Real Estate Survey - 05/23/08 02:55 PM
I know I promised some thoughts on the recent Lehigh Valley Association of Realtors report in my next post, but I've come across something else that I'm really excited about.
Every year, RISMedia and REAL Trends release two of the real estate's most comprehensive surveys: the RISMedia Power Broker Report and the REAL Trends 500. Both surveys rank the largest residential real estate brokerages in the U.S. based on both transaction sides and sales-dollar volume, and these reports are frequently used as referral tools and are referenced by thousands. This year, Keller Williams stormed onto the lists with a very strong … (0 comments)

Is This the Bottom? - 05/08/08 05:42 PM
The latest facts and figures on Lehigh Valley home sales are in from the Lehigh Valley Association of Realtors, and the numbers are better than they've been in quite a while.  While I always caution people against putting too much faith in the banner headlines on CNN, USA Today, or the Morning Call (I'll explain why in a minute), many of the national columnists are starting to say that we've reached the bottom of the cycle in real estate and we'll be in a stable state before a gradual rise in the key indicators.  The reason I caution against such pronouncements … (0 comments)

Is It Really That Hard to Get a Mortgage? - 05/05/08 09:02 AM
You've watched the news and read about it in the papers. You know, the "credit crisis" and how buyers need 20 percent down in order to buy a home? And even if you found a buyer with 20 percent down, lenders aren't making loans anyway. So, why bother, right? Wrong!
We're right smack in the middle of what just might be the biggest disservice ever perpetrated on potential home buyers.  It seems the press just can't get enough of all the gloom and doom in the housing industry.  The fact is that mortgage money is as available today as it was a year … (0 comments)

 
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The Lehigh Valley is one of the fastest growing areas of Pennsylvania with a mixture of tech companies, large hospitals and corporate offices, and a large manufacturing base. I write about the local real estate market and cover real estate trends and activities in cities such as Bethlehem, Allentown, Easton, Nazareth and Northampton. I also cover school district markets such as Parkland, East Penn, Northern Lehigh, Southern Lehigh and Salisbury.


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