When you retire and buy your last home, you want it to be perfect. Why not, you worked hard all these years and now is time for the reward.

Many of you want a new home, one where you can make all the selections and have everything you always wanted. You may have heard, there is a lot of new construction in Delaware, especially in Southern [...]

Homeownership among single women continues to rise as women arent waiting for marriage before taking on a mortgage.

According to the National Association of Realtors data, the percentage of homebuyers who are single women has increased over the past three years from 11 percent in 1981 to 18 percent in 2017. When I read [...]

How do Delaware home builders measure up?

What qualities make the best home builders? What happens when they don't measure up? Broker/Owner Kathy Sperl-Bell discusses what makes a builder a favorite and what some home builders do that cause them to not make the [...]

Clearing up confusion on agency relationships. especially about Dual Agency in Delaware.

When you buy a home, be very aware of who represents you when in a real estate transaction. Is Dual Agency even Legal? Who looks out for your best interest? Watch below to find out [...]

Now is that rare time when you can sell your home and buy anew home and win on both ends.

Where do our buyers come from? More every year are moving here to Delaware from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and even more are planning to do so when they retire.

When the housing market crashed in 2007/2008, plans changed. People planning for [...]

Are there differences in closing costs between new homes and resales? Kathy Sperl-Bell, of Active Adults Realty in Delaware, discusses the different fees that make up the closing costs when you buy a home. Would you save more if you buy resale? The answer may shock [...]

Its important to set the expectations for working with your REALTOR and understand your agents obligations.

One of the first questions many sellers ask when interviewing Listing Agents is Do you have buyers for our home?

A better question to ask is What will you do to market our home so every agent with a potential buyer for our home will want to show [...]

Wouldn't you like to avoid any regrets when buying your home for retirement? Then reach out to a local real estate expert from the start!

Kathy Sperl-Bell of Active Adults Realty in Delaware reminds you how important it is to rely on the expertise of a local real estate pro to guide you to a home buying situation you can be happy [...]

You should always have someone looking out for YOUR best interests when buying a new construction home, not just the builders.

If you want to buy a new construction home, wouldn't you want someone on YOUR side representing your best interest? Delaware Real Estate Broker, Kathy Sperl-Bell of Active Adults Realty explains the importance of [...]

Before buying your retirement home consider its resale value because often times retirees will buy and sell multiple homes after retirement.

Youre thinking What!?! Im retired and this is the last home I am going to buyor, is it?

This is what we hear and what we read in AARP as well as other publications targeting the 55+ population. But, is [...]