It is with gratitude that I write my review regarding Laura Desmond's service as our real estate agent in June 2023.
My mother was widowed in 2020. She lived in a different state and wanted to live near one of her daughters. Mom decided to move to Eugene, and we hoped to purchase a house together and combine households.
The 2023 rental and housing market is/was insane. My family was worried that we might not find something that met our family's needs within our price range.
We reached out to Laura. She was honest but also very encouraging about our search. She took the time to explain the current market conditions in our community. Her information was accurate.
Laura worked so hard to get my family a house.
A house became available in May 2023. Initially, we said we weren't interested in it because we hoped for more parking space; my niece is in college, and we hoped she could live with us. Laura reminded us of the current housing market and encouraged us to look at the house. Thank goodness for her gentle push.
My mom and I looked at the house and were very impressed. No house is perfect. Every potential buyer is wise to understand that no house will check every box on their "we really want" list.
Because Laura was so attentive to new listings, Laura's gentle push made us the first potential buyer to view the house. The house was as Laura told us before we viewed the house. We made an offer on the house that night. We asked Laura if we could make a lower offer for the house. She explained, clearly, that doing so was likely to create a bidding war for the house. I think she was likely correct; there were two more interested parties. The house had been on the market for less than 24 hours, and interest in the house was high. The market was so insane that I think a bidding war would have happened if we had made the seller a lower offer. As the first potential buyer to make an offer on the house, we were in a good place. When our lender assessed the house, it did assess for slightly more than what the seller was asking.
Laura wrote up our offer that evening (a Sat). The buyer agreed to our price the next afternoon.
I had no idea how to close on a house. Laura did an excellent job walking us through the process. She accompanied us to our escrow meeting, which was so helpful. Laura helped with every single part of the closing process.
Once we moved in, we had a few things that we needed to repair. We knew of these issues before we purchased the house. We have called Laura a few times to ask her for recommendations. We've been very happy with every person she recommended, and we will continue to ask her for recommendations as we need them.
I trust Laura. Should I ever need a realtor again, I will call Laura. And I will refer my friends to her if they ever need a realtor. read more