by Barb Bottitta | Dec 16, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Region
As 2011 comes to a close, I’m reminded of the quote from the Dickens classic “Tale of Two Cities” – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The news media pummeled us with doom and gloom about the local and national...
by Barb Bottitta | Nov 11, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
The local real estate news is a mix of good and bad, depending on your perspective. During October, Lehigh Valley home sales were up about 7% from Oct 2010. However, the average sale price was $181,000, down almost 10% since this time last year. The good news came...
by Barb Bottitta | Oct 17, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
Despite some pessimism pertaining to the global and domestic economies, the U.S. housing sector continues to show promising signs of stability and growth. Low levels of new home construction and gaining sales volume fueled by an inventory of affordable housing since...
by Barb Bottitta | Sep 16, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
FIRST THE GOOD NEWS: Lehigh Valley home sales in July were up 21% and in August they were up 14% over the same months last year. The discouraging news for Sellers: prices are down about 6% over last year and 63% of all Lehigh Valley home sales in August were in the...
by Barb Bottitta | Aug 12, 2011 | Featured Stories, For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Ownership, Region
The U.S. housing market has shown increased stability in home sales during 2011 compared to the previous year. Nationally home prices are up 18% since their low in February. That’s good news and hopefully it means the Lehigh Valley rebound is not be far behind....
