Last year I read an article by Gayle Guynup, Editor of Style Magazine, entitled Places I have called home and put it in my file for future blog posts. Sometimes I feel like I have lived everywhere. Lately our Buyer Clients are coming from so many different states, Im having a lot of fun talking about all the places we have in [...]
Today we had buyer clients here from North Carolina. Originally from Northern New Jersey, just like I am, they had retired and moved to Coastal North Carolina several years ago. Its a beautiful area with lovely beaches, but here they were wanting to look at homes in Delaware. Why you might ask? They want to be closer to their family now and [...]
2011 Ended with a flurry of activity and the opening of our own Brokerage Active Adults Realty. After years of planning, education, finding just the right location, renovating that building, hiring the right team an experienced Office Manager and a couple of great agents, we are ready to start 2012 with enthusiasm and lots of positive [...]
Where do our buyers come from? In Coastal Delaware, so many of the new Buyers now come from outside Delaware and have limited local knowledge about our communities, builders or lifestyle. On top of that, quite a few Baby Boomers have been in their current home for 20 years or more, so it's been a long time since they bought a home. Now that [...]
What did our Buyers buy so far this year? Most of our clients are Baby Boomers over 55 that are relocating to Delaware as they near retirement. We did this same analysis last year and the statistics are similar but 6% more have chosen an age restricted community this year. We also worked with 3 times more buyers in 2011 than in either of the [...]
We have just added new virtual tours on some great homes for sale in Coastal Delaware. Take a look and let us know if you would like to see any of these properties in person. This is a great time to buy a home at today's prices and the current low interest rates. Watch the Virtual tours!
"Many baby boomers who once vowed they would never trust anyone older than 30 are now in their mid-60s -- and don't consider themselves old." begins the article written by Adam Taylor in the Wilmington News [...]
Because of Twitter, I have gotten to know a remarkable woman that I never would have met in real life - Mel Tuttle. Mel is a 5th Grade Teacher in the Milford School District who was just named "Teacher of the Year!". She has two children and is one of the most energetic, active adults I have ever met. She is always discovering a new [...]
How do you define active adult? Are you an avid golfer, a tennis fanatic, a runner or yogi? Do you get up every morning and take a brisk walk with or without your best friend? Are you more active if you live in an active adult community or not? Terminology doesn't define us but it does attempt to lead us in certain directions. You're an [...]
It's a chilly day in January, a good time to take a look back at 2010 and see what it tells us about the real estate market in Coastal Delaware. Bill and I moved here in 2003 and have specialized and focused on Baby Boomers who either live here or want to live here at some point. What kind of home are Boomers buying in what kind of [...]
