Conscientious Henderson homeowners keep on top of all the regular maintenance items pretty much automatically. Once you have lived in a place for more than a year or two, you know what you should be keeping an eye on. You have a handle on when major fixes and updates have to be addressed. When you [...]
It was a federal agency reversal that was startling in its effect: a change in guidance that actually clarified more than muddled! The change will directly affect Henderson buyers and sellers because the issue will impact the cost of Henderson residential real estate transactions—specifically, in the area of home appraisals. As the first order of [...]
Whenever a month’s Henderson real estate activity ends on a Friday, the number-gatherers close up shop knowing there will be a longer than usual lapse until they can be sure of the Henderson real estate activity statistics. That creates a breather for those of us who keep abreast of Texas and Henderson real estate. It’s [...]
It was fairly clear that the table had been set for last week’s Federal Reserve meeting to result in a minimal rise in mortgage interest rates. Their Fed Funds rate directly influences the mortgage interest rates that banks observe. Since Henderson real estate activity can be spurred or dampened by the monthly payment amounts Henderson [...]
If you try to predict what Henderson real estate activity is likely to be based on only our local activity, you soon find what causes statisticians to turn up their noses: the sample size is simply too small to project reliable trends. That’s why serious Henderson observers look to the incoming real estate activity stats [...]
Nobody in Henderson can escape the fact that we are now engulfed in the full-bore election year media onslaught. You would need to be living under a rock not to have noticed—and the rock would have to be somewhere out of earshot of radio and tv. Fortunately, since this is a space where we discuss [...]
For Henderson real estate watchers, it was The Washington Post that came up with the most interesting angle on last week’s most commented-upon real estate headline—which was that across the U.S., home ownership rates had slipped to 1960s levels. CNBC went with the straight numbers (“Home ownership rates drop to 63.4%”); while website Zerohedge decided [...]
With Brexit still fresh on minds here and abroad—and the sometimes hot/sometimes slow summer selling season well underway—some Henderson sellers might well be questioning whether foreign buyer influence will remain strong throughout the nation this season. Last month’s numbers provide an answer that’s less ambiguous than usual. The answer is definitely “yes”! The latest national [...]
A mega-proportion of serious Henderson house hunters ultimately decide it makes the most sense to team up with a real estate professional to get the job done. Henderson buyers may begin the process of finding and buying their next home on their own, checking through the online listings or driving target neighborhoods to check out [...]
Most Henderson house flipping veterans can look back on their successful projects and place them in either of two columns. Either they were intended to be quick flips—turnarounds where speed was a prime ingredient because of an original tactical decision—or they were not. The quick flips depend on speedy, focused action in three of the [...]
It’s interesting to look into how many ways the universe of food —be it restaurants, markets, cooking, gardening or eating—intersects with the world of real estate. The connections are many and important. That’s true from the moment a future Henderson homeowner begins to look into the current crop of Henderson homes for sale. We commonly [...]
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 [...]