December 2010 Top Producers

Congratualations to the top producing agent for the month of December 2010 from each of our offices!

Camden office - Jarmila Volena

Rockland office - Carleton Johnson

Waldoboro office - Kirstie Ransdell

Belfast office - Mary King

Four Jaret and Cohn Ladies Take Leadership Roles

This month, four of Jaret and Cohn's REALTORS took on leadership roles within their local council of REALTORS. Congratulations ladies, we look forward to your service and leadership in 2011!

Nancy Hughes of our Camden Office is now the President of the Coastal Mountains Council of the Midcoast Board of REALTORS.

Kirstie Ransdell of Jaret & Cohn's Waldoboro Office is now President of the Lincoln County Board of REALTORS.

Nicole "Nikki" Bland of our Rockland Office is now the President of the Saint George River Council of the Midcoast Board of REALTORS.
And Melanie Butman of our Rockland offfice has been elected Vice President of the Saint George River Council of the Midcoast Board of REALTORS.

Arsenic in Maine Well Water

Buyers are always encouraged to due their own due diligence when purchasing a home. In fact one of the items in the inspection subsection of our Purchase and Sale Agreement is the option to test water for high arsenic levels.

A couple of resources for buyers and for sellers (It is smart to be proactive and test for arsenic prior to putting you home on the market):

The general informational pamphlet from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/eohp/wells/documents/ASBROCH3.pdf

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A recently released report from The USGS in cooperation with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Assessment of Arsenic Concentrations in Domestic Well Water, by Town, in Maine, 2005–09

Overboard Discharge

If you are interested in purchasing or own a residental or commercial property with an overboard discharge system in Maine then you should take note that The Maine Department of Enviornmental Protection (DEP) has created a new fact sheet on recent changes to the Overboard Discharge Laws

FMI: www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docstand/OBD/fs_laws.htm

Turkey Boxes

Each year the owner of Jaret and Cohn, Ellis Cohn has graciously purchased turkeys for all of our real estate agents. And for the last several years the agents in the Rockland office have "re gifted" their frozen turkey and purchased other holiday dishes/ingredients to create turkey boxes.

These turkey boxes are then donated to local needy families that can not afford to have he holiday feast that many of us are privileged to have.

November

November in Maine. Leaf season is pretty much over. Snow? It could come any day - or not. There is a lull between the leaf peepers and our holiday guests. The merchants are preparing their store fronts for the holiday shopping season. You see people in trucks wearing blaze orange. The community starts to think about basketball, frozen ponds and skiing. Night comes early. There is a sense of quiet.

Not so widely known is that late November is often a busy real estate month. Traditionally Jaret and Cohn's brokers are busy showing homes to real estate buyers during Fall. Why? Buyers and Sellers do not want to bother with moving when it is icy and snowy. If they put a property under contract in the Fall months then there is a great possibility that they can close and move into their property before the coldest of Maine's months.

Thank you

The Jaret and Cohn Rockland Office would like to say thank you to the following local businesses that have displayed our rack cards:

Berry Manor Inn
Captain Lindsay House
Fales Store Cushing
Sea Store Spruce Head
Art of the Sea Gallery South Thomaston
Owls Head General Store
Tenants Harbor Store
Just Friends Salon Rockland
Port Clyde General Store