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Wondering where home prices are headed next year? Some of the real estate industry’s foremost forecasters have weighed in, and the general consensus is that prices will go up in the new year but at a slower-than-usual pace. Nationally, home prices tend to appreciate at about 4% per year. But the average of six recent […]
Are you thinking about doing some home renovations? Maybe expanding to add some extra space? This is a popular time of year for projects like those. If so, be sure you go with the flow! Here’s what I mean: When you’re planning out the project, give some thought to how the changes will impact the […]
We hear it every winter: “I’m thinking about buying a house this year, but I’m going to wait until the spring and see how things are at that point.” Sellers say it, too; they want to wait until spring. That’s fine, but as I said in our January newsletter, whether you’re buying or selling, you […]
If you’ve shopped for a home with me, you know I am always thinking about resale. I always look at any house with the thought in the back of my head, “When they call me in two, 10, or 25 years and want me to sell this house for them, what will the resale advantages […]
For the 7th straight year, Americans say real estate is the best long-term investment opportunity — beating out stocks and bonds, savings accounts/CDs, and gold. In this year’s Gallup Economy and Personal Finance survey, which was conducted April 1-14 of this year, 35% of Americans named real estate the top investment. Stocks were a distant […]
Sometimes people think paint doesn’t matter. “It’s easy to change,” they say. That’s 100% true. It’s inexpensive, as well. If something’s easy and cheap, it can’t have much impact, right? Wrong! When you sell a home, you want to create a setting in which the new owners can picture their lives unfolding. That’s where a […]