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Welcome to Helsabeck, REALTORS
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Office: 336-992-1262
Dear Prospective Client,
Welcome to Helsabeck, REALTORS® website. There are lots of tools here to help you find that perfect home or get started toward getting your house on the market. You can search the Triad MLS for all the homes listed here in the Triad, calculate mortgage payments, get helpful tips on selling your house, or take a virtual tour of a home we have listed, just to point out a few. To get started in buying or selling, please contact us to speak about your real estate needs.
Sincerely,
Ted Helsabeck
Helsabeck, REALTORS®
Service Area: Forsyth, Davie, Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson
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Flat Fee Full Service Listing Option Details
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There are a lot of flat fee listing services out on the market today. When you receive the information on their services I think you will find it a bit confusing. As you work your way through all of the different plans, packages, bundles, terms, limits, we do, you do, standard, optional, plus, additional…is your head spinning yet?
It takes real estate knowledge to understand what to sign up for. For most, you don’t know what you don’t know. You probably understand that you need to be listed on the Multiple Listing Service so that you hire every buyer agent in the Triad area, but you also need help with pricing, contracts, repair negotiations and so on. Here at Helsabeck, REALTORS, we keep it simple. You hire us and we handle your listing.
To flat fee list with us it is $1,500 plus a buyer’s agent commission. We recommend that it be 2.5% or more of the gross selling price, but commissions are always negotiable. You pay $500 that is nonrefundable at the time of listing and $1,000 plus the buyer’s agent commission at closing. The listing term is for up to one year. We handle listing your property, period. You will never receive a list of additional services and the added cost for when you figure out you need more help.
The savings from flat fee listing could mean the difference between getting sold or not. Use the savings to lower your list price, help with closing costs or making repairs. So go ahead, call us today, get listed and on with your life.
We reserve the right not to accept listings for any reason. We make no representation or guarantee regarding your property selling or closing. Listing fees and terms are subject to change.
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Is Housing as Cheap as It'll Ever Get?
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, May 03, 2012
Home buyers who want a bargain may want to act now because the housing market is in the midst of a turnaround, economists say.
Home prices have fallen and mortgage rates are hovering near record lows, pushing home affordability for the average family to record highs. Meanwhile, rents have been on the rise, making owning a home cheaper than renting in most areas of the country, according to recent surveys.
But the housing deals aren’t expected to stick around much longer.
An improving job market, a decrease in the number of home owners falling behind on their mortgage, and an anticipated improvement in access to mortgages is expected to help home prices start bouncing back by next year, economists say.
Investors eyeing profits in rentals also have been snapping up bank-owned properties, which Clear Capital’s Alex Villacorte attributes as helping to lead to an increase in prices on foreclosed properties. This “could have a significant impact on the market overall in terms of providing a rising floor to home values,” Villacorte told CNNMoney.
Some areas are already seeing prices rise. In Phoenix, housing prices have already increased 8.4 percent during the three months ending April 30, and Miami saw prices bump up 4.6 percent quarter over quarter, according to Clear Capital data.
"Stuff I was selling six months ago for $60,000 to $80,000 is now $90,000 to $110,000," Tanya Marchiol, founder of Team Investments in Phoenix, told CNNMoney.
Loan Rates, Demand Predictions
Buyers may want to act more quickly because mortgage rates are expected to tick up slightly by the end of the year. The increase is being sparked by greater demand, says Doug Lebda, CEO of LendingTree. He predicts 30-year fixed-rate mortgages will inch up to 4.5 percent by the end of the year, which is still low, however, by historical standards.
The Mortgage Bankers Association is also predicting a big leap in mortgage loans next year. For this year, MBA estimates that buyers will take out loans totaling about $415 billion, but by 2013 that number is expected to nearly double to $706 billion.
Source: “Buying a Home Won't get Much Cheaper,” CNNMoney (May 3, 2012) and “Time To Trade The Lease For A Mortgage?” NPR (May 1, 2012)
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