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 debate continues about whether open houses are effective for marketing Henderson homes. Yes, sales do still originate from them, but the percentages have been declining since social media and online listings changed the way Henderson prospects look for their next home. Whether an open house is likely to garner qualified traffic is a decision [...]
When we are keeping tabs on the Henderson’s real estate scene, it’s only natural to go directly to the portion of the market we are most connected to. If we are a renter or investor, our eye is drawn to trends affecting that segment. Henderson home sellers (or potential home sellers) can be counted on [...]
Sometimes life throws curves your way. It can put you into situations you never intended—which may be hard to explain. That’s how it is with me and the tax collector. As we recently experienced, there’s nothing like Tax Day to bring home the reality of just how many dollars are diverted into government coffers. Instead [...]
A few weeks ago, two pieces of incoming information crossed my screen—items that related to the possible direction in which Henderson home loan interest rates might be heading. The first came from a big national listing aggregator. It seems that once this outfit gets the idea that you are interested in homes in Henderson, they [...]
“Ideal” is a Shangri-La kind of a word. It’s not just because of its feel-good, pie-in-the-sky definition (“a standard of perfection or excellence”)—but because contained right there inside the word itself is a tacit admission. It’s only an idea—not something necessarily connected to concrete reality. Henderson residents don’t come across “ideal” anything very often in [...]
Any dedicated bargain hunter who scours the Henderson listings is not surprised to find among the most deeply discounted entries one of two notations: foreclosure or short sale. Everyone knows what the “foreclosure” designation means—it’s been repossessed by the bank. It’s an REO (real estate owned). By discounting the asking price, the lending entity invites [...]
Whenever a buyer or seller is set to enter the market, they find themselves faced with the task of identifying the Henderson real estate agent who will serve them best. There are many of us to choose from—and not a lot of guidance on how to proceed. Maybe there should be something like a Real [...]
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 [...]
For Henderson home shoppers who anticipate taking advantage of today’s low mortgage interest rates, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a few words of interest. The CFPB thinks it has found a way for consumers to get the best home loan deals. The way they recommend is to shop around. Now, it may seem as [...]