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 [...]
"We're #1!" or "The Top Selling Community" are the headlines and billboards that scream for attention. If Builder X is the top selling builder, that's where you should go .. or is it? Sometimes the top seller is the national organization with the largest marketing budget and the best trained sales force. Occasionally the best selling [...]
Do You Click?
Do you know how to find the information you need while surfing the Internet? When you get an email newsletter with interesting information do you know how to recognize links and how to click through to find the "rest of the story" or to "Read More"? I received an email newsletter that I subscribe to the other day and right [...]
Do you know the difference between "land lease" and "fee simple"? I never did until I got into real estate and moved to Delaware. In a land lease community, you buy the house but you do not own the land on which it sits. You pay a monthly or annual fee to rent the lot from the owner of the community. Even though this makes the home more [...]
Is a new home on your holiday list this year? Conventional wisdom will tell you -
The holidays are a bad time of year to go house hunting!
1. Interest Rates are low but they are beginning to creep up again. 2. Home prices are low and there are deals on both new and inventory homes. 3. [...]
Is the glass half full or half empty? That all depends on who you are and whether you are ready to buy now or sell. "Sometimes you're the bat and sometimes you're the ball." If you're a buyer today, this is your turn to be the bat. If you bought in 2005, you had your chance to be the ball; next time maybe you'll be the bat!
I read with interest this article in [...]
I'm a news junkie and CNBC, CNN or NPR is always my background. I get really angry when I hear the talking heads spout the doom and gloom with such certainty. What real estate market are they talking about? Not the local market here in Coastal Delaware. All real estate is local! I am so busy I cannot keep up with all of the new people [...]
Coming out of Penn Station PA, on our way home from the Inman Conference in New York. Learned so much about new technology and applications for the real estate industry.
When the going gets tough, the tough buy assets and Real Estate is one of your best assets. People might go bankrupt, companies can go out of business, but real estate is always a solid investment. Its not a short term investment, but over the long term, real estate will generally pay you a solid return on investment. The price of a home [...]
