Early Predictions For The Future Of Our Local Real Estate Market
I'll make more detailed predictions about the 2022 local housing market towards the end of December of the beginning of January -- but for now, I'll mention the following…
The Challenge Of Suggesting You Stay In Your Home And Improve It Instead Of Selling It And Buying A New One
Plenty of homeowners are *delighted* to see the price for which they could likely sell their home in this fast moving local housing market. :-) Most of those homeowners…
Is The Local Housing Market Starting To Cool Off?
Several local agents have recently said, conversationally, that they think the local housing market is starting to cool off. Is it? Maybe yes and no, depending on what…
The Tax Assessment Of A Property Is Most Useful For... Calculating The Real Estate Tax Bill For The Property
Oh, I see that house down the street is for sale! What's the list price? They are asking $400,000 for the house. What is the tax assessment of the property? Why? --- If…
Most, But Not All, Home Sellers Optimize For Price
What are you optimizing for? price? time? convenience? As a home seller, you are always optimizing for something. PRICE - Maybe you are willing to wait as long as it…
The Three Main (Usual) Hurdles To Getting To Closing
While every home sale is different -- with unique contingencies based on the needs and situations of the buyer and seller -- there are three main hurdles that most buyers…
Is That Bedroom Really A Bedroom?
You don't have to be a math major to count bedrooms, right? Well, technically, that's true -- but counting bedrooms for real estate purposes can become a bit nuanced…
What If The Right Buyer For Your Home Is NOT Out There Right Now?
If you are preparing your house well for the market - and pricing it appropriately, according to what other buyers have recently paid for similar houses - and the house…
The Only Way I Can Try To Get You To Be More Excited About Raking All Of Those Leaves
Are you raking a lot of leaves lately? Or trying to blow them in one direction or another with a leaf blower? Sounds like you have a lot of trees on your property -- and…
Only The Top 5% Of Home Buyers In Our Market Pay Over $550,000
If you are selling a home over $550,000 -- you are only appealing to about 5% of the buying public as per the price distribution of the 1,654 home sales that were…
If Your Home Is Not Under Contract After 30 Days, And You Have Not Received Any Offers, Should You Consider Adjusting The Price?
The answer to this question is not timeless -- it depends on the market dynamics -- so we should answer it differently now as compared to in five years ago as compared to…
Do Some Of The Attributes Of Your Home Disqualify Some Buyers?
There are plenty of ways in which attributes of your home may cause some buyers to not even consider it. When you are analyzing the market value of your home, it is…