Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
Marty Gum
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Have You Visited Our New Home Search Website?
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
10/27/16 • -1 min
Our website has some great new features that we would like to share. You can search for homes by dozens of different criteria, including their specific location on a map.
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Our website, searchlakeozarkshomes.com, is pretty simple to use, but we wanted to give you an overview of some of the features that it has. For starters, the entire active MLS is on our website and is updated in real time.
The many different menus on our site have pages for buyers, sellers, and featured listings. In addition to those, we also have a few different home search functions. The first is the “search for homes” page that allows you to do an advanced search of our MLS. There are a lot of different filters you can add to your search to give you the homes you want to see. In addition to searching by the number of bedrooms or bathrooms, you can also search by keywords like “deck” or “waterfront.” You can even search by mile marker or the year it was built. You can make your search as broad or as specific as you want.
You can make your search as broad or as narrow as you want.
We are very excited for you to start using our website. We added all of these features for your benefit, and we hope that you will have an enjoyable experience using it. If you have any questions for us, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you. In the meantime, enjoy the website!
Where Is the Lake of the Ozarks Real Estate Market Heading?
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
05/02/16 • 0 min
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Right now is a pretty unprecedented time in Lake Ozark real estate. We have nearly the same number of agents as we do properties to sell!
Right now, we have 629 active agents in the board, and only 692 condos in the Lake of the Ozarks -- 87 of which are under contract. There are 789 active listings for waterfront homes, with a total of 97 of them under contract. As you can see, inventory is quite low right now!
What does all of this mean for you? Well, lo...
Tools for Simplifying the Lake Ozark Market
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
08/02/16 • -1 min
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I'm happy to be joined today by a fellow agent, Nicol O'Sullivan.
She's a graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in marketing, and while she's relatively new to real estate, her family has been in the construction and home building business for years and years, so she's well-versed in the field. I'm proud to say her team is number 15 right now in the whole Lake of the Ozarks in total sales.
As an agent, ...
Our 5 Favorite Home Staging Tips
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
07/11/16 • -1 min
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We get questions from sellers quite frequently regarding home staging. They want to know what to do, how to do it, and how it will help their home sell. Here are our top five tips for staging your home to sell:
1. De-clutter the home. You don’t have to depersonalize your home as much as you need to remove all the clutter. A few photos here and there are fine, but only leave a few pieces of key furniture in each room.
2. Remove heavy ite...
Professional Photography Is Essential to Selling for Top Dollar
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05/27/16 • -1 min
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Being in a resort area, the number one thing we need to keep in mind when selling properties is that they have good photography. It’s something we’ve invested a lot of time and money into, and it’s something we do better than all of the other companies out there.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal stated that homes photographed with professional equipment and photographers sell quicker and for more money than ones photographed by cell phones or other digital cameras.
What Are We Seeing in the Lake Ozark Market?
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11/18/15 • -1 min
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Listings decreased about 2% compared to this time last year. This means there are fewer properties on the market to choose from, which benefits sellers. Sold listings have increased 5% from 656 to 688 in only one year.
Prices have only increased by an average of 3.29%. Additionally, the median list price only went up by $1,000. If you're a buyer, it’s an opportune time to act before those prices start getting pushed up.
The list-to-sale ratio has increased by .5% in the last year, and now sits at 94.5%. The average days on market has remained around 150 days.
If you’re looking to buy or sell, it looks like a fantastic time to take advantage of recent trends. We sell many properties in the winter and fall.
If you have any questions about the market, or about your specific subdivision, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you!
How the Latest Real Estate Technology Can Help You
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
02/17/17 • -1 min
We recently started using a 3-D camera. This cutting-edge technology can help both homebuyers and sellers in many ways.
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On our real estate team, we work with the latest, greatest technology to make your job as a homebuyer or seller much easier.
One brand-new tool we started using is a 3-D camera. This camera can build virtual tours of your home. We have done a few open houses with this technology, hosted 3-D tours on Facebook, and shared these images with potential buyers.
There are several different ways to look at these 3-D images. You can use your computer, phone, or products like Google Cardboard to get a true 3-D experience. Buyers can feel like they are in your home without having to leave the comfort of their own.
Unfortunately, as a real estate agent, it’s common to hear buyers say that they are disappointed when they come to see a house in person. With 3-D images, you cannot hide anything. These 3-D tools help save you time as a buyer because you won’t waste time looking at disappointing properties.
