Blog :: 2014

Report: Big Homes Are a Hot Trend on the National Real Estate Market

Big homes are a big deal on the national housing market, according to a recent article in USA Today.

Evidently, big homes are a hot trend and a growing number of home buyers are looking for larger homes to accommodate their every need and desire.

In fact, of the 569,000 homes built last year in the US, about 33 percent (or 188,000 homes) had [...]

DE Fall Foliage Drives and Farmers Markets

Day-tripper Alert: DE Fall Foliage Drives and Fresh Farm Markets are Fabulous!

Our state's Byways are perfect for Fall Foliage Drives to our fabulous Farmers Markets. Being an agricultural state, Delaware offers a bountiful harvest of fruit and vegetables and many Scenic Drives to somewhere and to nowhere, too. Why not take advantage of this [...]

Buyers, Are You Ready To Bundle?

I asked Gail Alm at Fairway Independent Mortgage in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to comment on a question Buyers often ask,

Can I bundle closing costs into my mortgage?

So, are you ready to bundle? Heres what she said When Kathy asked me if you can bundle closing costs into your mortgage, the answer can be yes or no, depending on the [...]

Compare Historic Interest Rates By Decade

Ghosts of Historic Interest Rates Past... as the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."

In this case, the picture below courtesy of Gail Alm, Mortgage Planning Specialist shows thousands of interest dollars paid on mortgages through the decades. Go ahead, take a look and...

Compare historic interest rates from the 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's and [...]

Whats Up with Your Docs?

Help us find a good doctors, practices, specialists or labs by sharing your knowledge base with other new Delaware residents.

Moving to a different state requires a lot of changes including finding a new doctor - someone reliable, someone trustworthy, and someone professional. Please help us build a resource of good doctors, practices, [...]

US Home Sales Outperform Experts' Predictions

Its always a good sign on the national housing market whenUS Home Sales outperform experts predictions!

And thats exactly what happened recently when the latest market activity report was released by the National Association of Realtors in July.

Evidently, contracts to purchase previously-owned properties increased more than expected during [...]

Independence 2nd QTR Review - 2014 is going strong!

MyIndependence 2nd QTR Review shows, as predicted, the remaining lots in the first half of Independence have been selling quickly. Dust is still flying but the heavy trucks are moving into the next Phase more quickly than predicted.

In my April/May update there were 26 new homes under contract. It now looks like between 43 and 46 new homes [...]

Home Buyers, Bigger is Better!

The sluggish housing market over the last several years did not have an impact on Americans desire for bigger and fancier homes, according to a recent report from USA Today.

Size Matters-Bigger is Better!

Evidently, demand continues to grow for these large estates, especially as the housing market across the nation improves. This is a [...]

NO NEW HOMES at Independence for 12 to 15 months!

No New Homes... How can that happen?

Here we are in August of 2014 and we learn that no new homes can be delivered for another 12 15 months at Independence, one of the most popular 55+ communities in Coastal Delaware. If anything illustrates just how busy we have been this year, this one fact tells you a lot. Between 43 and 46 new homes [...]

Change is still in the air in Delaware real estate

One of my absolute favorite expressions is Plus ca change, plus cest la meme chose, loosely translated to mean

The more things change, the more they stay the same, in Delaware real estate!

Although the real estate market has been in full recovery mode in Delaware for 2 years now, change is still rearranging the landscape. But then, the only [...]

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