by Barb Bottitta | Jan 24, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, Region
As a consumer in the Lehigh Valley, you are probably familiar with many of the real estate firms and professionals closest to where you live. But if you are planning to buy a home here, do you really know how each person will help you? Are you familiar with the term...
by DFadmin | Jan 21, 2011 | Featured Stories, Outdoors
It’s time to find out where some of the best places are to go sledding in the Lehigh Valley! Although there are not many sledding hills that have websites or even an actual street address, if you are a Lehigh Valley local, you know that there are literally...
by DFadmin | Nov 26, 2010 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, Home Ownership
The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors wrote “The Journal came up with ten reasons why it’s good to buy a home now or in the near future. Let’s look at a few of the arguments: Now is a good time to make a deal. “This is a buyer’s market.” No one can predict...
by Barb Bottitta | Nov 1, 2010 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, Home Ownership
The Federal Tax Code has significantly improved the American taxpayer’s ability to profit by selling a principal residence. Prior to 1997, homeowners could take advantage of a tax benefit termed the “rollover”, which granted exemption from capital...
by Barb Bottitta | Sep 20, 2010 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, Home Ownership
The Wall Street Journal published this article with 10 Reasons to Buy a Home now. The Barb Bottitta Team of Keller Williams Realty wants you to know that despite the previous downward trend of our economy, buying a home is still an investment you should make for you...
by Barb Bottitta | May 20, 2010 | Featured Stories, Home Ownership, Region
The Federal Tax Credit of either $6500 or $8000 was a huge incentive for current owners and new buyers to purchase a home, but what’s going to happen now that the deadline has been met and the tax credit is no longer available? Home buyers had to have been...
