Windermere Blog
Designing Your Backyard for BBQs
Summer is the season of spending long days and nights out in the backyard and making home-cooked meals on the barbecue. Whether classic BBQ dishes like ribs and hamburgers or skewered grilled vegetables are more your style, these tips will help get your backyard in prime shape for grilling season. Designing Your Backyard for […]
Posted on 9 June 2021 | 5:30 pm
Matthew Gardner: What You Should Know About Today’s Real Estate Market
Understanding the housing market is a matter of analyzing its many data sets. In a recent piece for Inman News, Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner offered his perspective on recent U.S. pending sales, new-home sales, and existing-home sales figures. If you’re involved in the housing market, and I assume that most of you are, you […]
Posted on 8 June 2021 | 5:30 pm
5 Mistakes to Avoid After Pre-Approval
Getting pre-approved is a great first step for buyers, but there can be a number of hurdles in the process. Here are a few cautionary steps that can be taken to make the experience as smooth and worry-free as possible. Pre-Approval Getting pre-approved has many benefits for buyers: it strengthens their buying power, assists […]
Posted on 7 June 2021 | 5:30 pm
Preparing Your Equestrian Property for Sale
Selling a horse property is quite different to selling your typical single-family home and can present some unique challenges. Therefore, when marketing a property like this, there are certain things to consider in order to achieve a successful sale. Because equestrian properties aren’t usually located in heavily populated areas, when buyers take the time to […]
Posted on 4 June 2021 | 5:30 pm
Selling a Home with Pets
For pet owners, it’s hard to imagine their home without a furry friend. However, when it comes time to sell, showcasing the qualities of a home should take precedence over the pets that live in it. This creates additional steps in the process of preparing your home for sale, but it makes all the difference […]
Posted on 2 June 2021 | 6:00 pm
7 Weekend Home Projects
So many projects, so little time. That tends to be the mantra for homeowners with an ever-growing to-do list and limited availability to accomplish their tasks. Fortunately, the weekend is an opportunity to dig into certain projects and see them to their completion by the time the weekdays come around again. These seven weekend home […]
Posted on 26 May 2021 | 5:30 pm
5/24/2021 Housing and Economic Update from Matthew Gardner
This video is the latest in our Monday with Matthew series with Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner. In this month’s special episode, Matthew takes a deep dive into the data that helped him shape his Op-Ed piece for Inman News. Hello there! I’m Windermere Real Estate’s Chief Economist, Matthew Gardner, and welcome to a […]
Posted on 24 May 2021 | 5:00 pm
Tips for Sustainable Horse Property Management
Caring for a horse property is no easy feat. This is especially true when you are committed to having an eco-friendly property as well. Making small changes in daily land management practices can have positive impacts on the environment and your animals. Here are some tips to help make your horse property more environmentally friendly. […]
Posted on 21 May 2021 | 5:30 pm
7 Tips to Give Your Short-Term Rental a Competitive Advantage
As the usage of short-term rental services has increased over the years, so too has the competition between rental owners to make their properties stand out. There are a variety of marketing tactics you, as a rental owner, can employ to give your home an edge, but ultimately, making the property as appealing as possible […]
Posted on 19 May 2021 | 5:30 pm
Moving Into a Vacation Home
For some homeowners, purchasing a second home – or a vacation property – provides a place where they can have a change of scenery and an escape from day-to-day living. Since the start of the pandemic, a number of homeowners have chosen to move into their vacation homes to do exactly that on a longer-term […]
Posted on 17 May 2021 | 5:30 pm
