Exactly what makes a house “big”? That’s a judgment call, for sure. In Henderson, houses that are 4,000 square feet or larger would certainly be considered “big,” “spacious,” “ample,” “accommodating,” etc. Most families can get along quite nicely with the U.S. average of 2,600—so even Henderson houses with 3,000 square feet can be [...]
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 [...]
Of the investor-friendly possibilities, real estate has some particularly welcoming attributes that have kept it perpetually close to investors’ hearts (and portfolios). This is particularly the case whenever tenuous national and world affairs make the future unnervingly hard to predict. Forbes magazine is one of the foremost sources that knowledge-thirsty investors consult for ideas and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s one thing when you see the word “water” figuring prominently in descriptions of Henderson properties. Any time that word comes into play, it’s a cinch that the property in question is more valuable than any waterless neighbors. Everyone knows that a shorefront or beachfront property is likely to be worth more than an identical [...]
What goes up must come down. Every second-grader has heard and verified this. Second-graders also are reasonably confident that two plus two equals four, and a stitch in time saves nine. By the time second-graders hit high school, they all have developed their consumer common sense, too. They know that the best time [...]
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 [...]