7 Super Money Saver Tips For First Time Home Buyers
November 30th, 2008 categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyers
Save, Save, Save
The very first thing you want to be doing, when your goal is to be a first time home owner, is to be saving in as many ways as you can find. Check out 100 Tips For Saving from The Simple Dollar or some of the 75 Money Saving Tips From Dough Roller.
You could adjust your lifestyle from eating out three times a week to cooking at home, buy less prepared food, cut out the junk food, take your own coffee in a thermos cup, brown bag your lunch. For a working couple just taking your own lunch could easily save thousands a year. Saving more is increasingly practical advice for each of us.
Souper Savings From The Pot To The Bank
In honor of Thanksgiving, here’s my Mom’s Turkey Soup Recipe. Like all great cooks, she had the creative instincts to add a magical “pinch of this and that”.
Beg, borrow and save those bones. In my growing up years, everything went in the soup pot. That’s a tradition I love. Home made soup is more nutritious. You’ll feel good when you come home to an easy dinner, knowing the savings brings you one step closer to your dream home. Try making your own bread. It’s fun, cheap and incredibly easy. Takes no more than 6 or 7 ingredients and none of them requires a chemistry degree to pronounce.
7 Super Money Saver Tips For First Time Home Buyers
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First Time Home Buyers Begin At The Beginning
November 21st, 2008 categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyers
Where Should A First Time Home Buyer Begin?
A First Time Home Buyer Who Dares To Be Different
A good place to begin is at the beginning.
Did you know that most first time home buyers do not begin at the beginning? They usually start in the middle by looking for a home, falling in love, then scrambling to make it work, sometimes with unnecessary disappointment or heart break. We can always find another wonderful home for you. Dare to be different and begin at the beginning by asking yourself some tough questions about your lifestyle, your finances and your motivation to be a home owner.
Should Everyone Be a Home Owner?
Should everyone be a home owner? Or, are there times when it might be best to stay on the Home Buying sidelines and rent? It’s a good beginning question to ask. Read the rest of this entry »
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First Time Home Buyers Get Their Ducks In A Row
November 18th, 2008 categories: First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyers
First Time Home Buyers Succeed With Planning and Preparation
Our First Time Home Buyers Series will begin at the beginning with advice
to help you get your real estate ducks in a row.
A Real Estate “Buyers” Market
Anytime that you have more than 6 months of inventory backing up, you have a Buyers Market. And some would say, “it’s about time!”
Happily for Buyers, gone are the “escalation” clauses for the Agreement of Sale price and the anxiety producing multiple offers-“pick me, pick me” (although I’ve heard of a few on some “hot” properties).
Sellers Love, Love, Love First Time Buyers!
Why? Because First Time Home Buyers don’t have a house to sell, which eliminates a major contingency. Read the rest of this entry »
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22 Cabot Drive “Newport” Wayne Chesterbrook For Sale
November 1st, 2008 categories: Chester County, Chesterbrook, Featured Listings, Home Buyers
Welcome to 22 Cabot Drive, a home offered for sale in sought after “Newport Village”, located in Wayne, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania*
When we think of Newport, we think of an elegant easy lifestyle. Just like the name Newport implies, this home offers an elegant easy lifestyle, upgrades galore, move-in condition, plus the kind of convenience that brings pleasure to your daily life. Two bedrooms, two and a half baths, Living Room, Dining Room area, over sized deck, Master Bedroom Suite, Eat-In Kitchen, Breakfast Room, Finished walk out lower level, garage? We got that! And it’s all right here in Chester County.
End Style Town Homes are sought after because they offer more privacy and light. In addition to the private location, this home offers true move-in condition and a dramatic open stair case with special window views from every room.
22 Cabot Drive, Chesterbrook sparkles with upgrades and defines “move-in” condition.
This home has been lovingly cared for. A few of the upgrades include: wood floors on every level, all new windows, fresh neutral paint and crown molding just about everywhere, new corian counter and sink in the kitchen, new dishwasher, stove, designer light fixtures, and high end gas fireplace logs with remote feature. Read the rest of this entry »
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432 Sharon Drive, Wayne Pa 19087 Ranch Home For Sale
October 8th, 2008 categories: Featured Listings, Home Buyers, Lifestyle, Montgomery County, Open House
First Time Buyers? Downsizing Buyers? – Welcome Home!
SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE - November 23, 2008 2-4pm
November 23, 2008 Sunday Open House 2-4pm
432 Sharon Drive in Wayne, Pa is a charming Ranch Style Home. Located in the popular community of “Waynewood” in Upper Merion Township. Here you will find a location that offers incredible convenience for your daily living. Just minutes to the popular King of Prussia Mall for fabulous shopping or to the Wayne Strafford Train Station for commuting to the Lower Main Line or Center City as well as all major corporate centers and the popular Roberts Elementary School. Upper Merion Township also boasts a Senior Center on close by Henderson Road, offering activities and services. Preview our Virtual Tour of 432 Sharon Drive or click on the “Virtual Tours” tab above. MLS#5430504 Call for an appointment today.
Just Like A Vacation Home But With Convenience and Upgrades
As you approach Sharon Drive from Croton Road, you feel as though you’re entering a Pocono Mountain vacation retreat home when you see this lovingly cared for property, surrounded by filtered sunlight, yet Read the rest of this entry »
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Real Estate One Stop Super Shopping Service
September 16th, 2008 categories: Financial, Home Buyers, Home Sellers
Real Estate One Stop Shopping, Amazon, and the Supermarket?
What do Real Estate One Stop Shopping Services have to do with the Supermarket, Amazon or the Mall?
Save Time, Save Money, Trustworthy Service, Peace of Mind ~
Here in Chester County and the Main Line area my Buyers and Sellers are busy, busy, busy. They’re either on the fast track at home or at work or both. Time is the one commodity that none of us has enough of. That’s why when the National Association of Realtors ran a Harris poll, One Stop Shopping Real Estate Services came up with a resounding YES vote.
Everyone loves one stop shopping. At the Supermarket these days, there’s probably a snack bar for a little breakfast or lunch while you shop. You can pick up a snow shovel, a prescription, or buy a pot of Mums for the front porch. My favorite Amazon shopping offers great choices, service and prices. Prudential Fox Roach Realtors together with the affiliated services of The Trident Group even offers a guarantee on Settlement Services!
I can just imagine how excited you are to buy your first home. You’re getting married. You’ve decided to go Read the rest of this entry »
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7 Real Estate Buyer Agent Safeguards
September 12th, 2008 categories: Chester County, Home Buyers
Is Your Agent An Accredited Buyer Agent?
A Buyer Agency Contract Agreement signed between an Accredited Buyer Agent
licensed Realtor® (ABR), and you as the Buyer Client, offers the most protection for any real estate home buyer. Every one of my Buyer Clients gets my 100% Home Buying Satisfaction Guarantee.
Who Represents the Home Buyer?
In fact, a Buyer who decides to go it alone without a signed Buyer Agency Contract, is at great risk. Without a written Buyer Agency Contract relationship with your Realtor®, you have NO ONE representing you and your best interests in the real estate transaction. In Pennsylvania, you are considered only a “customer” without “Client” status protection, if you do not have a signed Buyer Agency Read the rest of this entry »
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How Much Did The House Sell For? Is The Deed Done?
September 3rd, 2008 categories: A Realtors Life, Home Buyers, Home Sellers
How Much Did The House Sell For? Is it a done deal?
Simple Real Estate Question? ~ Complex Answer
The Question of How much did that house sell for, is a question that I get asked frequently. The answer to this question is really critical information for both potential Sellers and Buyers. Generally, the person asking the question is not asking for an in-depth Comparative Market Analysis (CMA). Read the rest of this entry »
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Judy Peterson-How Long Has This House Been On The Market?
August 25th, 2008 categories: A Realtors Life, Home Buyers, Home Sellers
Days On Market (DOM)-The “Property Marketing Period” (PMP) ~ A Realtors® Tale of Two Hats!
How long has this house been on the market?
The answer to this question now has two parts, the DOM and the “PMP” “Property Marketing Period”. As a Realtor®, I often wear two hats. I wear a Sellers Agent Hat and a Buyers Agent Hat for my Main Line Chester County clients. Meaning I represent Sellers in Listing their property or I represent Buyers in purchasing, as an Accredited Buyers Agent. Buyers and Sellers generally look at the question of Days On The Market differently.
Our Multiple Listing Service for the Tri-County Delaware Valley area has instituted a new Property Marketing Period (PMP) in order to show the true Days On The Market. Read the rest of this entry »
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Judy Peterson Realtor – Is that really you?
August 19th, 2008 categories: A Realtors Life, Home Buyers
Is That Really You? Are You Really Judy Peterson, the Realtor®?
Recently, I received two calls that started out with, the question, Is that really you? The first one came late in the day while I was preparing for a Sunday Open House for one of my listings.
“Is that you?”
Yes, it’s me! How can I help you?
“Is that really you?” “Are You really Judy Peterson the Real Estate Agent? I’m on your website right now. It’s very good”.
Yes, It’s really me. That’s great! What can I do for you.
“You answer your own phone?” Yes, I sure do. Are you a team? I have a “Prudential Team” Read the rest of this entry »
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