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Joined 01/20/2008

Fred Roven

owner/broker

Martha's Vineyard Buyer Agents

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Fred Roven is owner/broker of Martha’s Vineyard Buyer Agents. He and his team are real estate specialists offering consumer advocacy and protection to Buyers only in the purchase of residential, vacation, and investment luxury real estate on the beautiful Island of Martha’s Vineyard.
He arrived on the shores of Martha’s Vineyard in 1987 for a summer of work and never left. His love of the island is evident in hearing him describe all that Martha’s Vineyard has to offer for vacation bound buyers, local first time home buyers or real estate investors.
Since he began his real estate practice 10 years ago, he has only been an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent and a member of NAEBA (The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents) and MABA (The Massachusetts Association of Buyer Agents). He is a REALTOR holding the ABR and ABRM designations as well as a Resort and Second Home Property Specialist (RSPS). Also active in his local board, he was a Director of Cape Cod and Islands Association of Realtors for 4 years.
Travel and resorts have always been a large part of Fred’s experiences particularly focused on active vacations: including hiking, rafting and biking. A runner with 4 marathons under his belt has left Fred believing anything he can envision he can create.
Prior to real estate Fred managed and was president of a small family retail chain in Fairfield County, CT for 12 years then studied massage and was a Massage Therapist on Martha’s Vineyard and Westport, CT. for 10 years. Many assorted business ventures piqued Fred’s interest over the years but he was never too busy for an island vacation somewhere in the world or to share his love of Martha’s Vineyard.

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  • We are seeing a very bizarre
    By Fred RovenJuly 17, 2009 - 12:18pm

    We are seeing a very bizarre situation where service companies are placing listings with offices outside our market area. Some of the offices we have called (and these are brokers) do not even know that 80% of the agents here have no idea the property is even being offered. Appraisals are another story. We recently had an appraisal come back and comps included distressed properties in a neighboring community for the least expensive property available in our town and the property had a near perfect home inspection. At first I thought banks just did not want to sell their inventory. Now I believe the service companies are just leading them astray.

  • I keep reading the stories
    By Fred RovenAugust 11, 2008 - 1:55pm

    I keep reading the stories of mortgage companies and banks seeming almost uninterested in taking offers on foreclosures and then listing property as REO for less money. After 4 months of negotiating with a first mortgage holder and coming up with what appeared to be something that could be acceptable for all involved, the second mortgage holder seems to be moving in slow motion and almost totally disinterested. I feel like screaming over what appears to be unconscious behavior. The big concern at second seems to be the offer is too low even though they can only get what first offers them since property cannot sell above amount of first mortgage holder. They have come up with their own comps for an area that has 1 property under contract out of 65 on the market and has a beautiful house on the market for less than they are saying property is worth. Only a total of 5 sales in the town this year! Who to I shake to find some common sense?

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