A number of “Smart House” products made headway in 2016, so before the crystal ball gets hauled up over Times Square, this is an appropriate moment to review which ones promised relevant real estate applications. Anyone who will be house hunting or selling in Henderson anytime soon might want to become familiar with some of [...]
When you go in for your annual physical, you’re hoping for a sunny prognosis. Realtor® magazine isn’t a medical journal, but it does have a feature called “Market Pulse.” It reports on the patient’s vital signs (if you imagine the patient being the nation’s housing market). The state of the national patient can be relevant [...]
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 [...]
The days of boring slideshow type “virtual tours” are disappearing fast. Today’s Henderson listings can include actual virtual walk-through videos, breathtaking aerial drone shots, and sweeping panoramic 360-degree views. Now it appears there can even be the possibility of James Bond-style suspense. That’s right—Double-O Seven himself (almost). I offer an example that’s [...]
One way or another, it’s all connected. Last week ended with what some observers justifiably called a “shocking” development—one that could impact Henderson’s home buyers and sellers measurably—at least in the short run. It came with the release of the employment statistics from the Department of Labor. They weren’t good numbers. But the surprisingly weak [...]
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 [...]
This is sort of fun: Mortgage rates, Henderson home loan applicants and soon-to-be-applicants should be delighted to hear, went down again last week. The national average quoted in the Washington Post notched down to 3.61% on a 30-year fixed loan, down from blah blah blah… You will probably not be surprised by the presence of [...]
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 [...]
The headlines last week had a familiar look to them, but in terms of what they actually signified for readers who might be potential home buyers or sellers in Henderson, they really should have triggered a snap-to moment: “Mortgage Rates Fall to New 2016 Lows,” was the Star Tribune’s headline. Yahoo Finance echoed that, adding, [...]
There are Top 10 Lists aplenty that detail just why any Henderson homeowner should think twice before planting one of those For Sale by Owner signs in their front yard. One of them is that when you sell your home all by yourself, the sheer amount of time you’ll have to devote to mastering processes [...]
Something is being offered that is actually for free. No, really. It is truly the case that lately some banks and credit card companies have been including a new benefit for their Henderson clients: free access to their current FICO credit score. This isn’t the same thing as the ads we’ve been deluged with for [...]
