Buyers want One-Stop Shopping

Editor — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:06:37 +0000

Convenience is what home buyers want.

The majority of home buyers polled agreed that one stop shopping would make the home buying process easier and that same group also agreed that they would consider using one stop shopping when purchasing a home. In fact, a lot of home buyers don’t know that some real estate companies offer various forms of one stop shopping such as home mortgage services. The same home buyers agreed that when they learned the option was available they wanted to utilize the service (from a recent survey conducted in 2008 by the National Association of Realtors).

The survey results showed that the buyers felt it was less important whether the real estate firm was affiliated with the mortgage provider and more important to know that if packaged together the buying process would be more convenient.The majority, more than 70 percent, were attracted to one stop shopping as a means to close a transaction more quickly, conveniently and with fewer missteps than if they had to have different providers coupled together to perform the same services. That same 70 percent say they expect to see a reduced likelihood of the transaction falling apart because of the ability of service providers to work together.

Even with a high interest in one stop shopping, less than 30 percent of buyers have actually used one stop shopping. The results of the survey show that this is primarily because they had not heard of the concept. Those buyers that have used one stop shopping did have a higher rate of satisfaction with their transaction experience than those that did not.

The concept of one stop shopping is not new, but it is gaining more interest from buyers that want a seamless transaction that improves the odds of a smooth and satisfying closing.

Learn more RE/MAX and First Bank providing one stop shopping via First Resort Lending.

One Stop Shopping for your lending needs with RE/MAX

Editor — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:23:47 +0000

First Resort Lending, a local lender with in depth knowledge of loans and lending in Summit County coupled with one-on-one service provides the buyer with a very unique lending opportunity. Offering lending options, refinancing and stellar service in all of Summit County and the surrounding areas including Breckenridge, Frisco, Copper Mountain, Keystone, Dillon and Silverthorne.

First Resort Lending is a joint venture between Firstbank of Colorado (Colorado’s largest locally owned banking organization) and RE/MAX Properties of the Summit (Summit County’s leading real estate firm). Firstbank has been providing full service banking for over 40 years and RE/MAX Properties of the Summit just celebrated their 20th anniversary in the spring of 2007!

This is a fantastic opportunity to provide a better service and true “One Stop Shopping” and who better to do that than RE/MAX (us) and First Bank: both extremely respected service oriented companies with above board business philosophies that have grown along with the community over the past 20 years! In fact, both RE/MAX and First Bank have had their positive presence in Summit County for about the same amount of time – since the 80’s.

With the backing of Firstbank in Colorado, First Resort Lending is capable of offering a variety of products to meet borrowers needs – a full service bank with local personnel, local decisions and outstanding service.

Some benefits to buyers include:

Personal, timely, reputable, up-front counseling eliminating costly surprises.
Experienced mortgage consultant capable of finding the right mortgage for a buyer’s specific needs.
Fast, friendly, one-on-one local service, local decisions; giving you a faster response, direct feedback and a better understanding of the local overall mortgage process.
Local knowledge and the ability to perform on loans and properties locally as well as the proven history of performance - no delays or not being able to lend at the last moment due to the property.
Work with local appraisers that are aware of the local real estate values and the fact that they are on the rise; coupled with the knowledge of what added value location, views and amenities means in today resort real estate market. Not working with someone that has local knowledge can and has caused poor appraisals that in turn can cause delays or even contract termination.

Being comfortable in the fact First Resort Lending has the proven capability, local knowledge, is operated with integrity and performs at an outstanding business level; while at the same time has just about any loan program available as well as the ability to get the loan done that the buyer needs is extremely important. Be sure to ask about the opportunity to take advantage of this special and very unique service in Summit County.

With the majority of RE/MAX’s business coming from repeat and referral it is very important that the entire purchase process go as smoothly as possible and selecting the right lender that can complete the transaction with relative ease is a key element to a successful purchase.

Your successful purchase is important to us.

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Buyers want One-Stop Shopping

One Stop Shopping for your lending needs with RE/MAX