- Tom Brezsny

Contemplative Mood

December 27, 2024I’ve been in a contemplative mood lately. Something that happens when the winds of real estate settle into their customary calm around this time of year. Nominally, things slip into the doldrums because people are distracted by the holiday hoopla of the holidays but it’s really just because there’s less inventory. For the time being though, I’m enjoying a little distance from the daily grind. A nagging notion has been rolling around in my head for quite a while. Maybe it’s a symptom of the...

- Tom Brezsny

Change Is The Only Constant

December 20, 2024A dozen days from now we will be embarking on a new type of America. Much like the period of the Rockefellers, Carnegies, Mellons and Vanderbuilts, we are now watching a new wave of moguls influence our lives. How this will play out is anyone's guess. Crypto is skyrocketing yet the world still trades on the good old reliable dollar. While the old guard enjoyed their wealth more or less privately, the new moguls are front and center, tweeting and brandishing their success. We will...

- Dax Nollenberger

What’s Selling… and What Isn’t in Today’s Market

December 17, 2024The last six years in the real estate market have been a rollercoaster of highs and lows (that are actually close to record highs). From steady growth in 2019 to the pandemic-fueled buying frenzy of 2020 and 2021, demand pushed prices and competition to record highs. By 2022, the market frenzy had reached a fever pitch, with homes selling quickly and often above asking prices. 2023 marked a shift, with rising inventory, increased days on market, and more expired listings as buyers became more cautious...

- Tom Brezsny

The Truth About The Handyman

December 13, 2024So you hired the handyman, praying he is handy and actually knows some tricks and hacks for all the weird stuff you need fixed. The GFI outlet is on the fritz, the smoke alarm is screaming, the window locks are broken, you have a new light to install, your weather stripping around the front door is worn and hanging, you get the idea. Why is he soooo expensive? Imagine he is walking in blind to a problem that may have more complexity than meets the...

- Tom Brezsny

Reorientation

December 6, 2024Real estate works a lot differently than it used to when I first got my license back in 1990. Most things today’s buyers, sellers and agents take for granted or consider “normal” weren’t even on the radar back then. Given the speed of the process these days, it’s hard to imagine anyone who bought or sold a home twenty years ago, feeling comfortable wading into the deep end of the market without some significant reorientation. Here’s what’s changed: Extensive remodeling? Doing flip-style makeovers PRIOR to...