen, started at $564,800 and sold in 229 days for $525,000.
5 homes sold. Average sold price was $479,400. Average days on market was 230 days.
2008 Average was $502,500.
In Durham Ridge:
ACTIVE: 4498 Country View Dr: a Governors, 4 Bdrms 2 1/2bath. Two tiered deck, newer roof, Fireplace listed for $459,000 for 8 days.
Pending 4481 Blue Ridge, 4 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, 1st flr study, hardwoods, master sitting rm. Asking $469,000 for 159 days.
5421 Grandview, 4 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, hardwoods, granite, finished basement. Asking $499,000 reduced to $459,000 for 141 days. Short Sale.
So . . . What do you do if you have to sell? You call in a Professional Team who has been in the business for 15 years and sold over a THOUSAND homes! Now honestly, how many Realtors can say that? And ALL of ours got to the settlement table save one buyer (Henri edited the word I wanted to use) who bought the house without his wife and backed out on settlement day when she didn’t like it! The relo company made the seller whole but we’re allowed 1 out of a thousand. No one we know can match that! Times are tough and it’s all about being aggressive with marketing and price. You control the price (along with the buyer and the appraiser) and your Realtor controls the marketing. Members of the Prestigious Cyber Stars, where entrance is determined on web sites and presence and amount of business—there are only 200 in the whole country!!! Curious. Google us—either Jeri or Henri Gutner and see what you get. Then google someone else. Exposure? That’s what it’s all about! And that’s what we’re all about. Henri and I don’t have another spouse who brings home the bacon or carries the health insurance. We HAVE to sell the house or we pay out bunches of money in marketing and get nothing. 2 kids in college, the desire to retire before we’re in our 80’s . . . You get it!
Tax Credit Quandaries Answered
How does a current home owner qualify for the $6,500 tax credit?
Buyers must have lived in their homes for at least five out of the last eight years. The home they buy must become their primary residence, but buyers don’t have to sell their previous home. They use the previous home as a rental or second home and still claim the credit!
Does the new home have to be more expensive than the one the buyer currently owns?
NO. Great time to buy or UP or DOWN!
Can buyers claim the credit if they purchase a home from a relative?
No. You cannot claim the credit if the sale is between “related parties including parent, grandparent, child or grandchild.
Tax Assessment Appeal
Thanks to those of you who let us know your savings on the recent Group Tax Appeal we did for you. It was great to put faces to names we see on our mailings! In certain “new” neighborhoods savings exceeded 20%. Of course, since we saved you so much money and cost the township so much money, they will no longer allow group appeals, but you can appeal on your own and we’d be happy to help you. Appeals must be filed by August 31, 2010. Call us in July and we’ll sit down and help you fill out the paperwork if you missed our appeal this year!
Granite Myths:
If you are hesitant to install granite countertops, let’s dispel these myths right now.
1. Granite is absorbent. Granite qualifies as impervious to water and is actually less absorbent than some solid surface (plastic) products.
2. Granite stains easily. Granite is resistant to stains. Generally any liquid spilled on a granite top, if wiped up within a few minutes, will not stain. Liquids that do not evaporate, such as oil, will cause stains only if left to soak into the stone.
3. Granite requires a lot of maintenance. Routine cleaning with a mile soap and water is all that is generally required. Once a year, a reapplication of a penetrating sealer should be performed. It takes only about 15 minutes. Never use abrasive cleaners.
4. Granite’s tiny pores harbor bacteria. Bacteria are found everywhere. If they are on a granite top, then they can also be found on a laminate or solid surface. Use an antibacterial soap to wash your countertop if you are concerned.
5. Granite and marble are essentially the same. Other than the fact that they are both natural stones and can be polished, granite and marble are otherwise very different. Marble is generally a calcareous stone, formed from oceanic deposits and then compressed under pressure. Granite, however, is an igneous rock, essentially molten magma, that is cooled and hardened below the earths surface.
Your natural stone counter top choice will add years of beauty, strength, durability and ease of maintenance to your home. Do it and enjoy it!
Now Could Be the Perfect Time To Buy a Second Home!
If you’re interested in buying a vacation home or investment property, now could be the ideal time. 2008 saw a 30.8% drop in sales of vacation homes and 17.2% decline in sales of investment homes compared with 2007. Less demand has made prices more affordable. By comparison, sales of primary residences dropped 13.2% in 2008 from 2007 (Nationally). In additions, second-home sales comprised just 30% of all home sales in 2008, down from 33% the previous year. Call us to find out how affordable a second home in today’s buyer’s market could be for you—or for a referral to a top-notch Real Estate Professional in the are that interests you.
Not so fun facts:
One Fourth of Borrowers are Underwater. More than 23% of people with mortgage owe more on their properties than they are worth, according to research firm First American CoreLogic.
Another 2.3 million homeowners are within 5% of being underwater, bringing the total of those who are upside down or close to about 28%.
Fun Fact: U.S. homeowners do have home equity and nearly 24 million owner-occupied homes don’t have any mortgage at all!
Need Help With “Stuff” around the House?
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My Painter, My HVAC guy,
My Second Husband (our handyman)
My Decorator
My Tree Guy
My Plumber and My Roofer
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ZIPS Dry Cleaners—any garment $1.99 (Great for Winter coats and blankets). Men’s laundered shirts are just $1.19. Mention the Gunter's and receive one free garment. 618 York Road in Warminster (across from Arch Bishop Wood HS) 215-442-1471.
AND REMEMBER!!!
Mention the Gunter's at Sherwin Williams for a
very nice discount!
If you are planning to put your home on the market in the next 6 to 8 months,
it’s not too early to start talking to us!
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