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Sharlene Hensrud

Where can you find new one-level townhomes?

With so many Baby Boomers downsizing, new one-level townhomes are in high demand… but where can you find them? Builders are recognizing this demand and responding with many new developments...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Simply the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

“You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you have a cookie, but you can never be miserable while you are eating a...
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Weekly real estate market update 1/24/25… average new home size has gotten smaller

With weather cold enough to close schools this week, it should come as no surprise that showing activity didn’t follow the upward trend of past years. New listings and price...
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Wednesdays Uplugged – To-Die-For Lemon Bars

“One kind word can warm three winter months.” – a Japanese Proverb NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids...
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Unusual Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home… part of the National Trust and so much carved wood!

This unusual Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 was developed as a way to provide affordable housing for people of moderate means. Sounds like a familiar dilemma,...
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Weekly real estate market update 1/17/25… roughly 11,000 homes sell each day

After the dramatic jump last week following the holiday season, the market is settling down again this week. It’s too early in the new year to see trends or much...
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What is driving senior moves?

Millennials and Baby Boomers are the two largest generations, and while Millennials delayed settling down longer than previous generations, they are now buying homes, establishing roots and growing families. At...
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Afraid to sell your home in winter?

When the smiling couple above contacted me in December and said they wanted to get their condo on the market ASAP because they were moving to their daughter’s family in...
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