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What do I mean? I grew up in Northern New Jersey, way up North in Morris County. When we made a trip to the Jersey Shore, it was a trip and we didnt just go for the day. One of my memories is asking Are we there yet? and finding out that we still had an hour or two to [...]

A TransUnion Study Finds 1.5 Million Homeowners Negatively Impacted by Mortgage Crisis Could Re-Enter Housing Market in Next Three Years.

TransUnionrecentlyreleased the results of a new study titled The Bubble, the Burst and Now - What Happened to the Consumer? The study revealed that 1.5 million homeowners, a.k.a.Boomerang Buyers, that [...]

We Asked The Broker, "and believe it or not, only 40% of people buy in the neighborhood they initially inquired about!"

This is just one reason why working with a local expert like a REALTOR with Active Adults Realty is so important. You start your search on the Internet, looking for a great place to retire in Delaware, but you really dont [...]

As an AARP member, I read an article in theJAN-FEB 2016 edition of Real Possibilities Magazine, about the first baby boomers are now turning 70! Bill Newcott talks in length in his article titled,

"The Boomers Turn 70: How this generation has influenced us all and how it will change the world again"

Newcott chronicles Kathleen [...]

Many Boomers are asking themselves, "Should I Buy Now or Wait til Next Year?"

In the infograph below, Keeping Current Matters illustrates the financial difference a year would make if you wait to buy a home until 2017. Of course, the graph targets 30 year old buyers, so let's say this could be great information for your kids, [...]

UPDATE 1/28 FED DECISION: Rates left unchanged. The Fed stated that they no longer view risk as balanced and expectations that inflation will rise have been decreased. Future rate hikes to be a slow and steady pace. This is all general good for mortgage rates to remain low until hopefully [...]

Ask The Broker: "Kathy, in Southern Delaware, what Sold in 2015?"

The numbers, according to the Sussex County Association of REALTORS, indicate that

nearly $1.52 billion in southern Delaware real estate changed hands in 2015,

which is a modest 1 percent increase over the previous year. There weremore than 5,000 properties sold during the [...]

Our Agent Debbie Shearer shared this article that appeared online and in the News Journal that is of particular interest to those in the Smyrna-Middletown area and to those who are small craft brew, wine and spirit aficionados and are willing to travel to experience something else cool and local. This recent article by [...]

Winter has arrived! Its time to hunker down with a crock pot of love!

My husband Bill just gifted me with a Crock Pot for Christmas. Yahoo... now I needed to do some research, find recipes and get ready for the crock-pot and slow cooker season.

The Basics

It started way back in the 70's, when the popular and versatile countertop slow [...]