Should We Sell?

By John McCarthy

Rowley Realty

When should we sell?  Now?  Next year?  When the kids leave?  When the pandemic is over?  According to the National Association of Realtors® people sell on average every 10 years.  Sounds like a long time, although I have one seller that has been in the same house for 38 years.  On the other [...]

Quiz Time

By John McCarthy

Rowley Realty

Hope everyone is safe and enjoying the summer weather.  I thought I would put together a hopefully fun little quiz.  This quiz was formulated in lieu of actually writing an article as I have procrastinated all week and couldn’t think of anything else, so here [...]

Even in these crazy times with the country starting to open up, multiple offers are still coming in on a large number of properties.  Many buyers are becoming more and more frustrated as they repeatedly fail to get the house they want.  One buyer told me that they have made offers on 7 different homes only to be outbid on all of them AND [...]

By John McCarthy

Rowley Realty

With Memorial Day behind us and our world slowly reopening, although I feel like I might be jinxing but I’ll take the chance…SUMMER IS HERE!!!   Since our spring was at the very least a difficult time, it’s great to go outside to nice weather, see sprinklers going and people out for walks.  While the [...]

By John McCarthy

I was asked this very question the other day.  Why should we hire you?  Why should I list my house with you?  What can you do for me?  I get these questions quite a bit.  The National Association of REALTORSJ ran ads a few years ago showing someone with a scalpel in his hands on the phone with a real doctor who was giving [...]