3-D images help buyers feel like they are standing in your home.
If you list your home with us, we use these 3-D cameras for advertising to generate more interest for your home. We post the images on social media sites like Facebook or LinkedIn so that potential buyers can interact with your listing on their computers. These 3-D images can get more calls about your property than traditional marketing.
Finally, if you are a buyer with a buyer’s agent on our team, you can call your agent and request a virtual tour of a specific listing before you drive out to it for a showing. The buyer’s agent will go out with our 3-D camera and put that virtual tour together for you.
If you have any other questions about our 3-D camera or about real estate in general, give us a call or send us an email. We would be happy to help you!
Your 2017 Lake Ozark Market Update
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
02/03/17 • -1 min
Our economy is expected to grow in 2017, but what about our local real estate market? These figures should key you in.
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With the new year well underway, today I want to talk about what the rest of 2017 holds for our Lake Ozark real estate market.
If you’ve been following the news lately, you might’ve heard that the stock market recently went over 20,000 for the first time ever. That means that businesses expect the economy to grow and the new administration to have fewer regulations and fewer taxes.
How does this impact our market? Let’s start with condos. During the height of the downturn in 2007 and 2008, there were about 1,600 condos for sale. This morning, we had around 488 listed for sale. At this time last year, that number was 800. Of the 488 condos currently listed, only 322 have docks, which is what most people in our area look for when browsing condos for sale. Because inventory is obviously very low in this category, if you have a condo that you want to sell, now is the time to put it on the market. We expect the market to stay strong, but we can’t predict the future, and interest rates are expected to creep up.
On the flip side, prices for condos are still very reasonable. Last year at this time, the median sale price for them was $136,500. This year, the median sale price so far is $145,900. That’s a significant increase, but still within range for most buyers. Though condos are the most popular type of home to sell in our area, the lack of inventory has also affected buyers. In January 2016, we were able to sell 100 condos. In January of this year, we only sold 69. It’s not a matter of people not looking; it’s more that they can’t find a quality product within their price range.
Inventory is low for both condos and houses.
Lakefront homes face a similar situation as condos, just not as drastic. In January 2016, we sold 152 homes. In January of this year, we sold only 82. That’s a drop in sales of 46%. Last year, the median price for lakefront homes was $250,000. This year, it’s $280,000.
The most popular price range for lakefront homes right now is from $300,000 to $350,000. If you venture over the $500,000 price range, the market is much softer, so if you’re looking for a luxury lakefront home, now is a great time to pounce.
If you have any questions about our market or are thinking or buying or selling, please feel free to reach out to us. We’d be happy to help!
Getting Lake Properties Approved for Financing
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
10/04/16 • -1 min
Getting a VA loan on a lake property is hard because the process you must go through to get the project approved is quite intensive. There is, however, an upside to this.
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Why is it so hard to get a VA loan on some lake properties, especially condos?
According to Tom Spradling, our local mortgage officer, there is a process you must go through to get the project approved, and it’s quite intensive. What normally happens is that either the management company of the Homeowners Association or the Homeowners Association itself will have to fill out and complete an entire questionnaire that will be reviewed. Once that’s approved, the project will be approved for VA financing.
The process you must go through is quite intensive.
One of the good things about VA approval on a project is that the project’s approval does not expire. So, condo projects can be approved and loans can be made using VA financing on condos here at the Lake ...
Where Is the Lake of the Ozarks Real Estate Market Heading?
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast
05/02/16 • -1 min
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Right now is a pretty unprecedented time in Lake Ozark real estate. We have nearly the same number of agents as we do properties to sell!
Right now, we have 629 active agents in the board, and only 692 condos in the Lake of the Ozarks -- 87 of which are under contract. There are 789 active listings for waterfront homes, with a total of 97 of them under contract. As you can see, inventory is quite low right now!
What does all of this mean for you? Well, lo...
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How many episodes does Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast have?
Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast currently has 18 episodes available.
What topics does Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Top, Property, Estate, Local, Home, Real, Podcasts, For, Selling and Tips.
What is the most popular episode on Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast?
The episode title 'How the Latest Real Estate Technology Can Help You' is the most popular.
How often are episodes of Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast released?
Episodes of Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast are typically released every 20 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast?
The first episode of Lake Ozark Real Estate Podcast was released on Nov 18, 2015.
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