Jeff & Paulia Kennedy, REALTORS

Thought you might be interested in the latest real estate market update, so we would like to share the latest news.While September is generally the month that we start to see fewer buyers as we face the fall and winter seasons in our market, this September has been a little different this year and sales are holding steady.Below is an overview as ...

Website hits are up!  The Kennedy Team's website, www.BestofHotSprings.com expects more than a 33% increase in site hits by the end of January.  Historically, this website averages 35,000 hits per month.  As of today, with one week remaining in the month, 42,500 hits have been calculated with an average of 1,635 hit per ...

After posting my initial Tough-Love Real Estate Marketing entry, a number of people asked me to clarify the details of a Paulia Kennedy's 'honesty talk' and what the criteria was for 'being choosey'.  Paulia explained that, "We first determine how motivated they are (if they really want and NEED to ...

I received an interesting email from Paulia Kennedy last week. She explained me, "We're really getting hammered with new listing calls lately -- seems like we've been averaging about 3 new calls per week.  It's getting to be so many, that we really have to be choosey about the properties we list.  We have been ...

When we put our northeast home up for sale a few years ago, I remember the day that the real estate agent caravan stopped our home on agent Open House day.  There isn't much to say here about that day, as it was an uneventful experience.  The agents came, and then they went. So last month when Paulia Kennedy asked me to ...

Paulia and I have been sharing ideas this week for a good blog entry.  I have been asking her about behavior changes in buyers and sellers as many have had to rethink housing plans due to a shifting real estate market.  I asked Paulia to check her 'send box' to see what types of email questions she has been responding to, as this ...

As I mentioned in prior blog entries, I often peruse other agent sites to read what services he or she offers for potential buyers and sellers. Many agent sites tout that he/she will not only find the perfect home for their buyers but will handle every last detail up to the purchasing process.  What does that really mean; to 'handle every ...

In 2004, when we decided to relocate from the northeast to the southeast due to a job offer, I knew that staging a home was central to a successful sale but I did not realize how REALLY significant this field would become.  Now, in researching this blog, I have tremendous resources from which to learn about the staging process coupled with ...

Hello, This is Janine Gregor, Paulia Kennedy's Real Estate Virtual Assistant reporting today... I am always looking at agent listings to see how properties are described.  Although I have conferred with Paulia Kennedy on only a handful of her listing descriptions, when the task has been offered to me, it is something I tackle with ...

(Hot Springs, AR, August 2008) - The Kennedy Team - Jeff & Paulia Kennedy & Debi Jones, REALTORS with Trademark Real Estate, Inc. are pleased to mention that their sales for the month of June of this year broke several records.  The Kennedy Team sold a little over $10 million in real estate transactions in June, 2008 in spite of the ...