Heather's Bucks County Real Estate Blog

No real estate today, just fun, random Christmas stuff.  Inspired by my friend Dana, here are 5 things that put me in the Holiday spirit: 1.  Andes Mint Cookies.  I make Christmas Cookies for gifts and this year I'm making around 20 dozen.  I usually follow a theme of make a cookie, stick a candy...

Thanks to one of my favorite clients Fabio for asking the question that spawned a blog.  I've been having a bit of writer's block recently.  Anyway, Fabio asked how November turned out after reading my post showing the months supply of inventory on the market in October 2008.   The answer?  Bette...

If you're a Buyer who is out there in the market, but not making offers, you're missing out. You need to play to win. I'm not one to advise people to make rash decisions, or to be risky with their money.  Especially not with real estate transactions that can total in the hundreds of thousands (or...

In September, I told you about some seriously cool software that I learned that gives my clients and me some great tools to determine pricing, competition, and timing.  The following information is regarding "Months Supply of Inventory" of single family residential homes currently on the market, ...

To put it delicately, many of the bank owned properties need... a little work.     However, there are wonderful deals to be found for the courageous Buyer.  I currently have a home under contract around $130,000 UNDER comparable properties.  Now, the home needs work, and some  (but not all) of th...

Selling a beloved family home after the death of a parent may be one of the most emotional real estate transactions you will go through. On top of the obvious difficulty in dealing with the death of a parent, the family home is often in some disrepair and dated. When working with estates, I couns...

The ultimate goal of most REALTORS is to have a referral based business; one where clients come to you by word of mouth, and you are able to run a successful business just by answering the phone and getting fabulous clients.  I'm on my way there, as 78% of my business this year came from past cli...

As our market dies down for the winter, now is the best time to start thinking about picking up a fix and flip investment property.  The general inactivity of the market creates a situation for very motivated sellers, particularly for vacant properties. Few people want to pay to heat a home all w...

 I was out the other day with my super-fabulous clients, Jim and Kelly.  We were checking out houses and started to talk about how acreage does not equal privacy. When my husband and I were looking for our first home, I had strict guidelines about what I would look at.  Nothing less than an acre....

  I took a webinar today on some seriously cool real estate data software.  Exclusive to Prudential Fox & Roach for Bucks County, this software can do all sorts of neat tricks that will help my clients and me navigate the market.  I'm really excited to start giving you, my blog readers, some info...