What a great race we had in Falmouth on Sunday. The Falmouth Road Race is a summer classic here on the Cape! Here’s a clip from the Finish Line!
Local Market Snapshot
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Weird market! Looks great: pending sales up significantly (although not so for closed sales), listings down. You’d think it’s a sellers’ market, right? But it isn’t, quite. My buyers are buying, but my traffic from co-broker appointments at my listings is, well, listless, to tell the truth.
On the one hand, this enables me to sell directly, with no cooperating agent, a plus for all parties. On the other hand, why are there so few co-broke showings? My listings are wonderful homes, appropriately priced. Apparently very few of my colleagues have many buyers – and this is the one unmeasurable statistic that affects the graph above.
Digging deeper, I also wonder if too many agents have just abandoned their role of actively selecting appropriate homes to show their buyers, and are showing just what the buyers select. Most of the buyers are looking online, which is a good place to start, but has limitations. Agents, on the other hand, should have been inside the home during MLS tour, and should be in a good position to encourage certain homes to certain buyers because of what they KNOW.
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Wings Neck Lighthouse at Sunset
Blazing Sunset
Summer evening at Old Silver Beach. Some people long for this, but we get to live it night after night, and experience the joy and wonder all over again. Grateful for sand in my shoes and sunsets at the beach!
High, Low, and In Between – Part 3
This is Part 3 of my top picks of some great homes that have recently come on the market.
#21604613
$900,000
I was looking forward to seeing this house because it is on Wings Pond, but when I got there, although the house has lots of glass along the back and a big deck, the leaves on the trees obscure the view, so this is probably a great view in the winter only. Good floor plan, with first-floor main bedroom suite, and the finished basement, and a two-car garage; but also sporting that Florida ambience.
#21604365
$2,189,000
Now we hit the big time in terms of price. This is really a beautiful home – young and well-designed, built, and decorated. But there’s a big new house on stilts going up across the street that is smack-dab in the middle of what used to be the view from this house.
#21504960
$2,200,000
This is in another one of our secret little neighborhoods. Black Beach is a private continuation of public Chapoquoit Beach, so it’s sandy, gorgeous, and has those spectacular Buzzards Bay sunsets. The neighborhood consists of small, windy dirt roads that have been here for 100 years. It’s really charming! This is an older home that’s been redone, and has charm, space, comfort, and location.
#21605085
$2,500,000
Vernon Ave. is classic Falmouth Heights, and this is a classic Falmouth Heights beach house! Set high on a hill, the views of Vineyard Sound and the Vineyard are all-encompassing. With 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, it will graciously accommodate most buyers’ needs. When you add in the wrap-around deck, bow windows, beautiful hardwood floors, a balcony, and an outstanding renovation that kept the provenance of the house uppermost, this home is a joy to see and to be in. If I win the lottery, this is the one I’ll buy!
#21605128
$4,995,000
Carey Lane is yet another private, exclusive Falmouth neighborhood. Perched high above Buzzards Bay and adjacent to The Knob, there are probably only about 20 homes here, most with stunning west-facing views. I’m guessing this was the original home on Carey Lane, because it is quite a bit older than the others, and it shows its age. Rooms are small, floor plan not what we look for today, and the floors are uneven. It’s not out of the question that even at this price, the house could be a “knock down” because the setting is exponentially stunning. The one thing I would save is the cutest “she-shed”. Click on the picture above to see it.
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