New Residential Home Sales

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NEW RESIDENTIAL SALES IN MAY 2012 Real estate sales appear to be firming up after a three year lull. Sales of new single-family houses in May 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This...
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Featured Real Estate Listings in the Greater Philadelphia Region

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Featured Real Estate Listings in the Greater Philadelphia Region

Homes For Sale – Philadelphia Region including Chester County, PA and Delaware County, PA
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Top Realtors In Delaware County, PA

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Top Realtors In Delaware County, PA

CENTURY 21 Absolute Realty is located in Delaware County at 512 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, PA 19064. Absolute Reality is one of the most experienced real estate companies in Internet transactions. Recipients of the Centurion® Award, Presidential Award, Quality Service Award and Pinnacle Award Browse our Real Estate Property Listings $156,850, Ridley Park $155,600, Chester $155,000, Lansdowne ...
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Real Estate For Sale (Ideal Location in Pennsylvania)

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Real Estate For Sale (Ideal Location in Pennsylvania)

THE BARNDT AGENCY 3084 MAIN STREET, SUMNEYTOWN, PA 18084 1-800-254-3306 Serving Montgomery, Bucks, and Berks County Pennsylvania (PA) Call 1-800-254-3306 Today for Superior Service! Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pennsburg Upper Perkiomen Schools 5 BR, 3 Full BA, 1 Half BA MLS # 5953003 $339,000 Super property in great Pennsburg location on .7 acre lot. First floor master...
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Floods, Floodplains And Houses

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* Homeowner’s insurance does NOT cover floods * Nothing in a basement is covered by flood insurance * Flood insurance pays out a maximum of $250,000 over the life of the property Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. Flood effects can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large,...
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The Real Estate Market

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WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the January edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. Data in the January Housing Scorecard underscore...
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More About Flood Insurance

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Windsor, Conn. — While flood insurance is not mandatory for homeowners outside of a high-risk area, anyone can be financially vulnerable to floods. People outside of high-risk areas file more than 25% of NFIP claims and receive one-third of disaster assistance for flooding. Residential and commercial property owners who are not located in high-risk...
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Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensees

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Real estate licensees have five months remaining to earn 14 hours of continuing education (CE) credit before the State’s Real Estate Commission’s license renewal deadline of May 31, 2012. New licensees who received their licenses between Dec. 1, 2009 and Nov. 30, 2011, are required to take 14 hours of CE in specific, mandatory commission-developed...
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Earthquake Insurance After Virginia Quake

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Most homeowners in the Northeastern United States did not think they needed to worry about their homeowner’s insurance covering damage from an earthquake; however, most homeowner’s insurance does not cover earthquakes. After the 2011 earthquake in Virginia, FEMA has issued the following statement: Common Misunderstandings Could Delay or Limit Your Assistance Virginia’s earthquake declaration has spanned five...
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Existing-Home Sales Show Uptrend

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Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales1 rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.61 million in December from a downwardly revised 4.39 million in...
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Homebuyer’s First Steps

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Mortgage rates are at 50-year lows – the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.95 percent at the close of 2011 – making homeownership more affordable than ever for families with a stable income and good credit. But before you begin house hunting in earnest, it’s important that you get the facts about buying a home...
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Montgomery County Real Estate

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Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds NANCY J. BECKER is urging recorders/registers of deeds across state and the country to withdraw public money from any banks affiliated with the Mortgage Electronic Registry System (MERS), which she claims is undermining the practice of accurate land recording. In recent years, mortgages have been assigned and...
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RSS Greater Philadelphia Region

  • Internet Security and Your Children
    HARRISBURG, PA — Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have arrested a Lancaster County man accused of sending nude and sexually explicit webcam videos to what he believed was a 14-year old girl. Kelly identified the defendant as Jeffrey Lee Mentzer, 46, of 146 East Franklin St., New Holland. According [...] […]
  • Operation Texas Twins
    Attorney General Kelly and PSP announce arrests in “Operation Texas Twins;” $100,000 Texas to northwestern PA marijuana trafficking network HARRISBURG, PA — Agents from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Pennsylvania State Police have filed criminal charges against nine individuals linked to an organization allegedly responsible for […]

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