Welcome Back Readers! Today we have a Web Trek Online Open House at 617 West Vine Street in Lancaster City’s historic West End! 
This huge detached property is 1,619 Sq ft and offers 4-5 bedrooms and loads of storage space! Check out the video for your personal tour!
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! This week we have the beginning of our guest columns from Sam Gorgone, Property Manager/Owner of Hometown Property Management Services. Sam gets alot of questions, from landlords looking for help renting to tenants looking for apartments or homes to rent in Lancaster Pa. We thought it would be helpful to you to put these questions out there one the blog, lets start with the biggest one, what exactly is property management? Read on after the jump to find out!
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 construction we 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! Today we have a new video tour of 8 Blaine Avenue in Leola Pa! Just minutes away from major commuter routes, bring your Time Machine & Imagination and this home will shine! Here are the basic stats, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2155 Square Feet, read on after the jump for more details and check out the video tour in the youtube player!
Image courtesy of Alan Cleaver via Flickr
Welcome Back Readers! Thanks for stopping by again! There’s alot of emails that circulate during an election year, one of the most common ones this year relates to a real estate is that the federal health care legislation (affectionately called Obama-care) passed in March 2010 contains a 4.0% transfer tax on all real estate sold after 2012. You might be wondering if this is true or not. Well, in short the answer is no. There is no national transfer tax on all real estate.
But like all great myths, this one does have a small grain of truth to it. There is indeed a tax on certain real estate transactions specified in the bill, read on after the jump to find out more!
Welcome Back Readers! Thanks for stopping by again, I just wanted to take a minute and let you know about a new website from Fannie Mae. The site, www.KnowYourOptions.com is full of great information regarding forclosure and as the title would suggest, what your options are. Check it out and if you are thinking of selling your home to avoid foreclosure, call me, I will be happy to help you through!
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 way”.
Photo Courtesy of B&M Photography
To buy a house or not to a buy a house, that is the question. It’s a big decision, some would say due to the huge impact it can have on your lives it’s the biggets decision you’ve ever made. Some people will tell you to buy a house right away, others will tell you to wait a few years. These opinions vary between friends, family members, co-workers, even Mom and Dad might disagree on the right thing for you to do. Who’s right, what should you do?
Well, the short answer is that it’s completely up to you. You should rely on the advice of friends and family, their experiences can save you a lot of trouble, but in the end no one can make this decision but you and your spouse. As a Realtor, I get asked all the time by nervous buyers whether I think they are making the right decision and while I am happy to give advice, my answer is always the same, it doesn’t matter what I think, because in the end YOU will be living in whatever home you buy and YOU will be paying for it. For that reason and that reason alone, you need to tune out everyone else’s opinions and focus on what you want to do.
