Palmer Realty was established by John S. Palmer in the spring of 1945 in Temple, Maine and moved to its current location at 145 Wilton Rd. (Rts 2&4) in West Farmington in 1951. Mr Palmer came to Maine and graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, and while there developed a love for Maine that lasted a lifetime. He loved people and had a special knack of putting them at ease and a never ending desire to help them improve their lives and what better way than selling a family a home. Mr. Palmer passed away in 1981 still doing what he loved best--Selling Real Estate! Over the years he sold most of the homes in the Farmington--Wilton area at leased once and often several times. His clients started with the grandparents, parents, children, and even grandchildren of his friends and neighbors. His philosophy included the idea that finding the property for a buyer was only half the job and that of equal importance was knowing financing, and the bankers. One of the early presidents of Franklin Savings Bank remarked that when "Jack" (as he was know) brought a buyer into the bank for a closing "they usually left with a house and money in there pockets"!
Jack's love of real estate business and Our Family Serving Your Family is still a cornerstone of the business today. His wife Evelyn, was active in the business for many years, and today at 83, still gives us ideas for serving our buyers and sellers. Carol Palmer Hatch grew up in the Real Estate and started showing property as soon as she got her driver's license at age 15. After completing college and getting married, she brought her husband Willard (from Arizona) and small family back to Maine to join the family business in 1972. Trudy Johnson joined the firm in 2001 and has rapidly caught the spirit of serving area residents and those who choose to enjoy a special quality of life; moving here to make this their home. Trudy is a Farmington native and grew up on one of the areas largest dairy farms. She and her husband, Eric, own several small businesses and many prize winning show cattle.
Today, buying and selling Real Estate is often a very complex and there by often stressful transaction. Even with technology to make the transactions smoother, we at Palmer Realty, know that still the most important part of what we do is the personal touch --LISTENING TO YOU, and offering advice, counsel, and sharing our expertise and experience through "HANDS-ON SERVICE" to find the home of you dreams or an able buyer to pay a fair price for your property.
We Specialize In MSHA (also know as the "1st Time Buyer Program") having helped hundreds of customers find and own their first home. We also offer 57 years of experience in residential, commercial, land, farms, waterfront and new home construction. You are invited to stop by the "Busiest Little Office In Franklin Country" or give us a call and let us put our "Personal Service" Real Estate to work for YOU. We're looking forward to hearing form YOU!
Willard, Carol, Trudy and Leah
