The Main Line and Chester County Real Estate Blog

When I met Annie, I was introduced to a whole host of people, friends, acquaintances people she had known for years. When we got married, it seemed as if I had joined this enormous family of loving people. One of these was funnily enough a lady who the person who introduced Annie and I was going ...

We have a tendency to always be looking towards the future. Future goals, things we have to do or get, and if we are not looking towards the future we may very well be looking back and judging ourselves harshly for our past actions.But, we need to make more effort to just be present. To stop and ...

Do you know what your rent is really costing you?Renting can feel convenient — no maintenance headaches, no property taxes, and the freedom to move when you want. But there’s a hidden cost that most renters never stop to calculate.Let’s do a little math.If you’re paying $2,200 per month in rent, ...

This week Debe Maxwell, CRS challenged us on our weekly Zoom call to create an image in the style of one of our favourite artists. I have always loved the work of the Impressionists and selected Camille Pissarro as my artist to provide my style.With Paddy Deighan MBA JD PhD prompting us on this w...

Do you ever feel stuck? Or have a feeling of having lost your way? Sometimes our thoughts can overwhelm us, fear, uncertainty, grief....But each of these is just a thought. I read this quote by George Thompson today:You are not your thoughts,And not every thought you have is true.Thoughts are sim...

On our Zoom call today Debe Maxwell, CRS shared with us interesting facts and statistics about her home state of North Carolina. Our challenge for this week to earn some extra points was to compare our own state to North Carolina or pick out something that had caught our attention and expand on i...

Looking through the MLS today, I noticed a lot of homes settling with price reductions, secondly, there were also many homes with price reductions. As more homes come on the market buyers are getting more choices and subsequently sellers are not controllo9ng the field with low inventory driving p...

🍁 Fall Real Estate Update & Home Maintenance Tipsby Nick Vandekar, Associate Broker & Realtor®Realty ONE Group AdvocatesAs the leaves turn and the days grow shorter, fall is one of my favorite times of year here in Chester County. Homes look beautiful framed by the changing colors, and it’s also ...

The Stories Behind Big Elk’s Street NamesI had written a post about this when I first moved in, however, the builder added another road, so I wanted to update this post.When you drive through Big Elk, the street names might seem like just another part of the neighborhood. But here, many of them c...

We may never know, but whatever it was the result was the same, a home under contract. I worked hard on my marketing for this property, as we had nine properties on the market in our development and this was going to be the highest priced by a long way. Yes, it was much larger and the view was sp...