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Sharlene Hensrud
Boost Home Value2

How to Boost Your Home’s Value Fast with Smart Presentation Tips

Homeowners preparing to sell often hit the same wall: the clock is ticking, the market feels picky, and major renovations can drain money and energy fast. The hard part is...
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Chicken Thighs With Apples

Wednesdays Unplugged – Baked Chicken Thighs with apples and onions

“One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller Our fall getaway landed in Dubuque… not far, but a new perspective....
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Weekly real estate market update 9/25/26… pending sales hanging below last year

After being ahead of last year for most of 2026, pending sales aren’t rebounding after Labor Day as they usually do, perhaps buyer response to the fed interest rate increase....
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Houses Block

August 2026 housing market update… inventory of homes for sale continues to inch up

Inventory has been a problem for many years, but it has been inching up the last 3 years… August 2026 inventory is 7.9% higher than August 2025 inventory. New August...
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Norsk Lasagna

Wednesdays Unplugged – Norsk Lasagna

“Genius is eternal patience.” – Michelangelo NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids for dinner in the...
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Mental Health

Simple New Ways to Boost Everyday Mental and Emotional Wellness

Busy parents juggling work, caregiving, and a to-do list that never ends often recognize the quiet drift: days get handled, but energy and patience keep running low. These emotional health...
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Coop View

Selling your house and buying a coop? What you should know

These downsizers had been looking for a L-O-N-G time when they experienced the view from this Applewood Pointe coop. They walked in, gasped, and were sold… it was finally time...
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Weekly real estate market update 9/18/26… price reductions highest since 2014

All metrics in my market watch increased this week except listings that fell through and came back on the market. What the chart doesn’t show is that the number of...
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