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Bucks County News

First time home buyers in Yardley, Newtown and the entire Bucks County area.

Those who know me, know that I really enjoy working with first time home buyers.  I think I have always been a frustrated teacher. I miss the days when my kids were younger, and I was involved in coaching all of their sports. Over the years, I coached softball for girls, baseball, basketball, soccer and [...]

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Real Estate Update From Yardley, Pa., Bucks County-My recent experience with Multiple offers!

My video recap of a recent experience with a listing where we had 2 offers within  one week of listing the property.  How and why? what can you do to sell you house faster?

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Lambertville, New Hope, Pa – Bucks County – Winter Festival 2010 – January 23 to January 31, 2010

Lambertville, New Hope, Pa  – Bucks County – Winter Festival 2010 – January 23 to January 31, 2010.
Winter Festival 2010 is upon us! This year it starts on January 23rd and goes through January 31, 2010.
There are many of your old favorites along with what will be come your new favorites this year.  The Chili [...]

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Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, 2009 real estate year in review

On my last post, I took a detailed look at what happend in 2009 in Lower Makefield Township real estate market.
Today, we are going to check out the results from 2009, in Upper Makefield Township real estate market.
Here is what the real estate market looked like, as we finished 2009, in Upper Makefield Township.
Inventory in [...]

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Lower Makefield Township real estate year in review

I posted the other day, a wonderful chart that tracked the rise of fall of real estate values, in a number of markets in Bucks County. 
Today, I am going to start to review 2009, community by community.  We will start by reviewing 2009 results in Lower Makefield Township.
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Brokers Open house in Yardley, Pa., Bucks County

Whenever I put a house on the market, one of the first things we schedule, is an open house for realtors, called a brokers open house.  I created a short video, showing what goes on, at a typical brokers open house.
Realtors attend brokers open houses, so that they are familiar with what is on the [...]

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Writing from Yardley, Bucks County; 5 critical cell phone tools.

Pretty much everyone has a cell phone these days. However, I received a note today, from a client of mine, with information about 5 things a cell phone can do, that some of you may find really helpful. Most of these, I was not aware of. Here goes:  
1. Emergency

According to the information I received, [...]

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New listing! Slideshow 225 Arborlea Ave; Yardley, Pa. 19067

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Bucks County, Pa 2009 Real Estate market recap

Now that 2009 has ended, we can beging to examine what happened to the real estate market, in the various communities that I serve, in Bucks County, Pa.  For my first post, examining market trends, entering 2010, I thought it could be helpful, to take a look at a chart that shows per year price [...]

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225 Arborlea Ave; Yardley, Pa. 19067

Just listed an absolutely fabulous house in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pa. 
Address is 225 Arborlea Ave, Yardley, Pa. 19067.  I did a short video, on this charming and unique home.  I have lots of fabulous pictures, which I will post, tomorrow. 
Price is 449,900, and it is a 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home, on [...]

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