Episodes
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
"Summer is Over"
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
Wednesday Sep 21, 2016
Wayne is back on the Lake 94.7.
Friday Sep 16, 2016
How Much Will It Cost To Sell A Home?
Friday Sep 16, 2016
Friday Sep 16, 2016
The Lake 94.7 has Wayne on air again for yet another interview, this time inquiring on, "what does it cost to sell my home."
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
"He Wrote the Book on Real Estate"
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Wayne is interviewed by the Lake 94.7, and Wayne is asked about writing the book on real estate. Wayne reveals that not only does he have a hard cover book he gives for free, but he also publishes a free quarterly free e-book.
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
St Tammany Real Estate Market Update August 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Transcript: Hey, Wayne Turner here. I hope you're having a wonderful day. It's, the weather's out, it's hot, but it's really nice out. So having a lot of rain, we all know that. But just want to give you a quick update on the real estate market here on the North Shore.
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Um, St. Tammany specific is what I'm talking about right now. The average time that a house is selling is 13 days faster than it was last year. Last year it was 76 days, year-to-date, this time last year. Now it's 63 days. So if you put a home on the market, the average time that it's going to take to sell it right now in St. Tammany Parish is 63 days. Now the average sales price right now is 241,300. Last year at this same time it was 237,200. So, a few thousand dollars increase, which is good. That equates to 2 percent. So if somebody says, "Wayne, how is the real estate market, is it up?", it is up. It's up 2 percent. So if you own a 200,000 dollar home, your home value is up 2 percent, you're looking at 4000 dollars.
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As far as the number of homes that have closed this year as opposed to last year, there's been 216 more homes closed this year as opposed to this same time last year, year-to-date, so that's around 5 percent. So there's the home sale rate is up 5 percent, the home values are up 2 percent. And to kind of give you an idea, inventory is down about 3 1/2 percent. So it kind of gives you an idea. More people buying houses. There's a, there's a little lack of inventory. We're shifting towards a sellers' market. So just to kind of give you an idea if, if you're looking to sell, or you just want an idea of what your home is worth, you can go to nolahomevalues.com. Once again, that's nolahomevalues.com. It's a free service that I provide, some really cool new technology where you can just simply put in your property address and your information and it will literally within about 60 seconds it's going to give you everything that's in your community, what's sold, what's active for sale, what's been on the market that didn't sell, which is a new feature. So you can actually see what they were trying to sell a home for and then didn't sell, so those what they call expired listings.
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So anyway, hope this helps you. Hope you're having a wonderful day. Call us if you will need us. Once again, nolahomevalues.com. I'm Wayne Turner. You can reach us at 985-626-1313, and you can always find us on Facebook at Turner Real Estate. Hope you're having a good day. We'll see you. Enjoy your weekend.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Relocating to the North Shore
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Transcript: Hello, hope you're having a great day. My name's Wayne Turner. I'm the broker of Turner Real Estate Group. Our office is just as you come off the causeway coming from the south shore to the north shore. Listen, this quick video is just to let you know that you can click on this link, my website wayneturner.com, or you can actually click on the link below and that will give you full and complete access to every single home listed, on the north short.
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So if you're, if you're on the south shore and you're thinking about relocating to the north shore we just make it real simple for you. It's real easy, you can search by price, bedrooms, baths, school district. The really cool think about our site is, it's not realtor.com, and Zillow, and Trulia where you get lost in a bunch of real estate ads and a bunch of ads of people trying to sell you Lord knows what, it's just real estate. So we're not going to bother you, we're not going to badger you, it's just a service that we offer. So anyway, hope you're having a good day. I'm Wayne Turner, wayneturner.com, (985) 626-1313. We'll see ya. Thank you
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Appraisals: What You Need to Know
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Hey, Wayne Turner here. Hope you're having a great day. Wanted to speak with you a little bit on uh, home values, prices, um ... We're seeing homes go up in value but here's what we're runnin' into. A home's only worth what a buyer's willin' to pay for it, but the home buyer has to have the home appraised if they're getting a bank loan. The banks require it. The banks want to know that the value there is justifiable. But here's what we're runnin' into, we're runnin' into a little snags of those homes actually appraising, so here's what you can do to help combat that. To make sure that once you get a contract, you know it's gonna appraise.
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Make a list, this one thing. Make a list of every single improvement that you've done to the home. Everything that you've done. New paint, new carpet, new hardware on the ... On the cabinets, because here's what happens. The appraiser will gladly help give you value but they have to have proof that the value's there, and that just helps them and they can keep it in their files, so anyway hope you're having a great day and call us if you need. I'm Wayne Turner, we'll see ya.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Things Not to Do When Selling Your Home
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Transcript: Hey, it's Wayne Turner here. I hope you're having a great day. I want to do, uh, talk a little bit about on what not to do when you're selling your house. And, uh, the National Association of Realtors does lots of studies, and research, and questionnaires with buyers and, and what help sale, what doesn't help sale, what buyers like, what doesn't buyers like, you know, what they, what they don't like in terms of the property.
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But here's the one, the one, the number one thing that you can do when selling your property or shall I say not do. Don't do this. If you put your home on the market, regardless of who has it listed for sale, don't do this one thing. Let me tell you that one thing is, staying in the house when the buyer shows up to look at your home. Do not follow them around. Do not be present. Just leave. Real estate agents are, are, uh, they're licensed. They're bonded. They're ensured and in 20 years I've never had anything taken or stolen out of the property, so things like guns, jewelry, personal items, just put them away when your home is on the market. And most importantly, uh, leave. Leave the house. It's for your benefit in terms of selling the property. You don't want to be there.
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If you can, get the pets out of the property. Don't get me wrong. I love my animals. I've got two dogs and a cat, and, and I love my animals, but when I put my personal home on the market, I've got to get that stuff out of there. You know, I got to get the animals out. It's an inconvenience putting your home on the market without a shadow of a doubt...
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I just wanted to share with you the most important thing you can do is let it be shown. Um, try not to ever miss a showing. Let a lock box be put on the property. You'll have plenty of notice before ever showing. And most importantly, just scurry out. They'll give you a time frame. Uh, you'll know when, who's going to come in and look at it, when they're going to be there, what time. Of course, when you list with us, we're going to give you feedback. We text the agent. We call the agent. We email. You're going to know exactly what that buyer thought about the property, good or bad. If there's anything that can be done to, you know ... If they don't, you know, they don't like the color of the paint, then we can give a paint allowance, or a fence, or anything like that.
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So, anyway, I hope these little tips help. If there's anything that I can do personally to help you sell your home, don't hesitate to call me. Uh, Wayne Turner, Turner Real Estate Group, 985-626-1313. You can also look us up on the web at wayneturner.com and of course on Facebook. We're just kind of all over the place on Facebook. We know that's a, that's a, uh, a place where a lot of people are. So anything that we could do to help. We hope you're having a good day. Enjoy your weekend and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
"What is the Biggest Mistake When Selling My Home?"
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday Aug 31, 2016
People always ask, "what is the biggest mistake when selling my home?"
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
"Should I get an Appraisal Before I Sell My House?"
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Tuesday Aug 30, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
#1 thing not to do when selling your home
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
#1 thing not to do when selling your home