Only one active adult community in Delaware made the Short List of "Best Master-Planned Communities in the United States" - Heritage Shores in Bridgeville. The Short List focuses on 50 communities that they describe as "amenity-rich, with clubhouses, recreation and activities to keep residents fully [...]
What I'm trying to say is - get to know Delaware and then you can decide what kind of community is right for you. I finally understand why so many people from New Jersey are sure they want to live in a 55+ community. They don't want to be outnumbered by families with lots of young children and they think the only way to accomplish that is to [...]
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 [...]
I was working with a wonderful couple that was looking for a retirement home here in Coastal Delaware. They had just retired, their family home was for sale, and Kathy was working with them to find a new home. Well, they found the perfect home and applied for a mortgage. Everything had been planned out very carefully and they had no doubt [...]
You can buy a new home using an FHA Reverse Mortgage and there are so many potential advantages for those over the age of 62, especially for the self-employed. Let me explain -
Normally when you apply for a mortgage, your credit score and your income determine the amount of money you can borrow to purchase a home. Then, of course, the home [...]
The tip of the baby boom iceberg has just started melting into retirement. As tends to be the case with this generation, they are not content to do retirement the old-fashioned way. Boomers are healthier and more active than retirees of the past, and they have a lot more in mind than just sitting on their front porches in rocking [...]
Boomers planning to relocate have some big decisions to make. What kind of community do they want to live in and where? There's lots written about active adult communities and you get the idea that everyone has worked their entire life to move to one of these communities designed for the perfect retirement. But ask yourself what it is you [...]
Baby Boomers are one hot media topic these days. In one publication you read that we Boomers are different than our parents generation - and then another story concludes we may approach things differently but, in the end, we are about the [...]
Want to sell your house in a buyers market? Rejuvenate it! Tune into HGTV any time of day or night and youll see shows about how to prepare your home for sale. Look at your house through the eyes of a buyer if you want to sell [...]
As you plan for retirement or semi-retirement, whats your next move? Will it be within the same town or will you move to another state or country? Will your home be in town or in a community? Will you live in a house or in a condo? There are so many [...]
