This is the start of spring. It is about time. I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of the cold, wet, snowy winter we have been forced to endure. The signs ...
Less than 30 days and we will be into spring. Can you believe it? As I am writing this snow is falling and expected to pile eight more inches onto a driveway and walkway that ...
Wow, this past weekend my thoughts were all about taking the plunge. For months I have been talking about it. People all over the state have been talking about it. And since Monday, thousands are ...
2011 is underway and it’s hard to tell which road will be taken. I am hoping that it is the road less traveled—the one to the settlement table. It’s time to get this housing market ...
Happy New Year! Good riddance to last year. I hope 2011 shows us an expanding economy, lots of new jobs and a real estate rebound. Personally, I have many resolutions to make and keep. Sound ...
Whew! Christmas has passed and we are embarking on the last holiday of the year” New Year’s Eve. Take a moment to consider the dichotomy of the two holidays—so close together yet so far ...
Much can be learned from history if you just stop to think during these fast-paced times. We suffer from information overload, job fatigue and economic disasters. History tells us that time corrects most and ...
Last week, I spent the Thanksgiving weekend with very dear friends in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Allisons lived in Wilmington, Delaware, until a few years ago, when they chose to be closer to their ...
The holiday season is upon us. The evidence is everywhere. First, my newspaper is much heavier. Holiday decorations are sprouting up like bulbs in spring. Window trimmings in department stores are showcasing the latest and ...
Wow. The election is over, and none too soon for me—though I will miss some of the more colorful commercials. Some of the candidates seemed to appear out of Hollywood’s central casting. The dialogue in ...
It’s a new week and a new housing crisis. Home sales are down and foreclosures and short sales are soaring. Housing starts are beginning to inch up but banks are reluctant to fund the construction ...
It’s less than three weeks from Election Day, and this may be the most important one in a lifetime. Choices are to stay the course or take another route. Either way, the changes will affect ...
This is a common phrase heard throughout the land from sellers to their Realtor. The “castle” is usually replaced with home, lifetime investment, retirement savings and a host of other words or phrases to describe ...
To buy or not to buy—that is the question! A lot can be said for the previous statement. People all over the country are asking this as well as, “Should I sell or should I ...
Where do I start? Should I introduce myself and give a brief resume highlighting my 25-plus years in real estate? Should I just dig in and give an overview of the real estate market, put ...