As we enter the spring selling season, it’s only natural to look for clues about what to expect for Highlands home sales. Normally, one of the principal barometers comes from the National Association of Realtors®. Their Pending Home Sales Index is a national compendium of hard data that can be useful for predicting home sales […]
When you are skimming through the Sapphire listings, now and then you come across attention-grabbing terms like “one of a kind” or “extremely motivated seller.” “Reduced” is another one. After all, who doesn’t like a bargain? Especially when that bargain is associated with a major commitment, who wouldn’t think it’s worth looking into? Today’s listings […]
It’s one thing when you see the word “water” figuring prominently in descriptions of Highlands properties. Any time that word comes into play, it’s a cinch that the property in question is more valuable than any waterless neighbors. Everyone knows that a shorefront or beachfront property is likely to be worth more than an identical […]
You wouldn’t think that real estate technology could be as addictive as one of those games like Candy Crush or Angry Birds—but don’t tell that to Money magazine. They researched the subject in depth, and they found that two-thirds of recent home buyers said they were addicted to online listings! Come to think of it, […]
“Ideal” is a Shangri-La kind of a word. It’s not just because of its feel-good, pie-in-the-sky definition (“a standard of perfection or excellence”)—but because contained right there inside the word itself is a tacit admission. It’s only an idea—not something necessarily connected to concrete reality. Sapphire residents don’t come across “ideal” anything very often in […]
It’s small wonder that with this spring’s selling season underway, Highlands’s house hunters can afford to be a discriminating bunch—they have the luxury of picking and choosing from a crop of truly inviting offerings. And it doesn’t hurt that today’s low mortgage interest rates have enabled more Highlands properties to fit within more family budgets. […]
A reasonable question posted recently on a real estate website can open an interesting discussion. It’s one that touches on a fundamental component of most Sapphire real estate sales. The question was, “Can I request a home inspection before I make an offer on the home?” The answer from the moderator was, “I can’t think […]
It looked like another chuckle-worthy April Fool’s Day dispatch: CNBC’s webcast “Is NYC luxury real estate about to go bust?” It was barely 7 in the morning on April 1—but only the most bleary-eyed Highlands web watchers were likely to have been caught off-guard. Pranksters had already made mincemeat of the credibility Friday news dispatches […]
Whenever a buyer or seller is set to enter the market, they find themselves faced with the task of identifying the Sapphire real estate agent who will serve them best. There are many of us to choose from—and not a lot guidance on how to proceed. Maybe there should be something like a Real Estate […]
Any dedicated bargain hunter who scours the Highlands listings is not surprised to find among the most deeply discounted entries one of two notations: foreclosure or short sale. Everyone knows what the “foreclosure” designation means—it’s been repossessed by the bank. It’s an REO (real estate owned). By discounting the asking price, the lending entity invites […]
