Pennsylvania Real Estate Update

How Long Your Home is On the Market MattersIn this Buyer’s Market it is very important to show lower numbers of “days on the market” for the home you’re selling. Why does the number of days on the market matter? To simplify it all, it comes down to giving a sense of desperation to buyers. A buyer who sees a home on the ...

Everybody knows that fresh paint is the simplest way to make an old house look new again. But you’re also warned when selling your home don’t go crazy with color or stick with neutrals so what should you really do?Should you paint a room a blazé white or off white and leave it with no real personality or should you make an ...

I have been pondering almost daily this great financial debacle that we have gotten ourselves into and how it happened. Now I understand Barry Obama likes to point the finger at the GOP or George Bush, but it started way before "W" became Number 43.  It seems to me that this whole mess can be traced back to Post WWII America and ...

2 teens to receive Medal of Heroism  Boys assisted man who collapsed while shoveling snow Saturday, January 31, 2009 BY ERICA DOLSON Of The Patriot-News When junior Matt McDonald walked through the halls of Cedar Cliff High School on Friday, he received high-fives from his peers and congratulations from his teachers. But not for ...

  NEWS RELEASE For release upon receipt.For more information contact Steve Snell, Executive Officer, RAYAC at (717) 843-7891. RAYAC Releases 2008 Home Sales Statistics “There’s no surprise that local housing numbers reflect the state of the national economy,” says Steve Snell, executive officer of the REALTORS Association ...

Well, here you are. Just where you said that you would never be when you excitedly planted that For Sale sign at just the right spot in your front yard last spring. I'll bet that you even peeked out of the window as the first several cars rode by, halfway expecting them to come to a screeching halt, just to get the first look at your domestic ...

Hey, let'st be real here...the LAST thing we need is for the big 3 automakers to be allowed to go under. National Security, Employment and NOT going into a DEPRESSION are why!  America has been developed around the car, over 3 million will lose work and then the rest of us will be out of work too! I copied the follwing from the GM site ...

What? What's that you say? Every day I am asked by someone, "...when is the market gonna bottom out?".  Well folks here's the deal, think of it as a 3 Day Goin Out Of  Business Sale. Are you with me so far? What day would you want to go?The First day with the best selection?The Second day with the ...

Well, I've been watching the news (scary huh!), and hear that some school districts across the country are considering moving to a 4 day week to save bus fuel and reduce heating costs in the buildings. I think that is a GREAT idea!  Let's DO IT! If you're old enough and live in PA you may remember "back in the day" when ...

Well, I just filled up my car---OUCH! $3.89 a gallon! Folks, I have to say, there has never been a better time for all of us to jump back on the "Buy American" campaign and shore up OUR economy BEFORE taking care of the world.  We need to save ourselves so we can help other nations again in the future. I know we borrowed money ...