7 Sins of Overpricing

You may be getting ready to put your house on the market and wondering what you should price your house at; wanting to make profit on the sale or get your investment back.  Your Real Estate agent should advise you to increase your odds of selling your home, you need to list it at fair
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Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low into mid-2013

  Good news from the Federal Reserve.  If you are looking to move in the next two years, the Federal Reserve indicated plans to keep interest rates exceptionally low until at least mid-2013.  These low interest rates will help continue the housing recovery; by making it cheaper to borrow money, they hope more people will
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Looking to invest? Rentals could be a good move

As home prices fall and rents rise, some investors are plunking their money into real estate, chasing the cash flow that comes along with becoming a landlord. “For the first time in a long time, you can buy that home and can get a cash-on-cash return immediately,” said William King, director of valuation services for
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Is the housing down-slide nearing the end?

How low can the market go? For real estate, some economists say, an end to the seemingly endless decline in housing values might be in sight. When? Not immediately. At the moment, prices are still dropping. In 20 large cities, prices fell 0.8 percent in March from the previous month, according to the Standard &
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Sellers need to get realistic

Sellers whose homes have lingered on the market for months–or years, in some cases–are banking on this spring to turn the tide. Foreclosures and short sales are still flooding the market, which means many sellers are still up against big inventories and some big bargains that may pull away buyers. As such, more real estate pros
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Stage 4: Negotiations

Stage Four: Negotiations Insider Secret: Your family and friends can cause you to lose your dream home. Why: With so much information on the web and the news every day about the recession and the buyer’s market, everyone seems to be an armchair economist/real estate savant.  But much of that news is national and based
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5 things to do to sell your home in 2011

1. Reality check yourself…ask yourself a few vital questions about the goals you have about selling your home.  Why do you need or want to sell? What would it take to make selling make sense? Next, look at your mortgage statement and find out what you owe and how much the payoff amount would be.  Then
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Sellers Realizing Higher Sale Prices with Long & Foster

According to data obtained from TreND, Pennsylvania sellers who list their home with Long & Foster are getting a sale price closer to their actual list price than any other broker. “Year to date, our sale prices in Pennsylvania are averaging 99.8% of the actual list price versus 95.6% for all other brokers”, said Art
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10 Reasons to buy a home now!

Why is now a great time to buy? Here are 10 reasons: 1. You can get a good deal. Prices are down 30% on average. They’re at a level that makes sense for people’s income. 2. Mortgages are cheap. At 4.3% on average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, your costs to own are down by
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Philadelphia Housing Market Sees Faster Selling Houses, Some Rising Prices

  The greater Philadelphia real estate market has continued to experience some positive trends compared to July of last year, according to The Long & Foster Market Minute™ reports. Though the pull-forward phenomenon of the homebuyer tax incentives continued to impact sales across the region in July, the Philadelphia region has continued to experienced an
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