It wasn’t exactly huge news, but last week, the revised economic numbers showed improvement! When does that ever happen—when the final revisions come in, don’t they always seem to be in a downward direction? Yet Friday’s release from the Associated Press told a different story. Earlier reports of a slowing U.S. economy had [...]
The headline had to stop everyone who even glanced at Bloomberg’s Technology section: Henderson readers (even those who are relatively gimmick-immune) would have been hard pressed to pass up last Wednesday’s Bloomberg Technology headline: “Can This Real Estate Gimmick Save the World?” Whether the subject of the article really is a gimmick or “the [...]
Several different surveys confirm that if you ask American consumers which they prefer, close to twice as many say they would choose to move into a brand new home rather than an existing one. But—and there are several important ‘buts’—when it comes to today’s typical Henderson house hunter, that answer can be a little misleading. [...]
You will find that most advice about preparing your Henderson house for sale features a couple of indispensable terms: de-clutter, clean, and de-clutter. That’s not a typo: you can’t say ‘de-clutter’ often enough. It has to be emphasized that “clutter” doesn’t necessarily refer to shabby or threadbare items—it means literally everything that doesn’t advance the [...]
A couple of recent developments made the news recently that promised to impact our Henderson’s real estate scene either now or in the future. The one that got most of the attention last Wednesday came from a familiar source: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Her news conference’s less-than-stirring pronouncement (“Caution is appropriate”) made headlines nonetheless [...]
As we enter the spring selling season, it’s only natural to look for clues about what to expect for Henderson home sales. Normally, one of the principal barometers comes from the National Association of REALTORS®. Their Pending Home Sales Index is a national compendium of hard data that can be useful for predicting home sales [...]
Today, selling real estate in Henderson (or Kalamazoo, for that matter) has been transformed in important ways. In others, it’s remained pretty much as it was 50 years ago. Let’s start with the changes: • The buyers’ ability to identify properties has undergone a revolution. Fifty years ago, the process of hunting for and comparing [...]