Baby Boomer

Recognizing the Boomers

Some may think recognizing a Boomer is guessing their age, but a Boomer is so much more

At Active Adults Realty, all of our agents are SRES certified - meaning we have specialized understanding and resources to meet the particular needs of maturing Americans, aged 50+, when selling, buying, relocating, or refinancing residential or [...]

Meet Kathy Sperl-Bell & Bill Bell - Our Featured Boomers

Meet Featured Boomers Kathy Sperl-Bell and Bill Bell

Meet our Featured Boomers, Active Adults Realty Broker and Owners Kathy Sperl-Bell and Bill Bell!

This month, I thought I would introduce ourselves to you. In our Profiles, you can learn a little about our backgrounds, but we too are Baby Boomers and Kathy (thats me) is not from Delaware.

Where are we from?

I was born in Flushing, NY, like [...]

2014 Real Estate Market News: U.S. Cities Can Be Optimistic

Optimistism Found in U.S. Real Estate Market

Theeconomicrecovery is not just confined to one region of the United States,according to a recent real estate market news article.

Evidently, a recent report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors noted that almost every city in the country is expected to see economic growth in the New Year!

This is great news for everyone because it shows that our economy continues to strengthen after the recent [...]

Considering the future of towns for aging residents

Take a walk through the town of Milton or Ellendale, Georgetown or Millsboro, and ask yourself what will this town be like in 10 years? Take a look at the people, the houses and the businesses, then put on your City Planner hat and think about how you would create a downtown where people will want to live, work and socialize ten or twenty [...]

Delaware Beach Families

Because of Twitter, I have gotten to know a remarkable woman that I never would have met in real life - Mel Tuttle. Mel is a 5th Grade Teacher in the Milford School District who was just named "Teacher of the Year!". She has two children and is one of the most energetic, active adults I have ever met. She is always discovering a new [...]

Look back at 2010 real estate in Coastal Delaware

It's a chilly day in January, a good time to take a look back at 2010 and see what it tells us about the real estate market in Coastal Delaware. Bill and I moved here in 2003 and have specialized and focused on Baby Boomers who either live here or want to live here at some point. What kind of home are Boomers buying in what kind of [...]

Feeling Baby Boomers Pain

In the Delaware beach resort town of Lewes, Kathy Sperl-Bell, CRS, of RE/MAX Associates, says activity among baby boomers started picking up again earlier this year after a three-year slowdown. In much of the country, Realtors are feeling the pain of boomers' inability or unwillingness to invest in another home while the economy remains [...]

The Housing Boom

The Housing Market has been the hot topic for the past two years. Sometimes it seems like the only thing the national news media ever talks about. Where will the next Housing Boom come from? That depends -- all real estate is local and the local market Im talking about today is Coastal Delaware. We are very fortunate. This is a desirable [...]

Boomers living longer in Coastal Delaware

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 [...]

Thinking new construction? Don't be dazzled by decorating...

Whats better than a new car, new clothes or new shoes? A shiny, brand spanking new house! Not just any new house, but a new house in a brand new community with all kinds of awesome amenities and special features! But beware: Its easy to be so dazzled by the decorating that the important questions never get [...]

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