It’s Not Just About the Price of the Home


When most of us begin searching for a home, we naturally start by looking at the price. It’s important, however, to closely consider what else impacts the purchase. It’s not just the price of the house that matters, but the overall cost in the long run. Today, that’s largely impacted by low mortgage rates. Low rates are actually making homes more affordable now than at any time since 2016, and here’s why.

Today’s low rates are off-setting rising home prices because it’s less expensive to borrow money. In essence, purchasing a home while mortgage rates are this low may save you significantly over the life of your home loan.

Taking a look at the graph below with data sourced from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the higher the bars rise, the more affordable homes are. The orange bars represent the period of time when homes were most affordable, but ...

Happy May!  Wow, already 1/3 of the way done with 2019.  Before we know it, kids will be back in school, even though they aren't even out of school yet.  Wherever you are, I hope you're doing well, and enjoying Spring.
Here's a brief market update.  As always, the numbers presented are for Single Family Residences only, and does not include townhomes or condos.  If you want info on these, please contact one of your amazing Zahler Properties agents!
Market Update - Video Edition: https://youtu.be/03t3GfMl1e4
Sales Price
The Median Sales price held steady at $300,000, and this is now the 3rd month out of the last 4 that the Median Sales price remained at $300,000.  In fact, going back to September of last year, $300,000 has been hit 4 times, but never ending the month higher than this.  This leveling out is something we didn't see in 2017 or 2018, so could be an indication that while the market remains solid, we're not going to see the double dZ ...

Hi all,
When you make bold predictions, they can be way off because you just say they're bold.  But when you record them, blog about them, and video them, there's no way you can't go back and review your predictions.  Some I was close on, some I was way off, and some were just funny.  
If you want to see the video we did on our 2018 Recap and 2019 Predictions, visit our YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peR9_MNd7no
Las Vegas Market Statistics Predictions:
Closed Sales
For 2017, through 11 months, we are already at 41,141
For 2018 - I am predicting 49,000 units sold!
Boy - was I wrong.  We saw a slight uptick over 2017, but this number pretty much has remained consistent for 3 years running.  We ended 2018 with 42,094 units sold.  For 2019, I am predicting 43,000!
Median Days on Market
In 2017, we are sitting currently at 15 Days on Market
I think 2018 will be slightly slower, but still predicting the Median Days of ...

Happy Tuesday!
On yesterday's House Rules: Real Estate in Sin City (https://youtu.be/VP9_BhnM_Rs), we discussed the Top 5 Ways to make sure your next Flip project doesn't become a Flop!  We know TV shows are glamorizing the idea of buying a home, fixing it up, and making crazy profits.  It's not that easy people.  This is a business for most people, who do them in volume.  For my baseball fans, successful flippers try to simply hit singles and doubles.  Every once in a while they hit a home run, which is great, but they do everything in their power to NOT STRIKE OUT!  Avoiding bad flips is the key to staying in the flip business, and here are the top 5 ways you can avoid a flop!
HAVE A PLAN:
This one sounds simple, but it's important.  Are you going to be buying homes, condos, or townhomes?  Are you going to just put in some paint and maybe some new flooring, or are you going to be knocking down walls to open space up, add space, and go "ful ...

It's that time of year... to make bold, bodacious, easy, and crazy predictions for 2018.  These are taken from the Facebook Live we did on 12/20/2018.  Want to watch the video instead... I won't take offense: 2018 Bold Predictions - FB Live Video
Las Vegas Market Statistics Predictions:
Closed Sales
For 2016, there were a total of 41,107 units (single family, multi-family, townhomes, condos) sold!
For 2017, through 11 months, we are already at 41,141
For 2018 - I am predicting 49,000 units sold!
Median Days on Market
In 2017, we are sitting currently at 15 Days on Market
I think 2018 will be slightly slower, but still predicting the Median Days on Market to be 18 Days
Dollar Volume
This is for the Total amount of all sales recorded through the MLS
In 2017 we are on pace for just under $12,000,000 (That's 12 Billion)
For 2018, I anticipate us hitting a mark of $13,250,000! (13.25 Billion Dollars)
Median Sales Price for All Units (including Townhomes, Condos, f ...