People ARE Buying Homes, Here in Bucks County and All Over the Country!
By Marty Millner on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Many folks believe that very few houses are selling, and that almost no one can get a mortgage. Along with Keeping Current Matters, I want to let everyone know that neither of these assumptions is true.
A few weeks ago, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Homes Sales Report. According to the [...]
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Yardley Hunt Real Estate Update
By Marty Millner on Friday, January 27th, 2012
I thought it would be helpful for those who are looking for real estate information in the Yardley and Newtown area in Bucks County to look at what is happening in specific neighborhoods. For my first neighborhood of the week, I will focus on Yardley Hunt, in Lower Makefield Township.
Yardley Hunt was built over several [...]
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Moving To or From Yardley, What Are the Top 6 Forgotten Items During a Move?
By Marty Millner on Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Moving day can definitely be a hectic day!
For people moving in and out of the Yardley area, because of how hectic moving day can be, people often leave behind very important things, that will be sorely missed at their new home. In order to help prevent that, I put together this list of what I [...]
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So, You Received a Low Ball Offer on Your Yardley, Bucks County House?
By Marty Millner on Monday, January 16th, 2012
The issue of so-called “low ball offers” comes up relatively frequently these days, for both buyers and sellers of houses in Yardley, Newtown, and all over Bucks County.
I have worked with buyers, who erroneously feel as though the real estate market in Yardley is similar to the real estate market in Arizona. Those buyers often [...]
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Bucks County’s Most Expensive Homes – 2011
By Marty Millner on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Most people know that there are parts of Bucks County, where real estate is very expensive. In 2007, the most expensive Bucks County home sold for $5,850,000! In the same year, there were six homes that sold for more than $3 million, and another that sold for more than $4 million!
Fast forward to 2011. Drum [...]
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Why Would You Buy Real Estate Low and Sell Real Estate High in Yardley?
By Marty Millner on Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Welcome to 2012! For many, there was no great heartache in saying goodbye to 2011. Here is an interesting perspective on real estate in Yardley, Newtown and Bucks County.
I think everyone would agree that the worst investing advice in the world would be to buy high, sell low! To me, that is the very definition [...]
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Last Post of 2011 from Yardley, Bucks County, PA
By Marty Millner on Friday, December 30th, 2011
I’m posting for the last time in 2011!
Don’t know where the year went.
For me, it was a productive and successful real estate year. For that, I am totally grateful and thankful for the buyers and sellers who trusted me to handle their real estate transactions, and I am also extremely thankful and appreciative of the [...]
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First Time Home Buyer in Bucks County – Where Should I Start?
By Marty Millner on Monday, December 26th, 2011
Hope that all of you who celebrated Christmas yesterday had a wonderful Christmas celebration with your family.
I know that today is a holiday for many, but the wonderful world of real estate never sleeps, so I had an appointment to show one of my listings to a buyer. Turns out, the buyer was a very [...]
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Yardley and Bucks County Real Estate Market Update
By Marty Millner on Friday, December 16th, 2011
Hard to believe that we are just a week away from Christmas!
From a Yardley real estate perspective, we are now 11 months into data for 2011. Let’s see where we are, both with Yardley real estate and Bucks County real estate.
Bucks County real estate
Units Sold: Looking at numbers for all of Bucks County, the number [...]
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Holiday Cleaning – Some Tips for a Guest-Ready Yardley Home
By Marty Millner on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
If you think wiping down counters and fluffing a few pillows in advance of the guest onslaught will land you on Santa’s “nice” list this holiday season, maybe you should check that to-do list twice. You can bring your home to sparkling guest-readiness without going overboard. Here are a few tips from the New York [...]
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