The most effective home improvement ever invented was new paint. The right color can sell the house - choose your paint color with care! To help search for the right colors for you, use the Visualizer here: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/visualizer#/active This...
Four strong months in a row - at this pace, our local Case-Shiller Index will rise about 10%-12% this year! This is the non-seasonally-adjusted index below. The seasonally-adjusted was slightly higher at 237.79. David M. Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the...
I think Rob Dawg might have started this one - his blog is where I heard of the McMansion Hell on Friday, and now Zillow is chasing her around like a felon: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/26/15876602/zillow-threatens-sue-mcmansion-hell-tumblr-blog McMansion Hell is a...
Typically, sales begin to taper off in July and decline for the rest of the year. This year should be no different.....and the drop might have already begun: NSDCC Monthly Sales, 2017 May: 343 June: 225 (as of this morning) The last week of the month always has a...
No surge over the past week, and with the Fourth of July on a Tuesday, we might have light activity this week too. Hoping for a big July! Week New Listings New Pendings Feb 6 101 55 Feb 13 89 55 Feb 20 92 57 Feb 27 66 73 Mar 6 102 66 Mar 13 99 59 Mar 20 93 82 Mar 27...
When a buyer's agent calls the listing office to inquire about making an offer, the usual response is, "Send it in, and we'll get back to you." More questions don't reveal much else, and the buyer's agent is left wondering if there is any hope of selling a house....
This is the type of stuff that happens every day all around us. Agents make no effort to hide their shenanigans - instead, they flaunt it, to make the deal.
With so much focus on HGTV real estate shows, it's inevitable that our marketing will go Hollywood too: A woman in a red dress twirls with a dark and mysterious man through light-filled hallways. Music flutters and surges in a romantically lit courtyard overlooking...
A before-and-after tour to show the effects of staging - with a solid result! Staging makes for more effective photos, provides ideas on what can be done, and helps to instill maximum urgency. Save Save
The N.A.R. Chief Economist Lawrence Yun was befuddled in his previous press release, and now this: “Home prices keep chugging along at a pace that is not sustainable in the long run,” Yun said. “Current demand levels indicate sales should be stronger, but it’s clear...
