Buyers

If Rodney were a REALTOR...

If Rodney Dangerfield were a REALTOR, he would be saying...

"I get no respect!"

We all hear about bad real estate agents, and there are some. There are good and bad in every profession. Good doctors and bad doctors. Good CPAs and bad CPAs. Good hairdressers and bad. But there are also bad clients, disrespectful people who really seem to [...]

Don't Start Playing the Field Without A Real Estate Agent!

When you are ready to start looking for a new home, the last thing you want to do is walk into a new home sales office all alone. That is where you will find SALESPEOPLE, and some of them are darn good. What you really need to do is find protection first by finding the right Buyer Agent who will help you play the field while getting to know [...]

Buying A House? Why So Much Paperwork?

"I'm getting a Mortgage, why so much paperwork?"

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 [...]

Buyers, Are You Ready To Bundle?

I asked Gail Alm at Fairway Independent Mortgage in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to comment on a question Buyers often ask,

Can I bundle closing costs into my mortgage?

So, are you ready to bundle? Heres what she said When Kathy asked me if you can bundle closing costs into your mortgage, the answer can be yes or no, depending on the [...]

Active Adults Realty April 2014 Delaware Real Estate Update

SUSSEX, KENT & NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Delaware Real Estate Update from Active Adults Realty

SUSSEX COUNTY NEIGHBORHOODS

Kathy Sperl-Bell, Broker Active Adults Realty, "Southern Delaware, the market is flooded!"

Now that it's warming up, buyers, who ended up holding off because of the bad winter weather along with those who will normally enter [...]

Report: US Housing Market Needs More Homes for Sale

US homes for sale

The national housing market is dealing with an issue of supply and demand right now and its impacting both buyers and sellers... the Market needs more homes!

Specifically, the national housing market has too few people selling their homes compared with the number of people who want to buy homes, according to a recent report from Standard & Poors/Case [...]

Places I have called home

Last year I read an article by Gayle Guynup, Editor of Style Magazine, entitled Places I have called home and put it in my file for future blog posts. Sometimes I feel like I have lived everywhere. Lately our Buyer Clients are coming from so many different states, Im having a lot of fun talking about all the places we have in [...]

Is your home for sale in Lewes, DE?

Who knows your home is for sale? Your neighbors? The people down the street or around town? Where are the prospective buyers? Not next door.

Your buyers are on the Internet

Do you know who they are and where they live now? Ask yourself, who is relocating to Lewes, Delaware, and the surrounding areas like Rehoboth Beach, Milton, Milford, [...]

Will your new home in Delaware age as well as you will?

Every home purchase today usually involves a Home Inspection. Before going to settlement, its a good idea to make sure that the home is in good operating condition and that it will stay that way for a reasonable period of [...]

Selling to Boomer Buyers in Delaware

BE THE BUYER!

I remember taking golf lessons and the instructor said Kathy, BE THE BALL! Guess he meant that I had a better chance of hitting the ball if I really focused all of my attention on the ball. To sell your home at a good price in this market will require your full [...]