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When it comes to a home sale in Boerne, adults automatically appreciate the importance of presenting a pristine property to potential buyers. Kids, on the other hand, would like a glass of apple juice, please. Parents are forever juggling their other adult responsibilities with the needs of the children, so when you add home sale showings to the list, it might seem to make for a stressful situation. But a home … [Read more...]
When I update San Antonio readers about the latest news in housing prices, it’s usually not as ‘latest’ as I’d like. The reason is that there is a delay in most of the truly reliable indexes that measure housing prices. The big indexes are national (San Antonio housing prices are another matter), and they have a built-in two-month delay. We can look at trends and directions, but if there is a change afoot, … [Read more...]
The Real Estate Staging Association is always telling the world that when you are selling your home, you can expect to spend 73% less time on the market if you use the services of a professional staging company. Although this is an outcome everyone aims for, the cost of full bore professional staging can be a budget-cruncher. A compromise solution is to combine a little personal elbow grease with some of the … [Read more...]
If you are readying your home for sale this spring or summer, one of my favorite tactics to set your property apart from other Shavano Park listings is to order a pre-inspection. If you’re not familiar with the term, a pre-inspection is a less detailed, less expensive visual inspection designed to report major conditions certain to be noted in the final. Why add this extra expense? Won’t buyers ultimately get … [Read more...]
When the Wall Street Journal or Forbes run mortgage rate stories as their lead items, those of us who keep an eye on the San Antonio real estate market pay close attention. I frequently share what they say here. But when even the non-financial outlets like USA TODAY and the cable TV news channels give top billing to real estate market news, it’s a real attention-grabber. That’s what happened last week. USA … [Read more...]
So the market’s recovering, interest rates are low, and you think you’re finally ready to buy a home? Not so fast. Buyers across the country are running into a new roadblock: there don’t seem to be enough homes for sale. Anyone who has looked at entry- to mid-level homes for sale in San Antonio probably knows what I mean. Mortgage rates remain near historic lows, and as the prices of homes for sale continue … [Read more...]
Ah, spring is truly in the air…the traditional time when people can fall in love at first sight! I’ll try not to dampen those springtime spirits too much, but for anyone currently looking into the Dominion luxury home listings, some advice may be in order: Online love at first sight is a really bad idea. Those Dominion luxury home listings can indeed be truly alluring, and using your computer (or iPad, or … [Read more...]
Close to 70% of families say they have a dog or a cat in their household. If you are in that sizeable majority and are planning on relocating to San Antonio, there are some planning steps you can take to help ease the move for your four-legged family members. Since the daily routine is going to be thoroughly undermined, on the day of your move, do as much as is practical to retain a calm atmosphere. If possible, … [Read more...]
Thinking about doing some updating to your home? Have a dream room you want to create? Starting today, you can enter to win a $20,000 renovation from houselogic! Here are the details on what you have to do to enter: Describe what room/area you want to renovate and what the renovation would mean to you personally in 300 words or less, you can include up to 5 photos. Visit one of 6 select bloggers for details … [Read more...]
San Antonio real estate isn't alone when it comes to market improvements. Nationally, new home sales rose at their fastest pace in two years according to The Commerce Department. May sales jumped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000. The commerce Department also revised March's numbers upward. This is more proof of what Realtors in Texas have been preaching to our clients, NOW is the time to buy. The … [Read more...]