When It’s Right to Buy a Bigger, Better Home

It is not uncommon for homeowners to outgrow a home, but knowing when it makes sense to trade up to a bigger home is important when making such a move. Of course the biggest questions involve finances. Does your current home have enough equity built up in it to make sense? If you can sell your current home for a nice profit and have extra money to put down on your new home it will make your entire transition and easier one. Can you afford the mortgage on your new home? If you can take the equity from your current [...] Click To Read More

Remodeling Your Home? Don’t Forget Your Outdoor Living Space

If you are considering remodeling your home, don’t forget about your outdoor living space. The exterior of your home contains valuable outdoor space and making certain changes or additions can help ad value and appeal to your real estate investment. Improvements to the exterior of your home can involve something as simple as new patio furniture and a fire pit, adding a patio or deck, or installing an outdoor oven. An attractive and usable outdoor area appeals to family living as well as entertaining. Landscaping additions can involve making an area more green by the addition of low maintenance plants [...] Click To Read More

Buying Real Estate? Location, Location, Location

If you are thinking about buying real estate there are three things to remember, location, location, and location. Location is a key factor in the value of your new home and how easy it will be to sell when the time comes to do so. Whether you are in a city, suburb, or country area, location really does matter. The York area has consistently been a bargain. Typically, you will find home prices in York 25-30% lower than the Gettysburg  or Lancaster areas.  For a comparable home, we are 30-35% lower than the Harrisburg area.  More dramatic, we are 30-45% [...] Click To Read More

Earth Day from a Realtor’s Perspective!

Hard to believe this is the 40th anniversary of  Earth Day. Over the years we have participated in various activities to commemorate the occasion. One of my favorite events was the Under water Clean up in Upstate New York. We would spend the AM at the bottom of a local Lake, “harvesting” items that did not belong there. It was always amazing how much junk we would collect. We would finish the event with a cook out, attempting to warm up from the hours in cold water. My tolerance for cold water diving has been replaced with more “practical” environmental [...] Click To Read More

HAFA Explained

Great video provides an excellent over view of the new HAFA regulations-HAFA. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Click To Read More

Carlisle for the day!

Looking for somethng to do close by? Then you will want to consider a quick trip to Carlisle. This Saturday is the “Art, Music, & Wine Walk”. This is an excellent way to explore the area and sample the local wines. For more information, go to CARLISLE. Hope to see you there. Click To Read More

Real Estate, A Matter of Timing

Investing in real estate is a matter of timing. Many home buyers across the Country are sensing that now is a great time to buy a home, since many factors are keeping purchasing real estate affordable for the time being. Low mortgage rates, tax incentives and low home prices all add up to one great deal for the person who can afford to buy a home. The end of last month marked the end of the government’s involvement in purchasing mortgage-securities and the end of this month marks the end of the home buyer tax credit. The government has helped [...] Click To Read More

Short Time Left To Use Tax Credit & It’s Not Just For First Time Home Buyers

With just under two seeks left to use the tax credit there are a few points about the credit to remember. The home buyer tax credit originated as a first time home buyer tax credit but it is no longer just for first time home buyers. If you have lived in your home for 5 of the past 7 years and are looking to buy a new home the tax credit can help make your purchase more affordable. Another important point is that if you are a current home owner who qualifies for the tax credit you don’t have to [...] Click To Read More