Century Village-Deerfield Beach FL-Condo's For Sale

Neal Bloom | Remax | (954)608-5556 4055 E. Harwood, Deerfield Beach, FL 2 Bdrm Condo offered at $249,000 Year Built 1980 Sq Footage 1,500 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 4 Parking Unspecified Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $423 per month DESCRIPTION LARGEST RARE EXECUTIVE MODEL 2 BR 2 BTH UNIT IN HARWOOD WITH LARGE LAKEFRONT VIEW,MOVE IN CONDITION,LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR AND READY FOR OFFERS... see additional photos below PROPERTY FEATURES Central A/C Central heat Walk-in closet Tile floor Family room Living room Dining room Dishwasher Refrigerator Stove/Oven Microwave Laundry area - inside Swimming pool COMMUNITY FEATURES Guest parking Clubhouse Laundry on-site Fitness center Swimming pool(s) Tennis court(s) Golf course Lake Gated property Secured entry Elevator Wheelchair access ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Seller contact info: Neal Bloom Remax (954)608-5556 For sale by agent/broker Equal Opportunity Housing Posted: Apr 5, 2008, 11:57am PDT

Since when does the Buyers Agent know what's written in our listing agreement?

Here is another one of my true experiences in Real Estate. Just doing the job I love!
We have had this listing for quite some time. At the time there were about 400 other similar ones. It's a 2BR 2BTH condo in Century Village Deerfield Beach FL.

At the time we listed it the price was a bit high and there was lots of inventory to choose from...there still is. The seller finally agreed to reposition the property to reflect current market conditions. After that we started to get lots of activity and I though it was just a matter of time before we would be receiving some offers. Over the weekend....my partner managed to negotiate a deal and verbally presented it to the seller. As of Monday...he had ironed out all the specifics and mentioned to the buyers agent that he thought we had a deal.

Many of our clients that are moving to this community are from Canada because of how strong the Canadian dollar is.

Here is where the problem started. First of all...... presenting offers in writing to our client is a little difficult because they don't own a fax machine or have email capability. They are also older and like to it the old fashion way by having the contract delivered overnight. We aways try to do what's best for our clients with the lease possible inconvenience to them but this was the way we had to present the offer.

My partner has been waiting for a long time to get an offer on the property and he was very excited to go to our office Monday morning and put together the contract submitted by the other agent. Once the paperwork was all together he set up the overnight package and was just about ready to close the package when guess what happened? The unthinkable in this market...we received a call from another agent who also showed the property and was calling to tell him they were sending an offer over to our office.

My partner told the buyers agent we have another offer ready to send via overnight and since it hasn't been executed by the seller that we would suggest that they send it over right away or we were going to mail the first one out now and might not get it there in time before the seller makes their decision.

With in 10 minutes the offer came through and we looked at it and then stuck it in the envelope. But before we sealed it and called for a pick up my partner felt bad that the first buyers agent thought it was a done deal. I explained to my partner that if he wanted to call the first agent back out of courtesy just to let them know what happened....just don't to discuss anything about it other than we needed to present both offers.

The other agent didn't want to hear it and said we had no right to submit the other offer because the seller already accepted the theirs. The problem was it was verbal and the seller never signed off on it yet and hadn't even seen it. The first agent kept telling my partner that our listing agreement says this and that and that we had to fulfill the obligation to take his offer and not the other.

I then grabbed the phone and asked the other agent how they know what our listing agreement says and what we agreed to with the seller. He kept saying that our listing agreement said this and that and I told him politely to mind his business and that we were obligated to send both offers to the client regardless.

He than told me to mail his first and hold back the other one until today. At first I thought..."is this person crazy?" I just bit my lip and said the following to agent number one..."sir we don't appreciate that you are dictating to us what is in our listing agreement and further more we only called you out of courtesy to let you know that there was another offer to be submitted with yours and that regardless of the price and terms of both contracts....they are both confidential and would both be looked at by our client......Before we close up the package would you like us to continue to proceed with your current offer?".... He said yes.

I would never hold back any offer even if we had both sides unless it was authorized in writing by the seller. We present and give our views and opinions but never would we influence any seller to taking a certain offer...that's their final decision. After all they own the property ...we don't.

Just so you know........both offers were very similar in price as well as the terms and conditions.
I'm sure that anyone who reads this will agree that if we held back any offers before anything was executed...... then we would be misrepresenting the client. We didn't even discuss this with our seller. we just submitted them and let the client pick which one they wanted to go fourth with.

I have also seen many different listing agreements and even the standard agreements I have seen have been altered...scratched out or amended so there is no way anyone else would know what's in the agreement unless they actually saw it.

I wonder how any client would feel if they knew that what this agent wanted us to do.
I would love to hear opinions and how other agents would have handled this.
For more information please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-CRS-Realtor® /Remax Hometown


2500 Weston Road ,Suite 103
Weston FL 33331
(954)608-5556

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Century Village Condo's For Sale -Pembroke Pines FL...an active adult lifestyle for residents

Century Village Condo's For Sale -Pembroke Pines FL...an active adult lifestyle for residents

It is a great time to buy so come see all of the Century Village condo's For Sale. There are many condo's available now!

Century Village is located in Pembroke Pines FL. This is just one of four different locations around South Florida. Depending on your destination you will also find complexes in Deerfield Beach,West Palm Beach,and Boca Raton.

Century Village has been the leading retirement community for the last 35 years. H. Irwin Levy brought the idea to a group of investors back in 1968. He managed the project for a while...... watching it take shape and help build it into what it is today...."an active adult lifestyle for residents."

The complex is a gated community that is provided with 24 hr manned security and features a 145,000 square foot clubhouse,an 18 hole par 64 golf course,15 swimming pools,theaters featuring world class entertainment and lake-front views.

