Central Pennsylvania Real Estate Video Blog with Joy Daniels

Why We Love Having Greystone Insurance as a Partner

Here’s my recent Q&A session with the owner of Greystone Insurance.

There are a variety of opportunities in the Central Pennsylvania real estate market for both buyers and sellers.

If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

Today I have the pleasure to be with Jim Bower, owner of Greystone Insurance, to discuss how important it is to have a yearly checkup with your local Insurance agent. According to Jim, one of the most important things you can do as an insurance buyer is to have an agent look at your insurance regularly. Insurance companies are coming out with new products and pricing all the time. Most of those new products are better for the customer. This means better pricing, better coverage, and it may be even easier to manage and pay premiums. To take advantage, you need to talk with an agent and often reapply for the newest product and pricing. You don’t get these things automatically, regardless of how long and loyal a customer you have been.

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Greystone partners with a dozen different top insurance companies

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Very often when helping a family or business owner, Jim finds that their existing coverage just doesn’t match up with what is going on in the household or business. Are they paying for things that they don’t need? Or worse yet, were they even properly covered in the first place? Jim and his team encounter situations like this all the time. So what should all of you homeowners out there do? Even if you have everything up to date, you should evaluate your insurance agent and the services they provide. If an agent only works with one company, they are going to be limited in what they can offer. At Greystone, they partner with over a dozen top insurance companies, including Erie Insurance, Central PA’s leading insurer for homes and autos! Thanks to Jim for joining us. This is such a great partnership between two companies that share a culture of service people with excellence and integrity. You’ll find both of these qualities with Greystone Insurance and Joy Daniels Real Estate Group. If you have any insurance needs or questions whatsoever, reach out to them at (717) 695-3177 or visit them online. We love serving our clients. If you have a real estate question for us, please call 717-695-3177 or email info@joydaniels.com. We have buyer and seller specialists ready to assist you.

What Are We Thankful for This Year?

Here’s what we at the Joy Daniels Real Estate Group are thankful for.

There are a variety of opportunities in the Central Pennsylvania real estate market for both buyers and sellers.

If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

With all of the holiday noise and Black Friday messages flooding your inbox, I wanted to take this opportunity to say “Happy Thanksgiving!” from the Joy Daniels Real Estate Group. Our team is grateful and wanted to share what they are thankful for this holiday season. Starting at 0:35 in the video above, you will hear from all the members of my team (including myself) about what they are thankful for in 2021. All of us at Joy Daniels Real Estate Group want to thank you, our clients, friends, and customers. We had an unusual, yet amazing 2021 and we could not be more thankful for all the support and blessings given to us in this market. We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family! We are here to serve your needs and help you realize your real estate goals! If you have any questions for us please call 717-695-3177 or email info@joydaniels.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Are We Still in a Hot Seller’s Market?

Is the market still hot, or is it getting colder?

There are a variety of opportunities in the Central Pennsylvania real estate market for both buyers and sellers.

If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

Are we currently still in a seller’s market? There are a couple of factors to consider before we answer this question: 1. Inventory is increasing. Back in March, as we were well into the spring selling season, there were 260 active listings in Dauphin County. In all of September, in the middle of the fall selling season, there were 307 active listings. That’s 47 more listings! Inventory is way up. 2. Multiple offers are down. With that increase in inventory, the number of multiple offers we’re seeing is also down. Earlier this year, we might have gotten around 10 offers on a home. However, we might only get two or three today. Overall, the number of multiple offers and bidding wars is way down. 3. Mortgage rates have gone up. This makes it harder to afford homes. 4. The number of showings is down. The number of showings in March of this year was 1,178. In September that number dropped to 662.

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Now is the time to put your home on the market.

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As we head into the holiday season, demand for homes will go down as inventory rises. So are we still in a super-hot seller’s market? The answer is no, but we are generally still in a seller’s market. It appears that we have peaked, and a decline in the seller’s market has begun. If you’ve thought about putting your home on the market but found yourself waiting and waiting, don’t wait any longer—now is the time. I don’t know what’s going to happen to the market next year; it could be better or worse than this year. What I do know is that now is still a great time to sell. There is still demand. If you have any questions regarding our market or real estate in general, feel free to call us at 717-695-3177 or email info@joydaniels.com. We have buyer and listing specialists waiting to help you!

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Why Hire the Joy Daniels Real Estate Group?

