In our recent survey, we asked what additional information would be helpful to our prospective buyers. Many of you are planning to relocate but have not yet decided where you want to move. One respondent commented [...]
I realize that multiple choice questions would have been easier and quicker to analyze. I could then have said that x% of respondents chose this or that answer. But our 4 questions were open-ended and produced some very [...]
The latest Buyer Traffic Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that buyer demand remains very strong throughout the vast majority of the country. These buyers are ready, willing and able to purchase and are in the market right [...]
Kiplinger rated all 50 states based on quantifiable factors that are important to many retirees, and posted
The rankings penalized states with high living expensesespecially taxes and health care costsand rewarded states with relatively prosperous populations of residents age 65 and up. They [...]
That is a question actually raised by one of our clients recently. She said that many of her friends had asked her that question and here are some of her thoughts -
No, not me, I'm not thinking of retiring to Florida! But many of our clients start out by thinking of all their retirement options and Florida is often one of them. They might [...]
Everyone always talks about where they are going to retire to, but I always like to know,
What do I learn? A lot about where they are ORIGINALLY from and what is motivating them to make a change.
In the past few days, we have had clients come in from San Francisco, Denver and Helena, Montana! Now that is quite a [...]
Did you know that Southern Delaware Tourism coined our areas restaurant community, Southern Delaware's Culinary Coast a haven for anyone who enjoys culinary travel and adventure? That is so true, and even more today.
Owning a successful business with my husband Bill Bell, our life as [...]
I thought home prices were going up but then I noticed that in some of the your new home communities homes are selling for less than the sellers paid only 5 or 10 years ago.
This was part of a discussion I had with a prospective buyer yesterday who has been doing her online research. She [...]
"Baby Boomers are on the move," according to a Merrill Lynch study that says an estimated 4.2 million retirees i.e. Baby Boomers moved into a new home last year alone.Two-thirds of retirees say that they are likely to move at least once during retirement.
As one participant in the study stated: In retirement, you have the chance to live anywhere you want. Or you can just stay where you are. There hasnt been another time in life when weve had that kind of [...]
