The Main Line and Chester County Real Estate Blog

2022 Real Estate ResultsWillowdale CrossingLocated in East Marlborough Twp and the Unionville-Chaddsford School District Three town homes were listed and sold in 2022, compared to two in 2021.One detached home was listed in 2022 and is still active compared to eight detached homes listed in 2021 ...

Moving is always hard, even when you are excited and looking forward to it. But, moving to a new continent, not just a new town or city, but a whole new country can be really stressful.  Especially when you are moving your family, wife and three young sons as well as your business too.We packed u...

Many people it seems are confused who actually makes the decisions during a real estate transaction, this includes clients and other agents. It definitely is not the tomb warrior in the picture above as wise as he looks.Many, many times I have clients ask me what I would do, or what they should d...

Let's dive in and get to the bottom of this. Why do I have so many different credit scores?When I open my credit card internet page, I can find a credit score. However, if I apply for a mortgage, they tell me I have a different score, why?There are many different models for calculating your credi...

People often ask how much money they need to buy a house, and what they mean is how much money do I need to put down beside the mortgage?However, there are plenty of other costs as well when buying a home. These are referred to as closing costs and you need enough money to cover these as well.In ...

Happy Groundhog Day!Why is it a groundhog anyway, have you ever wondered?Well firstly, February 2nd was a church holiday, and it was called Candlemas, where all the people brought their candles to be blessed. In Germany, people then took this a little further and adopted a "hedgehog" or "badger" ...

Here are 7 things most likely to happen when buying a home and what not to do!As much as you want to let all your friends and family know about the purchase of your new home on Facebook and every other social media site - Do not post anything before settlement.The property might not appraise at w...

The names chosen for a development can be boring usually and other times they can be extremely interesting. Ever since moving to Big Elk we have wondered about the road names. Some are fairly obvious, but it is not till you do a little historical research that the others become meaningful.For exa...

I was talking with a friend yesterday as we were watching The Philadelphia Eagles beat San Francisco to go forward to play in the Superbowl. Go Eagles!Anyway, I digress, because as our conversation progressed I realized that even with so much talked and written about it buyers still think they ne...

You have found the home of your dreams, made an offer and it has been accepted.Now what?Well it all depends on how your agreement of sale was written and what contingencies were included. Today, I want to focus on the home inspection, as I have come to realize, that every state is different in ho...