By Bill Bell
Kent County is home to the state capital Dover, Dover Downs and the Dover Air Force Base. In this area, you will find a good choice of smaller 55+active adult communities and the prices can be significantly lower than in the areas to the north or [...]
Sussex County, a.k.a. "Coastal Delaware," is where Boomers look to move for not only a primary residence in retirement but often for a second home/vacation home even while they are still working. This is the fastest growing county with the smallest population of the [...]
New home sales people refer to existing homes for sale as used homes, as in
I always found that reference rather self serving but then I thought about buying a car and realized that I can use the same thought process to favor buying an existing home.
If youve been weighing whether now is the right time to enter the local housing market as a home buyer, we have some news to share with you that will help you decide.
According to a recent report from real estate data provider CoreLogic, U.S. home price gains are slowing down, despite an increase during the month of August.
This is great news for home buyers because it means that you have a fantastic opportunity to get a reasonable price on your next home before prices continue to [...]
Does that mean you can buy a new home in that community between $300,000 and $325,000? Probably not.
If I tell you that you will end up spending 30% or more above the base model price of that new home, will you believe [...]
Gail Alm, Mortgage Planning Specialist at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. in Rehoboth Beach offered this information courtesy of Keeping Current Matters.
We are often asked why there is so much paperwork mandated by the bank for a mortgage loan application when buying a home today. It seems that the bank needs to know [...]
Were breaking records on the U.S. housing market!
Evidently, during the month of August, US real estate saw 6-year high when national home sales reached their highest levels in more than six years, according to a recent report from the Commerce Department.
This is incredible! That means that sales activity has returned to the levels it was [...]
Its been no secret that Delaware is one of the most tax friendly states for retirees. In an recent article on Yahoo Finance, Kiplingers Sandra Block lists the top 10 most tax-friendly states in the U.S. and I am proud to say,
These ten states impose some of the [...]
I am an avid CNBC watcher but not as much as I used to be. They have gone from reporting hard news to advocating for their own positions and favorite companies. If you only evaluated companies based on their stock performance or the comments of a CNBC on air personality, would you end up with the best [...]
How much will a new home cost? What will the taxes be? Will I have public water and sewer? These and other questions are important to ask and evaluate when you are buying a retirement home in another state. Statistics say that most people downsize and stay within an hour of their existing home when they [...]
