Abe and Wags Blog

There is an unbelievable amount of attention being focused on where we call home. From Donegal to both Resorts, to Somerset and the National Flight 93 Memorial, to OhioPyle, Falling Water, Kentuck Knob, the Duncan House, we all know the amenities are endless. Hunters, bikers, skiers, golfers, his...

  Given this economy we decided to revisit where our resort home owners reside full time. Checking on their area of primary residence give us (and you), insight into the stability of their livelihood and likeliness of needing to sell a second home.  Pennsylvania still lays claim to almost 80% of ...

The creation of this estimated 58 million dollar Memorial is going to be a story to write about in itself! If you visit the National Park Service (NPS) web site you will find very few recently posted stories on the process of acquiring the necessary property. Nor will you find much at all about t...

One of the sessions we had while attending the Resort and Second Home Symposium in Naples Fl included info on these new guidelines. Fannie and Freddie Mac loans NOW REQUIRE a new form for appraisers to complete. It's called the Market Conditions Addendum or "1004MC."  It has been designed to "enh...

4006 Swiss Mtn    $200,000 127 Southwind     $550,488 151 Southwind     $693,969   Recorded sales transfers for the resorts are acquired electronically from records inputted at the Somerset County Court House, Office of the Recorder of Deeds. We review sales in Jefferson (Hidden Valley) and Middl...

221 Four Seasons         $26,000 1820 Eagles Ridge      $184,000 5327 Summit Vista      $250,000 43 Valley View             $125,000 1965 South Ridge        $279,000 1155 Kepple               $139,000   Recorded sales transfers for the resorts are acquired electronically from records inputted at ...

Sorry, it's NOT an April Fools Joke. It's time to face the fact. The old work environment of days past, where families, not just individuals, worked their entire lives at the resort, those days are gone. Where you could walk down any hall way, sit in any bar stool or dining room chair, and greet ...

Traveling west from Somerset, PA this route is a main artery leading to the turn onto Trent Road for Seven Springs and to Hidden Valley's front door step! Wednesdays meeting (March 25th) is the second Town Hall session to be held concerning this corridor. Click here for the overview of the study....

144 Southwind  $1,100,000 133 Southwind  $698,186

1220 Veech Lane          $115,000 1326 West Ridge          $240,000 1715 Snowfield Run       $261,000 1937 South Ridge Way  $290,000