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Buyer Topics The Fourth of July – Fireworks and Pets Independence Day can be a fun time to go and watch incredible fireworks displays, but your pets may enjoy the celebration nearly as much. Animals have more sensitive hearing than humans and that sensitivity makes explosions from fireworks that much worse. Some pets will also have issues during thunderstorms. I had a dog that greeted […]
Buyer Topics Smells, Scents and Odors “Ooooh that smell Can’t you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you” – from “That Smell” by Lynyrd Skynyrd The southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd weren’t talking about home smells, but the chorus works for it. Many home owners who are trying to sell their home may have an uphill […]
Buyer Topics Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for June 2024 Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for June 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market increased compared to the same time last year. Prices are up from the same when […]
Buyer Topics Historical Perspective on 30-Year Mortgage Interest Rates Over the past two years, interest rates have been climbing. Expectations by most economists are that interest rates will level off and potentially decline again. Most projections have 30-year mortgage interest rates falling below 7% this year and eventually falling to the low 6% range (or high 5% range) for next year. Some people may […]
Buyer Topics Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for May 2024 Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for May 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market increased compared to the same time last year. Prices are close to the same when […]
Buyer Topics Location, View and Clean Windows! Location, location, location! It’s a cliché that you hear nearly every time you have a discussion about real estate. Why? Every single piece of property is unique. Its location is unique—and it can be either good or bad. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people prefer city views and the conveniences that […]
Uncategorized Topics Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for April 2024 Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for April 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market is comparable to the same time last year. Prices are higher compared to a year […]
Uncategorized Topics Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for March 2024 Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for March 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market is lower than the same time last year. Prices are higher compared to a year […]
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Buyer Topics Buying Flipped Homes When you’re looking at buying a home, there are many things to consider. Sometimes people can be impressed by new counters and fixtures and new flooring. Those are all great things. But it’s also important to look beyond those items. When there is low inventory in a particular price range, it presents an opportunity for […]
Buyer Topics Pennington County Property Tax Assessments Homeowners in Pennington County recently received their property tax assessments (or will be receiving them shortly) and there are always some assessments that jump up significantly. Some people may want to contest their assessed value. There are quite a few things to understand before moving ahead with an appeal. First, you must be aware of […]
Uncategorized Topics Rare Disease Day – Changes to Your Home Rare Disease Day always falls on the last day of February. Rare Disease Day started in 2008 on February 29th…this year it will fall on February 29th. The goal of Rare Disease Day is to create awareness across the entire spectrum. From making individuals become more aware of rare diseases and individual struggles, to making […]
Seller Topics Selling a Home? What Should You Disclose? When you think about selling your home, you might be debating what you should disclose. Should you write about the time you left your drain spouts up and your basement got flooded? What about that small leak in the roof that was repaired? These are questions that many home sellers ask themselves when they sit […]
Buyer Topics February 2024 Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for February 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market is comparable to the same time last year. Prices are comparable to a year ago, […]
Buyer Topics January 2024 Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for January 2024. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market has increased slightly compared to the same time last year. Prices have also increased and […]
Uncategorized Topics SMART Goals for Achieving Your Home Dreams or Anything Else Finally, 2023 is in the rearview mirror. The New Year has begun and you may already have resolutions for the year or you are still bouncing a few around in your head. Even though the term resolution means a firm decision to do something, far too often resolutions end up falling by the wayside. You […]
Buyer Topics It’s a Wonderful Life – The Importance of Home During the holidays many people watch the classic Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart (as George Bailey), Donna Reed (as Mary Hatch/Mary Bailey), and Lionel Barrymore (as Mr. Potter). On the one hand it is a story about how an angel (Clarence) shows George Bailey what the world would have been like […]
Uncategorized Topics December 2023 Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for December 2023. The number of active listings on the market increased from the same time last year. The average days on the market has increased compared to the same time last year but remains less than 30 days. […]
Uncategorized Topics November 2023 Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report Click here for a link to the Rapid City and Black Hills Real Estate Market Report for November 2023. The number of active listings on the market is very similar to last year. The average days on the market has increased compared to the same time last year but remains less than 30 days. Prices […]
Uncategorized Topics The Badger Hole: A Unique House in the Black Hills Everyone has their favorite spots in the Black Hills. Some may have one favorite and other may have many. The Badger Hole is one of my favorite spots. It’s far more obscure with less traffic than most spots in the Black Hills. It’s also one of the few spots where a home is the center […]
Uncategorized Topics John Wayne Gacy House With Halloween finally here I thought I would dive in a little deeper into the macabre side of real estate. In the past I’ve written about haunted houses and property disclosure statements. Here’s another aspect of it… John Wayne Gacy was a notorious serial killer who lived outside of Chicago. He was known as the […]

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