Tulsa Home Buyers – the next step after you find your dream home

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Tulsa Home Buyers – the next step after you find your dream home Tulsa home buyers – after you find your dream home, the next step is to let your Realtor research the property. Your Realtor should pull comparable properties (like homes in the neighborhood) to see if the property is priced competitively. Your Realtor [...]

Sunset Terrace Market Report May 2013

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Sunset Terrace Market Report May 14, 2013 As of today in Sunset Terrace, there are nine active listings under 4,000 square feet (two over 6,000 square feet); six properties pending and 15 closed in the past six months. The sizes of homes in the midtown subdivision are so varied – from 1565 square feet to [...]

FSBOs (For Sale By Owner) – please value my services and profession

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FSBOs (For Sale By Owner) – please value my services and profession It’s spring and the inventory of homes for sale by owner (referred to as FSBOs in our industry) is creeping up, right along with the beautiful azaleas. How hard can it be to sell a house? Stick a sign in the yard, show [...]

Does Size Matter? Square footage, that is!

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Does the size of a property matter – its square footage, that is?! Realtors estimate a property’s value based on the price per square foot of surrounding properties that have sold. If most comparable properties have sold for $110-$120 per square foot, that’s where we’re going to price our listing, depending upon other property variables. [...]

Home Buyers Questions – Top 5

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Home Buyers ask a lot of questions – as they should – here are the top 5 questions asked and answered. Home Buyers Questions – Top 5 Q. How much money do I need out of pocket to buy a house? A. Depending on the type loan you have, to get started, you’ll need money [...]

Earnest Money and your offer on a real estate contract

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Earnest Money and Your Offer on a Real Estate Sales Contract While writing an offer on a real estate sales contract yesterday, my Buyers and I contemplated how much earnest money to offer. We are making a fair offer but are also asking the Seller to contribute towards the Buyer’s closing costs. In our market, [...]

Open updated 3 bed 2 bath 2 car home for sale in Broken Arrow

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Enter through the covered porch to this cozy home – open and updated and ready for you to move in! Florence Court is just west of Elm (161st Street) and slightly north of Florence (111th Street). It is conveniently located less than a mile north of the Creek Turnpike for easy access to other parts [...]

Shift from a Buyer’s to a Seller’s Market – the growing pains

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The Tulsa real estate market has remained fairly steady the past few years, never really reaching a high or a low. For the most part, it has been a Buyer’s market with different pockets of homes, different price ranges and locations selling in a reasonable amount of time. General rule of thumb has been that [...]

Formal dining rooms – trending out of style?

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Every house has a formal dining room – or are they trending out of style?” My experience with Buyers is that younger families don’t see a need for a formal dining room. They would prefer an open kitchen, preferably adjacent to the family room – with an area for a large table. But, they’re not [...]

Midtown Tulsa Luxury Homes Market Report Zip 74114 – March 2013

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Movement is steady among midtown Tulsa luxury homes in zip 74114 of Tulsa. For the purpose of this market report, we are including single family residences listed $500,000 and above, sold in the past year. In the past twelve months, 53 Tulsa luxury homes were sold in zip 74114, with $875,253 being the average sales [...]