Archives for the month of: October2014

In the world we live in today, many things are unpredictable, especially when it comes to the housing market. It used to be said that there were good times to buy a home and bad times to buy a home. Now, with the excessive use of the Internet, buyers are shopping the housing market 24/7/. This brings us into our third week of Home Buying Myths.

Myth #3: The best time to buy a home is in the spring or fall…cute-house-clipartcute-house-clip-artquaint-colorful-neighborhood-free-clip-art-qwmptso-c3h0bzar

For many years now, real estate has been said to revolve around the school schedule. Parents wanted to buy a home during the summer months so their children could be settled in before school was starting up. That is where the myth started, that spring was the best time to buy, summer was normally slow and fall brought around a new opportunity for buyers and sellers.

In reality, pulling away in the winter and summer seasons does not benefit buyers or sellers. Serious buyers are looking at the market all the time, especially when they are in demand for it, which could be during any season.

Shopping in the middle of winter or the heat of summer could bring amazing opportunities to those buyers determined enough to find their new home. In this day and age, an aggressive buyer can acquire a great home during any season, especially with less competition during summer and winter.

 

If you are looking for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, please contact a New Home Resource Realtor® today at 702-365-1000. Broker Joanna Piette, and agents Denise Moreno Thrasher, Jessica O’Brien, Evelyn ‘Beng’ Kern, Lance Partin and Kathy Paterniti are all here to help!

Buying a home should be exciting and full of “This is a dream come true” moments. Sometimes, the unruly myths that get spread about the home buying experience cloud those special moments. The second myth in this series of seven is in a whole different area than myth #1 “Working directly with the listing agent will get the buyer a better deal…” but still ties into the importance of having an experienced Realtor®.

Myth #2: Buyers should never offer full price…fall-pumpkins-and-leavesEvery real estate market is different, as is every sellers approach to pricing. It is nearly impossible to have a strategy for pricing and negotiating with this ever-changing market. Many times, when sellers put their property on the market they will price their home right at or just below the market value. This is a great way to get many buyers interested. When buyers ask too far under the market value, sellers will not budge. In this circumstance, the seller will probably have accepted an offer before that lowballing buyer finds a new home.

In some markets a seller may price their home over the market value and wait. In this scenario a buyer might overpay for the home. This is a great reason why your experienced Realtor® should be involved in the pricing and negotiating process.

If you are looking for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, please contact a New Home Resource Realtor® today at 702-365-1000. Broker Joanna Piette, and agents Denise Moreno Thrasher, Jessica O’Brien, Evelyn ‘Beng’ Kern, Lance Partin and Kathy Paterniti are all here to help!

There are many myths that have been around for generations when it comes to buying a home and it is unfair to the buyer and the Realtor® during the process. This will be the first blog in a series of seven in order to educate and explain the “truths” behind these home-buying myths.

Myth #1: Working directly with the listing agent will get the buyer a better deal…row_of_flowers_2

As a buyer, it is to your benefit to research homes in your area for sale, what exactly you are and are not looking for, your price range and many other aspects into your home buying process. This research, however, is not enough access to fully know what is available. By going directly to the listing agent and cutting out the buyer agent, the buyer is only hurting themselves. A good real estate agent is there to track the process, be an extra set of eyes, and uncover unknown knowledge in the buyer market.

Another downfall to buying straight from the listing agent is that “Buyers don’t know what they don’t know”. Realtors® know what to ask, they know different values to look for and they have access to so many helpful things. Buyers, in the end, save little to no money by NOT using a Realtor®. The Listing agent would simply make double the commission.

When working with their own Realtor®, the buyer gets an advocate, an inside look at the market and a trusted advisor to represent their best interests for no extra cost.

If you are looking for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, please contact a New Home Resource Realtor® today at 702-365-1000. Broker Joanna Piette, and agents Denise Moreno Thrasher, Jessica O’Brien, Evelyn ‘Beng’ Kern, Lance Partin and Kathy Paterniti are all here to help!

Just like every season or holiday, new decorations bring new life into your home. Even if the decorations are not actually new, they seem to be! You begin to see pumpkins, leaves and gourds to put you in the autumn mood! Click Here are a few decorating ideas we added to our pinterest page! We also did a little research on a few other activities that happen this time of year and how they came about. What are your some of your family traditions?Unknown-1

Apple Picking
Apple trees were a staple for Colonial Americans, relying on the apples for butter, cider and pies. Since the fall season is the time of year that the fruit is at its peak, the ritual of apple picking has become a tradition.

Pumpkin Carving
Carving pumpkins dates back in time to Celtic traditions. To welcome good spirits and scare away bad ones, they would leave the “jack-o-lanterns” on a window or porch being lit by lumps of coal. Now we post pumpkins on our porches for decorations each year!

Caramel Apples
Back on the topic of apples… Candied apples or caramel apples as they are referred to these days, have existed for over 100 years. A candy maker was inventing a cinnamon hard candy when he got the idea of dipping apples into the mixture.


Unknown-2Bobbing for Apples

In you have ever been present at a Halloween party as a child, you may remember the nearly impossible bobbing for apples game! Little did we know that young unmarried individuals use to bob for apples to determine who would be married next.

 

If you are looking for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, please contact a New Home Resource Realtor® today at 702-365-1000. Broker Joanna Piette, and agents Denise Moreno Thrasher, Jessica O’Brien, Evelyn ‘Beng’ Kern, Lance Partin and Kathy Paterniti are all here to help!