Century Village coined the phase "Now this is living!"
The are many different sizes available now at very affordable prices.For more information regarding condo's that are available in Century Village in Pembroke Pines FL

For more information regarding condo's that are available in Century Village in Pembroke Pines FL



Please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-Realtor® /Remax Hometown


2500 Weston Road ,Suite 103
Weston FL 33331
(954)608-5556
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Century Village Real Estate For Sale -Deerfield Beach Florida...an active adult lifestyle

Century Village Real Estate For Sale -Deerfield Beach Florida...an active adult lifestyle for residents.

It is a great time to buy so come see all the Century Village Real Estate For Sale. There are many condominiums available now!

Century Village is located in Deerfield Beach Florida. This is just one of four different locations around South Florida. Depending on your destination you will also find complexes in Pembroke Pines,West Palm Beach,and Boca Raton.

Century Village has been leading retirement community for the last 35 years. H. Irwin Levy brought the idea to a group of investors back in 1968. He managed the project for a while...... watching it take shape and help build it into what it is today...."an active adult lifestyle for residents."


The complex is a gated community that is provided with 24 hr manned security and features a 145,000 square foot clubhouse,an 18 hole par 64 golf course,15 swimming pools,theaters featuring world class entertainment and lake-front views.

Othe activities include
Tennis,Sailing,Fishing,Handball,Volleyball,Pentanque,Shuffleboard ,ball Rooms, card rooms and fitness centers. They also provide transportation by bus to medical facilities, local shopping centers and malls.

Century Village coined the phase "Now this is living!"
1BR,2BR and 3BR units are available now at very affordable prices.For more information regarding condominiums available in Century Village in Deerfield Beach Florida

Please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-Realtor® /Remax Hometown


2500 Weston Road ,Suite 103
Weston FL 33331
(954)608-5556

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Century Village Condo's for sale- Real Estate Market Report as of November 2007

Keeping an eye on the local Real Estate market can be a bit challenging from a distance .Every now and then...wouldn't it be nice to borrow someone's eyes and ears in our area for an occasional update on the neighborhoods values?

We recently posted a story called Oh Canada!...Canadians are buying Real Estate For Sale In South Florida . Within 48 hours we received some great feedback. Later on I was contacted by Global Television ...which is part of the Canada.com network.

It seems like it is a good time for our Canadian clients to invest in a second home in FL in Century Village. The Canadian dollar exchange rate has been hovering between $1.01 and $1.10. That is still good news for our past,present and future clients. In general .."it is a great time to buy a home in Florida."

We continue to keep the public informed with our automatic value check: all you have to do is open this link and read our Real Estate Market report.

Condo's for sale as of -November 2007

• 424 Condo's for sale-prices range from $35,000-$219,000

Current Pending sales-November 2007

• 41 Condo's

Condos sold from-Jan 2007-November 2007

• 320 condo's

This information is provided by the Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service and is believed accurate but not warranted.

If you are interested in Century Village condo's ......then we strongly urge you to look at the Real Estate opportunities available here.

For more information please contact Steve Kohn or Neal The Real Deal Bloom /Remax Hometown

I refuse to leave your home until you let me price it right!

Last week my partner Steve received a call for a listing appointment. It happen to be in Century Village of Deerfield Beach Florida. Now he usually handles all of our buyers. As a matter of fact...we just sold 4 units in there in the last 3 months and they were all cash deals and they closed within 2 weeks to 1 month. We also have closed 4 rentals in there as well. we know pretty much every model in there after having showed over 100 of them to the buyers and renters we worked with so we have a pretty good idea what they want. This particular unit is a bit different from the others. It is only a two story building versus the normal 4 story high-rise. They called us from a postcard we mailed out almost 2 years ago. Most of the postcards we mailed out were delivered but about 50 came back. We never received any calls from this mailing until now. "pretty amazing huh?"
So now we go on this appointment to meet the sellers. They are probably in their 80's to 90's..."god I hope I live that long and can still function." Anyway we go to meet the people and their daughter was present as well....she actually lives there too so she wanted to be involved to protect her parents interests which was fine with us. She was really nice but she was their voice so we had to show her what the property values are in their community. We also knew going in that the property had been listed before.
I always check the history first just in case there are any surprises. The place was in pretty good condition. It also had a water view and a nice private location. We explained to them that there were over 400 units on the market there and only about 200 that closed since the beginning of the year. The range of value was anywhere from $50,000 to $85,000. Originally it was listed at $89,000 for six months.
I wanted to find out what happened and why it did not sell. I asked them how many showings they had..they told me six and no offers. I now knew we definitely had a price issue. We really were trying to convince them to price it in the low $80's range because of the averages we came up with. The daughter said.."I want to price it at $96,000 because my parents need to clear $91,000. I told the women that there was probably no chance it would sell at that price unless there was a change in the market. I feel we have another 24-36 months before we see any change for the better...we just have to suck it up in the meantime. I kept going back and forth with the daughter. I asked her that if 6 months ago you were not making any progress at $89,000 then how in the world would pricing it at a higher price help you? I could not really understand her reasons but I said..."it has been a pleasure meeting you all and we appreciate the opportunity but we have been in your home for almost 3 hours and I refuse to leave here without pricing it right or we leave now without the listing." They finally bought the idea and so after 3 hours of jousting we priced it at $84,500 which hopefully will be a good price to draw offers. They just emailed us the other day that they were very pleased when they saw all the advertising we sent them for their property. Since Century Village is a great place for adult living....... I think we might have to do a little farming there.
It just goes to show you that even though it is not a large deal...persistence pays off and honesty still rules for respect. As Realtors(R) it is our job to guide the clients in the right direction.