Just as doctors and lawyers specialize in different fields, so does each member of the Joy Daniels Real Estate Group. Although each agent is a licensed Realtor, their continuing education goes far beyond that- with exhaustive training and practice, giving them in essence the equivalent of a graduate degree in their field or specialty. Our specialists are the elite in their field and all of our firm's activities are done with a high sense of care over each seller and buyer that we come into contact with.

Even though Joy and her team have won numerous awards and been multi-million dollar producers for many consecutive years, her true "joy" is in serving her customers and clients. Joy and her team recognize the importance of maximum convenience for her customers and accessibility to her clients. Joy and her staff have developed and applied new techniques of marketing property and assisting customers and clients that other agents in Central Pennsylvania just can't offer. Whether you are moving across town or to another state, you've come to a site that will help your moving experience be smooth and hassle-free.

Joy Daniels
The Joy Daniels Real Estate Group
2793 Old Post Road
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: 717-695-3177
Fax:717-695-0025
info@joydaniels.com

Joy Daniels Testimonials

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testimonials from happy clients

Jessica - "Both my husband and I are very happy with the results. We actually sold 2 homes through the Joy Daniels Real Estate Group and both of them went off without a hitch! We had some issues with the well at our home and when we were on vacation it needed to be run for an extended time over and few days and Joy made sure that it was taken care of by the time we got back so we were ready to go for settlement."

Gary - "We’ve worked with Joy for several years now. She aided us in buying the current house we’re living in and also the house that we just sold. Joy and her whole team just have their act together. I was in the business for myself and I know how hard it is to get a team to click and she just seems to be able to do that."

Mitzi - "They helped me sell my home even through some of the wrinkles that my ex-husband caused. They had peak traffic through my house and they did a very good job with the marketing aspect. I just always felt comfortable with her. They really helped me through the closing and even after the sale when I had breast cancer and couldn’t mow my grass, my Realtor Nick came out a couple times to help me with that which was above and beyond! It was just a really good experience and I recommend Joy all the time!"

Ed - "When we were looking for a real estate agent, we wanted to work with someone who was willing to work around our schedule. Joy and her team quickly exceeded our expectations in helping us find a home. They were there for us, they walked us through many homes, and were even chipper and brought us coffee when we’d go look at homes at an unholy hour on a Saturday morning. I never had to wait longer than 30 minutes for them to return a phone call and they were also involved in the community, which shows a commitment to the community at large. Joy has sold over 3 homes for my family and when she sells my current home in the spring, we look forward to working with the best team in Harrisburg and Central Pennsylvania! "

Jennifer - "Being that she’s the president of the company, we felt honored that Joy wanted to work with us. Twelve days after the house went on the market, we got an offer! I think the communication was great. Everyone that we talked to was professional and happy. We could tell they all love their jobs! It was just an all-around positive experience."

Shelby - "They were absolutely amazing. There was never a period of time that went by that we didn’t have some sort of update from Joy or her assistant Heidi. They were readily available, and basically in constant contact with us!"

Leslie - "We worked with one of her agents named George. He was very helpful. We were looking for a new home rather than an existing home sale. He was helpful with the valuation of the lot, the features that would be useful for resale purposes as we were planning the home, and neighborhoods with the best resale values. We appreciated his insights and he worked with us a little bit in the process during our initial walkthrough when the builder has a different inspection times, and he offered insights during those times as well. It was good to have him. He had been involved with the builder before and was a new home specialist. On one occasion, he traveled with me from Harrisburg to Lancaster. He went with me to the design center and was very helpful with advice concerning buyer interest, home trends, and other things we should be thinking about when making decisions about features we should put in the house."

Linda - "It was perfect, from day one until we sold the house, our agent was excellent. Everything he told us, he said we would sell our house within two or three days and we did. Everything just went perfectly. We got the amount we wanted for our house, and we didn't have any problems at all. Any questions we had, we contacted our agent and it was just perfect. No matter what paperwork, anything like that. If we had any questions about anything. Now we had a homeowner's association, and we had to get a letter from them saying we were moving out. Our agent did all that for us. We didn't have to do that. He was really right on the ball, doing everything we needed to have done. It was just perfect. I would recommend Joy Daniels to anybody. In fact, I've already done that with a couple people that I've talked to. We've had other real estate companies, but this one was just a ten. That's all I can say, it was perfect."

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Why We Love Having Greystone Insurance as a Partner

What Are We Thankful for This Year?

Are We Still in a Hot Seller’s Market?