A house is worth what someone is willing to pay. I’ve often heard that phrase, and I’ve used it myself. From what I’ve seen in the last seven years, I now wonder if that idea is more of an oft-repeated saying than a fact. Let me explain by giving you a scenario that is common across the price-point spectrum.
A house comes on the market for $699,900. With a few days of marketing before showings begi...
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I’m often asked to give an opinion on the value of single-family homes. When the owner is the one asking, I assume they already have their own idea of what their house is worth. Unless we agree on w...
I'm going to keep this simple. We all sell our homes for the same reason, we want the money (equity) to use for some other purpose. The equity we want is all we can get, and in the process of getting ...
You and I know you don't have to look deep to find evidence to support a feeling, and I certainly did not look below the evidence at my fingertips. The evidence is slim, but change doesn't always begi...
As of August 16, 2025, I am 66 years and 4 months old, just a few months shy of the life expectancy for males born in the United States in 1959. If I were a furnace, with winter fast approaching, my o...