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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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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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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Bucks County Home Prices Stabilizing (or not?)
By Marty Millner on Friday, December 9th, 2011
There was a really interesting article in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago, questioning whether home values are still falling. If you are curious about what is happening in the real estate market, check out this article at the following link, “Why Home Prices Are (and Aren’t) Stabilizing”
From a Bucks County perspective, [...]
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9 Things first time home buyers in Yardley should be concerned about, but aren't.
By Marty Millner on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
We are expecting more snow, in Yardley later today and tonight. Although we are in the middle of winter, in real estate, the spring market isn’t too far away.Are you a first time home buyer, looking to buy in Yardley, or Newtown in Bucks County, this year? In order to address the stress and worry, [...]
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Make sense to buy Yardley, Newtown, Bucks County real estate?
By Marty Millner on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
I read a great article this morning in the New York Times, about home ownership in the United States. Click on this link for the complete article. In the meantime, I tried to give you a few of the more important points, in today’s video blog.
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Can you recognize these 12 home maintenance cures for Yardley & Newtown Homes.
By Marty Millner on Monday, July 26th, 2010
Based on the real estate market in Yardley, Newtown and all over Bucks County, over the past year or so, there appear to be many people who have recently purchased homes for the first time. As I have writen about previously, I love working with first time home buyers.
I found this article on a great [...]
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Buying a home in Yardley or Newtown, Bucks County, let the home inspectors do their job.
By Marty Millner on Sunday, March 7th, 2010
I shot this quick video today, so that buyers have a better understanding of the home inspection contingency. I have seen buyers spend so much time evaluating things in a house that they are generally not qualified to evaluate, that they often overlook the fact that any offer they make, will include a home inspection [...]
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When should you get pre-approved for a mortgage, when moving to Yardley, Newtown & Bucks County?
By Marty Millner on Monday, March 1st, 2010
A lot of the first time home-buyers I work with, ask me when they should get pre-approved for a mortgage, when they are looking to buy a house, in Yardley, Newtown, and anywhere in Bucks County.
Check out this video, which should make the process clear.
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10 steps to success for first time home buyers in Bucks County
By Marty Millner on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
As I write this post, here in Yardley, Pa, I am enduring the 4th major snow storm of the winter. If you are not from the area, we have already set the record for the most snow, since the weather people started keeping records!
Supposedly, the spring real estate market starts, just after the superbowl. Because [...]
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