Rhonda Hollifield

Remodeling ActivityThe number of households belonging to older adults is on the rise across the nation, and (let’s face it) the homes themselves aren’t getting any younger. So states the Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies' Housing Perspectives (JCHS), which recently published t...

Can You Play Devils Advocate When Selling Your Home?Today’s Hendersonville real estate market is an alien landscape compared with what it was ten years ago, when it seemed as if a seller could just plant a sign in the front yard and wait for competing offers to roll in. This summer’s real estate ...

The Rise in Rent Trend“WHY YOUR RENT CHECK JUST KEEPS GOING UP” was the headline in CNN Money’s real estate special report last month, which could have explained to Hendersonville renters why it is that U.S. rents keep rising faster than home values. After all, that doesn’t seem to make sense!The...

Credit Score FallaciesMost Americans have now arrived at the conclusion that it is a good time to buy a home. That’s the top line analysis from one of the country’s major mortgage creators, but there’s a secondary finding about credit scores that could also have a sizeable impact on Hendersonvill...

National Forecast for Real EstateSuppose you are a local homeowner who intends to move to a different home eventually, but for the moment, you aren’t under any particular deadline pressure that would dictate when you have to put your home on the market. In that case, you’re likely to keep tabs o...

Time to Switch Realtors? Or Not...It’s true of any commercial offering: sometimes a perfectly sellable item doesn’t move off the shelves as rapidly as predicted. Real estate is no exception—not every Hendersonville home is sold as quickly as its owner and the property’s Realtor® wish. When that h...

First Time Home Buyer ConundrumHistorically low mortgage interest rates have been a lifeline for many Hendersonville first time homebuyers in recent years, keeping home ownership within reach for many who wouldn’t have otherwise been able to make the leap. For them, and for all the other than fir...

Is Landlording Right For You?Become a landlord!Be your own boss!Build equity that someone else pays for!These may sound like the kind of come-ons that you tune out when you hear them on the radio or TV, but, surprisingly, they’re actually more reality-based than not. Whether you're buying a Hende...

New Home AffordabilityYou want your approach to finding a new home in Hendersonville to be at least somewhat hard-headed and businesslike. The financial stakes are certainly major, and to some extent, much of what your future lifestyle will be like will depend on making a good choice.This is not ...

Add Value to Your PropertyAs soon as you decide that you will be putting your Hendersonville property up for sale—whether soon or at some point in the foreseeable future—it’s also time to get strategic about growing your property's value—starting with a generous dollop of objectivity.The difficul...