What about the sellers?

Here is what Prudential Fox and Roach shares with us this quarter with our sellers

What should you ask builder to be sure that your new home will be energy efficient?

Here is a checklist of questions to ask your builder to make sure that your home is on it's way to being energy efficient.

Green Topics - green building

Informative video on Green Building

From a Mortgage Prospective - Labor Market Starting to Look Less Sleepy

Labor Market Starting to Look Less Sleepy

Green Topics - possible tax savings ideas.

As most take steps to reach their new goal of purchasing a new home or remodeling existing residence, we are strongly urged to take a look at "green options" especially those that may have a potential of "giving back" in a very short term - as tax savings.  Here are several links to help find out what tax incentives are still available and which may be of use to you

http://energytaxincentives.org/

http://energytaxincentives.org/builders/new_homes.php

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/

http://energytaxincentives.org/consumers/heating-cooling.php

http://energytaxincentives.org/uploaded_files/ibs_2006-01.pdf

http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.dsireusa.org/

Will home loan rates go back down? 2011 from Mortgage prospective...

Looking ahead 2011 from Mortgage prospective here is a link with some good insights:

5 Best Performing Zip Codes in Delaware County in 2010

Based on information from Trend-mls and other multiple listing services, breaking the area down by zip code, 19010 had the best performance versus the prior 12 months.  

Price increase for homes sold in the last 12 months was of 11.8% as compared to the total increase for Delaware County of 5.7%


Here is the list of 5 Best Performing Zip Codes in Delaware County in 2010
1-19010 +11.8%

2. 19074 + 11.1%

3. 19087 + 9.6%

4. 19073 + 6.2%

5. 19094 + 4.5%

For additional information feel free to contact me at branka@brankadoych.com