Self Care in the New Year: Keeping Our Resolutions

Every year millions of people make New Year’s resolutions in hopes of improving their lives. They want to do a variety of things, such as quit smoking, lose weight or get a better job, to strive to be in a happier place with themselves than when they started the year. However, only 50% of people keep their resolutions after 3 months, and the success rate doesn’t improve as time goes on. What can you do to keep your resolutions throughout the whole year? We hope this infographic helps you achieve your personal goals next year.

Self Care in the New Year: Keeping Our Resolutions

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Regency Homes of Omaha Wishes you a Merry Christmas

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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge

From everyone here at Regency Homes of Omaha, Merry Christmas!

Stay Safe While Heating Your Home During Cold Winter Months

The following infographic illustrates the dangers of using alternative heating sources such as electrical heaters and wood stoves during the cold winter months, and goes on to explain how to prevent home fires by using alternative heating sources safely and following recommendations for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

Some of the tips in the infographic include;

  • Hire a certified professional to install, clean, inspect, and service your heating equipment and chimneys annually.
  • Never use extension cords to power space heaters.
  • Keep children and pets from space heaters and fire places.
  • never use the oven to heat your home.
  • place a glass or metal screen in front of the fireplace.
  • Turn off portable space heaters when leaving the room or going to sleep.
  • Keep all flammable materials at least three feet away from heating sources.
  • Use only the fuel recommended by the heater manufacturer.
  • Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms, and outside sleeping areas and place a carbon monoxide alarm in a central location outside each sleeping area and on every level of your home.
Stay Safe While Heating Your Home During Cold Winter Months

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The Art of Home Appraisals

On your path to home ownership, finding your dream home is just the start. You need to make sure the loan process goes smoothly and you are able to close your escrow on time. Often, something goes awry and its not uncommon for that “something” to be the appraisal. The below infographic goes into the art and science behind home appraisals. It ends by giving you input on how you can impact the appraisal positively.

 Follow this link to view the top BBB Accredited Omaha Real Estate Appraisers

The Art of Home Appraisals

The Walk Score of Regency Homes Top Neighborhoods

Regency Homes is putting their locations to the test! We put our locations through WalkScore’s site to determine how walkable our cities are.

Here’s the scoring sheet!
0-49 Car Dependent
50 – 69 Somewhat Walkable
70 – 89 Very Walkable 
90-100 Walker’s Paradise

Indian Pointe 

18859 Manderson Circle
Elkhorn, NE 68022

Walk Score – 8 Car-Dependent, almost all errands will require a car for transportation.
Bike Score – 17 Somewhat Bikeable

 Settlers Creek

6815 Ridgewood Drive
Papillion, NE 68046

Walk Score – 31 Car-Dependent, almost all errands will require a car for transportation.
Bike Score Not Given. This leads us to believe it was given a low score or WalkScore.com simply does not have enough data.

Remington Ridge

8006 South 192nd Avenue
Gretna, Nebraska 68028

Walk Score – 4 Car-Dependent, almost all errands will require a car for transportation.
Bike Score – Not Given. This leads us to believe it was given a low score or WalkScore.com simply does not have enough data.

Walnut Lake

2 blocks North of 156th&Q Street
Omaha, NE 68135

Walk Score – 39 Although this is the highest score yet Omaha is still Car-Dependent and almost all errands will require a car for transportation.
Bike Score – Not Given. This leads us to believe it was given a low score or WalkScore.com simply does not have enough data.

Quail Hollow

5312 South 164th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68135

Walk Score – 26 Car-Dependent, almost all errands will require a car for transportation.
Bike Score – Not Given. This leads us to believe it was given a low score or WalkScore.com simply does not have enough data.

So, unfortunately our locations aren’t quite the walkers paradise. You’ll be within walking distance to some locals like grocery shopping or parks, but you won’t have access to all Omaha has to offer without a car.  If you were hoping to start walking or biking more in order to get into better shape consider joining one of the many near-by gyms!

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