Welcome Back! Today we have an Online Video Open House for 1520 Park Road Lancaster, Pa 17603! This spacious brick ranch style home offers over 1,400 square feet of living space with natural green views from all of the windows! Click through to the video and read on to learn more!
This property is now sold 11-14-11! Welcome Back Readers! Today we have a Web Trek Online Open House for 100 Red Maple Lane in Mountville, Pa 17554! This 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is just 4 years young and being offered for sale at $192,500! Close to everything just a few minutes from Lancaster, this home in Millstone Village offers you a chance to own a modern classic! Click through to the video tour and read on for more!
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Once again Zillow.com has rankedLancasterCounty as one of the best places to buy a homerightnow! As reported on Forbes.com yesterday, due to “affordability, as measured by home price to income ratios; the unemployment picture (both the absolute figure and how it’s trending over time); the foreclosure situation; and year-over-year housing price trends” Lancaster County PA is the 8th Best Place to buy a home in the nation! Read on after the jump for more!
Welcome Back Readers! Today we are bringing you some particularly awesome news, Zillow has recently ranked Lancaster County PA as one of the top places in the nationto buy a home 2011! We hit the list at Number 7, which considering we were competing with literally thousands of places across the nation is pretty spectacular!
The best thing about this ranking? It takes into account what is happening NOW. In this economy, with the current unemployment rate, interest rates, affordability levels, etc. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if it’s the right time for you to buy, there are great opportunities out there right now. Read on after the jump to see why we were included in the list of the Best Places to Buy in 2011!
Welcome Back Readers. Today we are touching on a timely topic for many. Foreclosure. Timely for many, as an article about it in today’s paper was titled “Record number losing homes”. Ouch. Record number.
The article cites 2010 Lancaster County Pa Foreclosure filings as setting a new record at 1,334. This is an increase over 2009 at 1,319. But who really expected differently? With the state of the economy, I look at those numbers and am surprised they aren’t higher. That figure represents an increase of 1.21%.
That’s the new record, up 1.21%. If all we are going to do is talk statistics, that is nothing, an anomaly, barely worth a mention in the history books. In the end, statistics, nameless, faceless statistics are what these numbers become when reported this way. And therin lies the problem. Read on after the jump to find out more.
Welcome Back Readers! Today we’re talking about Buyer Incentives. You’ve seen them, buy this house and seller will pay selling agent bonus, seller will include new Cadillac, enter contest to win a Cruise to Bahamas. Now, not many sellers have been offering these types of incentives in Lancaster, but in new constructionwe have seen No Mortgage Payments for a Year, $40,000 in Builder Upgrades, buy our home and if yours doesn’t sell we buy yours, etc.
On the surface, you might think these are all great ideas, but they aren’t. They are actually terrible ideas. Read on after the jump to find out why!
Welcome Back Readers! Today we are going to talk a little about the subject many home buyers complain about, Pet Odors. Pet Odors can be a big problem when selling, many pet phobic buyers who catch the slightest whiff of Fido or Fluffy the Kitty turn around an walk right back out the door. That doesn’t mean you have to get rid of Fido and Fluffy, we know they are part of the family and you love them. It does mean that you have to take some steps to address the issue. Read on after the jump to find out more!
Welcome Back Readers! Ok, so you’ve decided to buy a house. What do you need to do? How does the process work? I’m going to give you a simple 10 step approach to buying a home “the right wayâ€.
Welcome Back Readers! It’s been a hugely busy month for me in real estate, with the end of the Federal Tax Credit for Homebuyers the Lancaster Countyreal estate market has warmed up with the spring! Even as we close the door on the tax credit, there are many, many other incentives still available for buyers though as we proceed through summer.
For example, I wrote a post a few months ago about Fannie Mae offering 3.5% closing costs assistance/appliance credits for buyers. Due to the popularity of this program (according to Fannie Mae that is), they have extended the program through June!
Click through the “Read More” link after the jump for all the details!
Welcome Back Viewers! Thanks for stopping by, today we have the start of our GREEN series in honor of Earth Day! Matt Blank, from MBC Building and Remodeling, LLC is here to share some tips with you on how being earth friendly can save you lots of money! You’ll have to watch the video to find out more, but in the meantime don’t forget to call MBC Building and Remodeling at 717-371-5136 for all of your home improvement needs!
