Lafayette Real Estate Video Blog with Robbie Breaux: April 2015

How to Handle Multiple Offer Situations When Selling Your Lafayette Home

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With the spring real estate season in full gear, there is no better time to discuss how to handle multiple offers when selling!

From a seller's perspective, it really doesn't get much better than having multiple buyers making offers on your home. The first thing you need to do is take a look at the particular terms of each offer. Ask yourself the following questions when looking over offers:

How much money is getting put down?
What kind of deposit are they putting down?
Are they pre-approved?
Is their financial institution credible in our market?
Are they considering a conventional loan or a government loan?
What concessions are they willing to make?

After answering these questions, you should be able to pick the best offer! We are experts at making your home attractive to the widest range of buyers and generating multiple offer situations for our listings. If you would like us to do the same for you, give us a call or shoot us a quick email. We would love to help you sell quickly and for top dollar!

Where's the Lafayette Market Heading?

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Hello, and welcome back! Today, we're going to give you a quick update on where the Lafayette market is heading!

The sales for Lafayette Parish are up 7% compared to where they were at this time in 2014. Since 2012, we've seen a 33% increase in home sales in our area! The average number of days on the market is hovering around 87, down from 93 at this time last year, and dollar volume is up 10.8%. In fact, since 2012, we've seen a jump in dollar volume of 58%! Additionally, the average sales price is up 3.5%, and the median sales price has risen to $195,000 from $187,000 last year.

What do all these numbers mean for you?

They mean that our market has not only recovered, it has caught fire! Pending sales contracts are up 20%, as we have 399 homes currently under contract, compared to only 333 this time last year. With a healthy five months of inventory, it's looking like our market will continue going strong through the summer.

If you have any questions about market conditions in your particular area, or if you have real estate needs of any kind, give us a call or shoot us a quick email. We would love to help you take advantage of these stellar conditions!

How to Avoid Losing the Lafayette Home of Your Dreams

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Today, I want share some advice on how to submit a powerful offer in a multiple offer situation.

When you're looking at a home that is getting attention from other buyers, there are a few things we can do to get a leg up on the competition. It's important to remember that not every multiple offer situation results in a bidding war.

We pride ourselves on staying in touch with the listing agents on the other side to get inside information about what exactly is going on with negotiations. We're also experts at identifying what is most important to the sellers - whether it be price, negotiations, or something else entirely.

Making yourself known as a buyer is key. Any way you can give the seller some insight into who you are and what your family is like will go a long way. Writing a handwritten note about why you want the home is a great and highly effective way to personalize the offer. We've seen it work in the past and highly recommend giving it a shot.

If you have any questions about staying ahead of the competition in multiple offer situations, or if you need real estate assistance of any kind, don't hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an email. I would love to give you a hand!

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Meet Robbie Breaux & Team

Simply put, my objective is to get you the most money in the least time on your Lafayette home sale, and with the fewest hassles. I want to provide the best service in the industry. Period. I want to make you so satisfied that you listed or bought your home with me that you will gladly refer me to your friends.

Robbie Breaux

Robbie Breaux & Team

Van Eaton & Romero, LLC a Latter & Blum Company

2000 Kaliste Saloom Road Suite 101

Lafayette, LA 70508, US

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Sara - "I really enjoyed everything about my home buying experience. Robbie made everything easy. He was so professional and has great market knowledge. Every interaction was so amazing that there’s not one thing I would change."

Katie - "We looked all over for a home and found one with Robbie Breaux & Team. It was a really great experience! After the inspection, any problems we had he would send someone over to fix it with no questions asked. It was really helpful and we appreciated it!"

Drew - "Originally we had our house on the market with another Realtor for about 8 months with no results. We decided to lower the price and put it on the market as for sale by owner, which was a nightmare, and still had no results. After contacting Robbie, we felt very comfortable with him and he gave us a list of things we needed to do in order to sell our home. We did everything and on the first day back on the market we had 2 offers, both for full price. He hit a grand slam so I had a great experience with Robbie!"

Crystal - "They were really great. They did everything for us and was always there when I called or texted. They were always available whenever I had a question."

Melba - "The Robbie Breaux Team really kept me informed and it was a great experience. I actually had a couple of houses that fell through, nothing to do with the team but because I had been dragging my feet. They continuously found me more houses to look at which I really appreciated!"

Missy - "Our agent checked on everything for us. We lived about 3 hours out of where we bought the home and she would go over and take pictures to check on the progress of the home we were building. Any time we had questions, whether it was before hours or after hours, I could always count on an answer. They just went way above and beyond what was expected."

Frankie - "He sold my house and then were able to get me a new home very quickly. Robbie did everything above and beyond. He’s a good friend of mine and he did everything we asked of him and probably more than he had to in order to help us deal with our move and both of our real estate transactions."

Kimberly - "We had tried selling our home 3 times prior to working with Robbie and he had it sold within 2 weeks! We were thrilled! We had moved to Houston and the house we were selling was in Lafayette so everything had to be done over the phone or over one visit. We actually did paperwork so that he would be our power of attorney so we didn’t have to make the trip back when the house sold. He took care of all the paperwork and everything for us, which we really appreciated."

Chuck - "Everything was really good. We got our house sold in 3 days so we were pretty happy about that. We had to wait a little while to show our house so everyone on his team was very patient and did a good job. Robbie was very good with negotiating and getting things down quickly."

Ricky - "I’ve known Robbie for a while because he and my daughter are good friends. He sold a house for her so I decided to work with him. They responded to all my requests for open houses and pictures and he was also proactive at the end of the sale. I am very appreciative of all his help!"

Greg - "We had good results when we worked with Robbie Breaux and his team. They helped and gave us ideas and hints on how to make the house more appealing for curb appeal. It was a little touch up there, a little touch up here. Fix this, fix that, and I did most of it myself and it worked! The house was turned over pretty quickly!"

Kevin - "He sold my house fast, and he was able to help me find a house fast. He made it a seamless transition. He was very flexible. Even if it was after hours, he was always willing to meet us at any time. That was very helpful with our schedules."

Boyer - "We worked with them for about two and a half months. We were able to purchase a home that worked out well for us. Both my wife and I have hectic schedules and a small child. They were incredibly flexible with their schedules in order to help with ours, and that was much appreciated."

Bonnie - "My house sold to the first viewer. His team helped stage my home, and I think that’s why it sold so fast. He stayed in touch with me, and his team helped me with things over the computer that I wasn’t real familiar with, like e-signing. They were really accommodating and easy to work with!"

Laurie - "We had thirty days to sell our house, and we sold it in two and a half weeks! Everyone on the team was awesome, but I especially appreciated the work Amber did. I had a lot of questions, and she definitely went above and beyond by answering them all. Everything went well."

Candy & Gerald -"Whenever we wanted to look at a house, or if we needed to talk to our realtor on the phone, she was there! And I was touched that after we bought a house they gave us a gift card and a little present as a thank you for working with them."

Connie -"Everything went well! While we were moving Robin helped us sort out some minor issues, even though the house was already sold!"

Karl -"We purchased a home we wanted very much! Our realtor, Laurie Kramer was very professional. She kept us informed any way she could. Text, emails, calls, we always knew what was going on and at what point we were in the process."

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