by Barb Bottitta | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership
Once you have had a successful home buying or selling experience with your real estate agent, the next step is to start packing. But who’s going to do it? Do you take on the entire moving process yourself or do you hire a moving company to do it for you? In...
by DFadmin | Mar 24, 2017 | For Sellers
Realtor.com addressed downsizing in a recent article. They suggest that you ask yourself some questions before deciding if downsizing is right for you and your family. Here are two of their questions followed by their answers (in italics) and some additional...
by DFadmin | Mar 24, 2017 | Featured Stories
The concept of Supply & Demand is a simple one. The best time to sell something is when the supply of that item is low & the demand for that item is high. Buyer Demand continues to outpace Seller Supply! Click here for more Real Estate facts and Tips. Click...
by DFadmin | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured Stories, For Sellers
Per this report, 95% percent of buyers that used the internet when searching for a home purchased their home through either a real estate agent/broker or from a builder or builder’s agent. Only 2% purchased their home directly from a seller whom the buyer didn’t know....
by Barb Bottitta | Oct 9, 2014 | Featured Stories, For Buyers
Most home buyers are unaware of their options when it comes to a mortgage. Many think they need a conventional mortgage, ensuring they have 20% of the home’s purchase price on hand for a down payment and a good enough credit score to qualify. However, there are...
by Barb Bottitta | Apr 22, 2014 | Featured Stories, Home Ownership
Energy efficient home improvements not only help reduce utility costs, but they also make a home more appealing to potential buyers. In fact, according to a real estate report by Harvard University, buyers are actually willing to pay up to ten percent more for new...
by Barb Bottitta | Feb 24, 2014 | Featured Stories, For Buyers
There’s nothing worse than getting a call the day before you are supposed to be handed the keys to your new home that closing has to be postponed. It’s fairly common for the closing date to change, mainly because of last minute things popping up or not...
by Barb Bottitta | Feb 17, 2014 | Family, Featured Stories
While it’s fun to go outside when it’s snowing to build forts, have snow ball fights, go sledding, and make snowmen, it’s not safe to let your children be outside all day long. So how do you keep them entertained when they’re cooped up? Here...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 20, 2014 | Family, Featured Stories
There is never a shortage of events or activities for families with little ones in the Lehigh Valley! But where do you go to get the necessary information and ideas? How do you know what’s happening, what places are offering specials? What do you do when...
by Barb Bottitta | Jan 13, 2014 | Featured Stories, For Sellers, Prepare Home for Sale
If you’ve shopped for a home, chances are you’ve come across one that you really wish you hadn’t visited in the first place. True, houses for sale ought to have a certain “lived in” quality to them, because they are to be lived in after all, but the art of tactfully...
