Bucks County Real Estate Podcast

Today we wanted to step aside from real estate tips and market updates for a minute and address a very important topic. Buying a Bucks County area home?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today, let's table the real estate discussion for a very important topic... Happy Holidays! As the season approaches, I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or anything else...

Appraisals are a confusing topic in the world of real estate, so I wanted to break the process down for you. Perhaps the most confusing aspect is the difference between a home's appraised value and its fair market value. Buying a Bucks County area home?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today, I wanted to talk about home appraisals and how appraised value relates to fair market value...

I recently had a seller approach me to sell their home after the listing expired under their previous agent. When I looked online at the dark photos of the house, I wasn't surprised. Buying a Bucks County area home?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation I had an interesting conversation recently with a client who listed with another agent and asked me to take the listing over when it expired...

Closing costs affect both buyers and sellers, but buyers have to be extra careful in accounting for them so that they don’t end up paying extra money out-of-pocket. Here are the seven costs that will have the most impact in determining how much money you will need to buy a house: Title Insurance: Title insurance rates in Pennsylvania are what we call “statutory,” meaning that based on the price you pay for the house you buy, the state determines what that fee will be...

Buying a Bucks County area home?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation The Pennsylvania Agreement of Sale is a 13-page document that offers certain protections to home buyers so you can make an informed decision. These protections are called contingencies, and buyers have to meet certain timeframes in order to utilize them. There are four common contingencies that you might see in your contract.   1. Mortgage contingency...

Buying a Bucks County area home?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation People ask me all the time if now is a good time to sell a house in Bucks County. Most people feel that the spring market that we’re in right now is the best time to sell, and it well may be. We’re seeing some interesting dynamics this spring. The number of houses on the market has continued to drop...

Buying a Bucks County area homes?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today, we’re looking at the latest Bucks County market update. There are some interesting dynamics going on in our local marketplace. In 2015, we experienced the largest number of closed transactions since the market crashed in 2006...

Buying a Bucks County area homes?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation Today I’m going to be giving you advice when you set out to buy a new home in Buck’s County. It’s a little different than when you purchase a resale home, so listen up. I’ve worked with a lot of builders around town, so I’m going to dispel some myths. One thing that you must do is hire a Realtor when you’re working with a builder...

 Buying a Bucks County area homes?  Perform a full home search Selling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation As a real estate professional, I'm continually bombarded by the question, "Why does Zillow price my home in Bucks County differently?" If we go on Zillow's website, this is how they explain it: The Zestimate is created by an automatic software process designed by statisticians, and there is no ability for humans to manually alter the Zestimate for a...

 Buying a Bucks County area homes?  Perform a full home searchSelling your Bucks County home? Get a free Home Price Evaluation We’re getting close to the spring market. There are strategies to add value to your home and sell it quickly