New Home Buying

Whether it’s your first time or old hat, there’s a lot to navigate when buying a new home. From the search to inspections, negotiations and closing, the process can be very overwhelming. There’s also building to new or buying used to consider. Either way, we’re here to share insider tips from industry experts so you feel prepared when embarking on your journey to purchasing a home.

Must Read Articles About New Home Buying :

7 Exponential Benefits of Buying Newly Built Homes

When you’re shopping for a house, you’ll have two main choices: buy new-construction or buy a pre-existing house. Though pre-existing homes are great, they lack many of the advantages newly built homes have. Here are a few of the top benefits you can expect when you buy a new house instead of moving into a decades-old home.

How Do I Buy a Home When I Own a Home Now?

This is an important question and one that should be thought through thoroughly. Ultimately you will need to decide how to best proceed based on your circumstances and your comfort level with risk. There are two alternatives to consider when you purchase a new home and currently own a home.

Building a New Home Versus Buying an Existing Home

Look at all major elements of an existing home when comparing new vs. existing. When you're comparing, take a look at all the major elements of the existing house. What shape are they in? Then you should add up the cost to replace all those items...compare that to the 15, 20 or even 30 years of hassle-free living when building new.

7 Tips for a Profitable Home Closing

When you’re ready to close on the sale of your home and move to your new home, you may be so close to the finish line that you coast, thinking there’s nothing left for you to do. Not so fast. It’s easy to waste a few dollars here and for mistakes to creep into your closing documents there, all adding up to a bundle of lost profit. Spot money-losing problems with these seven tips.

Recent New Home Buying Articles:

7 Steps to Take Before You Buy or Build a Home

By: G. M. Filisko - Reprinted from HouseLogic.com with permission of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. By doing your homework before you buy or build, you’ll feel more content about your new home. Most potential homebuyers are a smidge daunted by the fact that they’re about to agree to a hefty mortgage that they’ll be paying for the next few decades. The best way to relieve that anxiety is to be confident you’re purchasing the best home at a price you can afford with the most ... [Read More]

Subdividing a Parcel of Land for Your New Home

I have quite a few clients that come in and are so excited to build because a parent is giving them a parcel of land subdivided off a portion of their property. It is wonderful news because the land can be used as a down payment for a construction loan if the value of the land is high enough. There are only two drawbacks to subdividing a piece of property – time and money. It can cost in the thousands to have the property surveyed and in addition there are attorney, township an... [Read More]

Dreaming of Building a House

Why not live in a home you have been dreaming of. This 1966 square foot two story home for sale is located in Springfield Development, near Bellefonte, PA. This newly constructed Lexington home design features 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths and a 2 car garage. Some of the features include; high efficiency heat pump and central air. The back entry serves as a drop zone area as it has a large coat closet and a Laundry Room. Our Highlight kitchen cabinets feature wide crown molding, ... [Read More]

Old Town Charm Living in Lewisburg PA

Lewisburg, PA offers an easy going life style of living with old town charm. The downtown district offers many specialty shops, bistros, pubs, and restaurants to suit all tastes. The historic district has numerous buildings and homes with a Victorian architectural style from yesteryears. Bucknell University is a huge part of the community offering a mature tree lined college campus setting. Many of the downtown attractions are geared toward the college community with coffee shops, book sto... [Read More]

Planning to Sell your House and Upgrade to a New One?

Now is the time to put your house on the market. If you are thinking that the value of your home will go up the longer you wait, you are probably correct. However, the cost of new home construction is also rising and if you continue to wait it may raise more than the value would increase on the house you are selling resulting in a net loss to you. Interest rates are at record lows and if you wait they may increase resulting in higher monthly payments. Another factor to consider is that ... [Read More]

Time of Year Increases Your Existing Home’s Marketability

Want to build a new home but need to sell your existing home? One of the best ways to sell your house is by picking the right season. Spring is an ideal time to try and move your home on the existing homes market. This will allow you to show your home when you have the full compliments of fresh spring colors to accent your home and give it major curb appeal. You don’t have to deal with a yellow lawn from the cold winter months or blazing hot summer months. You will instea... [Read More]

OPEN HOUSE IS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY

[caption id="attachment_3057" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Open Saturday and Sunday 1:00 – 4:00283 Mindy Drive, Harrisburg[/caption] Here we are in February, the traditional month that real estate Open Houses kick off the season! There are Garden Shows, Car Shows and Home Shows are being held or scheduled and the home buying public is stirring to get out to Open Houses. In today’s electronic world most home buyers have already ‘searched the net’ to locate the homes they may choose t... [Read More]

Moving Tips

Recently I helped my daughter and her family move. Even though it was a very hectic 4 days everything went smoothly because they were organized and thought ahead. Below are some tips to help make moving less stressful. Have a garage sale. Get rid of everything you don't need before you move. Get organized now. Don't wait until the last minute. Make list of things you need to do and when. Make sure you are ready for the packers and movers. Don't forget to do the laundry,... [Read More]

Purchasing Your First Home Instead of Renting

I would like to share a personal story of my daughter’s decision to build. She was ready to move on in life and live independently of her parents. She started to look at rentals and soon realized that renting was actually going to be more expensive on a monthly basis than owning a home. At this point, she started looking at existing homes because she thought it would be so much less expensive than building a new home. She was shocked at what she looked at in the price range she could affor... [Read More]

Housing Provides for Basic Needs

I have been selling Real Estate since the mid-seventies and remember in my training when obtaining my license hearing the statement “there will always be a need for housing since it provides for life’s basic needs”. Basic needs meaning shelter, water, and personal hygiene. I was reminded of this over the weekend when I reluctantly took part in a family camp out in a tent. The temperatures were in the mid-nineties and extremely humid. Of course I continued to think of our home with ai... [Read More]