Are you curious about the real estate market, and the value of your home? Wondering what you could make on the sale to downsize into the home size more appropriate for your family now? Here are a few reasons that we see most people downsize.
The good news is, the market is hot, and there hasn’t been a better time to downsize than now.
Easier to maintain: Anyone who has owned a house knows the amount of time, energy, and effort to maintain it. All things being equal, a smaller home requires less of your time, energy, and effort to accomplish that task.
Less time spent cleaning: And that should be reason enough…
Less expensive: Smaller homes are less expensive to purchase and less expensive to keep (insurance, taxes, heating, cooling, electricity, etc).
Mentally freeing: As is the case with all of our possessions, the more we own, the more they own us. And the more stuff we own, the more mental energy is held hostage by them. The same is absolutely true with our largest, most valuable asset. Buy small and free your mind.
Less environmental impact: A smaller home requires fewer resources to build and fewer resources to maintain. And that benefits all of us.
More time: Many of the benefits above (less cleaning, less maintaining, mental freedom) result in the freeing up of our schedule to pursue the things in life that really matter – whatever you want that to be.
Encourages family bonding: A smaller home results in more social interaction among the members of the family. And while this may be the reason that some people purchase bigger homes, I think just the opposite should be true.
Wider market to sell: By its very definition, a smaller, more affordable house is affordable to a larger percentage of the population than a more expensive, less affordable one.
Please contact us and we will gladly provide a market analysis for you, and a list of smaller homes that match your criteria. We look forward to hearing from you!
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