Buying a new house is an exciting time, but is the thought of moving leaving you feeling stressed? Clearing out every junk drawer, emptying the attic, sweeping your basement of years of storage can start to feel like a daunting task. Here are some helpful moving tips from your realtors […]
Fall is often considered the second-busiest time to buy or sell a home. Here are some tips for buying and selling a home in the fall. Buying Work with a qualified agency. Great trustworthy letting agents will work with you tonavigate the paperwork, schedule inspections with the pest control in […]
The 2013 tax season has passed, but it’s not too early to prepare for your 2014 taxes. Did you know that the tax code is 4 million words and over 70,000 pages long? Most Americans tap into fewer than 15 pages of it when filing their returns. To make sure […]
As we enter 2014, we at Bowen Agency Realtors have a good deal of optimism in the real estate market. Pennsylvania home sales increased nearly seven percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 and they saw a gain of nearly 12 percent over the previous year, according to Pennsylvania Association […]
Increasingly, homebuyers are multi-taskers who are on the go – juggling home, work, personal and family responsibilities. And, they’re often checking new MLS listings in the wee hours of the morning from their mobile devices. According to HomeFinder.com data, 18.5 percent of all home searches across the United States are […]
A recent CNBC report suggests that higher-end homes ($750,000 and above) are recovering even faster than other homes on the market. In fact, home sales at that price point jumped 50 percent over the previous year. And overall, sales of all homes beat expectations in November 2012 and the trend […]
With home prices at bargain levels and interest rates at historic lows, increasing numbers of homeowners are finally deciding that it is time for them to move. For many, it is about time. Between the years 2001 and 2008, typical sellers had lived in their homes for six years before […]
In this digital era of virtual reality, it has become common for buyers to take online tours of homes for sale, which led some to speculate that the Internet would render real estate agents obsolete. The fact is that buyers go online to take initial looks at properties, but they […]
Not everyone has a firm idea about what neighborhood they want to live in. Such is often the case with people who must relocate their families as a matter of career advancement. Professionals who find themselves in this position often must rely on a relocation expert to provide them with […]
Moving companies base their charges for long-distance moves on the weight of the client’s possessions, the distance of the move, materials, and overtime labor. Interstate estimates come in three different forms: A “binding” estimate requires that the mover remain faithful to the original estimate regardless of the final weight. A […]
