The Housing Market has been the hot topic for the past two years. Sometimes it seems like the only thing the national news media ever talks about. Where will the next Housing Boom come from? That depends -- all real estate is local and the local market Im talking about today is Coastal Delaware. We are very fortunate. This is a desirable [...]
Have you noticed that I cover new home communities rather extensively? That is because all of the builders and developers of new home communities, active adult, age-restricted or all-ages communities, do cooperate with real estate agents and brokers. This is not necessarily the case everywhere but it is true here in [...]
Spring is always the best time to list your home for sale in Coastal Delaware. Even in a challenging market, if a home is going to sell, spring is the selling season. They say list your home in November, sell it in April; list it in March, sell it in April. After a hard winter on the heels of an extended period of slow sales, there is a [...]
Front page of the Sunday News Journal featured an article by Eric Ruth on Housing market gains in Delaware. Some of the statistics are still tentative but one fact is clear - Delaware weathered the housing turmoil better than many other parts of the country. Prices have begun to inch up again and builders are pulling permits. Sales of all [...]
Thats the key to making money in the stock market but how many can discipline themselves to actually do that? To buy when stock prices are low requires a strong stomach and a belief that things will get better. Dont you want to wait until the stock starts going up just to make sure you should really trust the trend before you buy in? Several [...]
Should I stay in this big house that I have lived in forever, with so many memories of good times with family and friends? Sometimes I can almost hear the arguments going on in my clients heads, weighing the plusses and minuses of making a move as they plan for retirement. Should I stay where I am despite the high taxes and downsize to a [...]
All Boomers want to live in a new age-restricted, Active Adult Community (AAC), with a huge clubhouse, an Activities Director, etc. NOT!
If you listen to the big builders at an NAHB Conference or the 50+ Housing Council, thats what they will tell you. They have done the research, they say, and they are building new communities designed to [...]
I was at Independence this afternoon for a pre-construction conference call with one of my clients who still live in Florida. When one of my clients buys a new construction home, I always attend as many of the meetings during the construction process as I can. Especially when they are not able to attend in person, either my husband Bill or I [...]
When the going gets tough, the tough buy assets and Real Estate is one of your best assets. People might go bankrupt, companies can go out of business, but real estate is always a solid investment. Its not a short term investment, but over the long term, real estate will generally pay you a solid return on investment. The price of a home [...]
