The local 2016 real estate market may not have been as annoying/frustrating/awesome/disgusting/exciting (depending on how you viewed it) as the election, but it was still newsworthy nonetheless. Sales increased for the 8th straight year, prices rose and inventory remained too low. None of that was too newsworthy except for the fact that we are continuing […]
One of the clients I was working with this past month made a comment, during some back and forth with the seller, about how much she was going to be paying and that it is a lot of money. We got everything resolved on her deal so that both buyer and seller are happy, but […]
One of the founders of Keller Williams Realty, Gary Keller, gave a speech in August and stated that he foresees a change in the market within the next 18 months. He presented a lot of information and charts to show why he sees a change coming and it makes a lot of sense. He did […]
You can find tips and advice all over the place about what you should do or shouldn’t do when selling your home with the top 5 of this or top 10 of that. This month I decided to have a little fun with this subject and put together a list of the top 3 things […]
One of the key factors which determines whether a home sells at the highest possible price in the optimum time frame is the appearance of the property, how appealing it is to buyers and whether it looks like it is worth what is being asked. To create the optimum impact, staging a home is a […]
Condos fulfill many needs in a real estate market. In our area they are not only a great vacation property such as those in the beach areas but they are also an affordable alternative for first-time buyers and others when prices go up. When anything having to do with buying condos is made more […]
That question probably sounds like one of those brain teasers like “How can Joe be Tom’s father and also his grandson?” – but it isn’t. I’ve written before about how you can look at overall numbers for the country or for a state, city or county but that real estate is local and can be […]
“I should have waited”, “I wish I hadn’t waited”, “If only I had…”, “If only I hadn’t…”, “I don’t know if I should…” Indecisiveness isn’t helpful in area of life and especially when it comes to the buying and selling of real estate. For the most part, you will not be able to know when […]
Some buyers have expressed concerns lately about there being another real estate bubble forming and I want to go over some information about the current market so you see for yourself if there is a difference between the current market and the one back in 2005-2006. Here is a screenshot of an online chart produced […]
In hot markets commonsense sometimes flies out the window. We saw that when buyers, small investors and lenders made mistakes they shouldn’t have during the 2004-2005 boom period. Now we are starting to see examples on the seller side where commonsense it lacking. Why Don’t You Just Throw a Dart! Sellers will sometimes get caught […]
