Even though it isn’t winter yet, housing prices begin to drop this time of year. Winter is a bargain-hunter’s paradise, but it is also house-hunting hell. Between Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Day, demand dries up, but so does inventory. The drain on demand is usually higher than the drain on supply. Sellers who can
When temperatures cooled down in early September, mice started house hunting. They will close on a new place before Halloween. If you ignore one mouse, there will be even more. If you think mice are cute, think again. One may be cute, even two of three. Cute or not, mice reproduce at a rate of
The dining room. Is it a must-have? For some of my clients, yes. Others are happy as long as there is one place to eat, sitting down. Is doing without a dining room a space-cutting compromise you would make? For millennials, china and silver are a thing of their grandparents. Are dining rooms also becoming
This year, at Thanksgiving time. I held an appreciation event for my staff and the allied professionals who make my company run. A good time was had by all. There is a joy in stopping to appreciate the hard work and deep commitment of those we work for me. Thanksgiving was initially adapted from traditions
The good news is that winter house hunters will know how good their windows are; spring, summer, and autumn house hunters have to guess.Windows are surprisingly expensive to replace. They cost $300-500 each, or more, per window, with installation. Even the best windows don’t keep all the cold out. Winter house hunters, here is the
Some of our clients specifically request to see only properties with a dining room. Why? So they can host Thanksgiving dinner. Does that sound like you? When you think about Thanksgiving Day, does an image come to mind as your mental picture of Thanksgiving? Does that image take place in a dining room? Is it
What is in a house affects the way you feel about it. That’s the reason that staging is used to seduce buyers into purchasing. Staging is the practice of setting out furnishings in houses for sale in order to give the impression of livability and high fashion. Our agents scratch the surface of this façade;
Even though it isn't winter yet, housing prices begin to drop this time of year. Winter is a bargain-hunter's paradise, but it is also house-hunting hell. Between Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Day (or Super Bowl Sunday when the Pats are in the playoffs), demand dries up, but so does inventory. The drain on demand
Pop quiz: Did America’s Constitution give the right to vote to all American citizens? Of course not. No African-Americans, no women, no renters. No renters? Not until 1850 was the vote extended to men who were not property owners. What was the logic of the founding fathers? Was the idea that landowners were the big
In summer, my heating system is set to 55 degrees. Yes. I am a wimp. I do not want to wake up some night in August because I am cold. When it becomes “autumn,” the temperature gets cold enough to start running the program on the thermostat because it could be below 55 degrees any