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2011
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12 Steps to Winterize your home - In Central PA things start to get cold about now. . . and stay very cold (often below freezing!) until the end of March. If your home is vacant - you can't just let it sit empty without preparing your home for the winter and if you are living in your home - thes...
11/18/2011
Home Values near Zip Code 17112 - This is a large and popular zip code in the Harrisburg market. You can see that home values have just squeeked up instead of down as with National values. You can see that most homes in this area are owned. I found these charts to be encouraging and hope that ...
11/18/2011
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UNWRAP THE JOY! And start by coming to the downtown Harrisburg, 2011 Holiday Parade. Watch the 25th Annual parade as 100 parade units "unwrap another Holiday Season of Joy"! (Did I mention that I love Christmas . . . so much 'joy' in the air!) Saturday should be a nice day in the high ...
11/18/2011
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Did you know that Realtor.com (the #1 search engine for real estate – homes for sale) publishes Monthly Housing Summary’s? Each month, Realtor.com reports on 146 Metro Statistical Areas (MSA) throughout the nation and monitors real estate trends including consumer search behavior, median list pri...
11/17/2011
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Paying cash for your next home? If not, you'll be using "OPM" (other people's money), funds from a mortgage loan for a portion of the purchase price. Until the 1940's, mortgages required a hefty down payment of fifty percent or more. Today, many different mortgage plans are available requiring l...
11/16/2011
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If anyone were to survey the landscape to see if people rate the decline in housing prices as either a curse or a blessing, I am sure most would say curse. After all, most homeowners have suffered a loss of equity over the past five years. However, there is an upside to the decline in home price...
11/13/2011
It's good to know that the unemployment rate in the Harrisburg is lower than the National, County or City Unemployment rates and the job growth rate is very comparable to all other ratings. Our Sales Tax - 6% and our Income Tax is lower than the National rates and the Cost of Living Index is on...
11/11/2011
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Think back to the last time you purchased clothing. If you noticed a crooked seam sewn into a skirt or slacks, did you begin looking for other flaws? If a thread was hanging from a button, did you look at the other buttons too? When buying a home, one small flaw may trigger suspicion that other u...
11/07/2011
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Planning to buy a home? Try walking a mile in the seller's shoes, and you'll quickly become a more effective buyer. Ask yourself "If I were a seller, what would be important to me?" Most sellers want to attract a "qualified" buyer, one capable of making the purchase. The seller wants to receive t...
11/04/2011
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Bonsai: Living Art of Central Pennsylvania Bonsai Clubs Exhibit I was going to put a picture of my bonsai tree, but it I thought it didn't truely represent the art of Bonasi. I found it is a great hobby, an art form where you quickly realize you are a support system for your small tree. It's an ...
11/02/2011
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