Tyler G.'s Blog

You scroll through the multiple listing information, watch virtual tours, click on Google Earth to check out the street view and everything about the home fits your needs.  Then, you see that number, the "Days on Market" number, and find out the home has been on the market for 160 days!  Your min...

Up in Smoke Several days ago I was out with clients showing an attractive looking colonial home.  The moment we opened the door the smell of smoke smacked me and my client right in face.  Other than a moment of nostalgia, reminiscing of my grandparents old home, my clients started speaking funny ...

Ah, La, Peanut Butter Sandwiches!  I'm not one for predicting the future, but something tells me you might read this headline when November 2010 real estate sales reports come flying at us in the first weeks of December: "NOVEMBER HOMES SALES DROP (insert any percentage greater than 25%) FROM LAS...

  This is a question I get all the time and something you should know about before you buy an older home.  As a disclaimer, I'm not an electrician, but I've been on tons of home inspections and spoken with many electricians on this topic and this is what I've learned. Knob & tube wiring is an old...

Opportunities come and go, but it's crunch time in the world of Real Estate!  I can't say it enough, its the best opportunity we've ever seen to buy a house.  Low interest rates, large inventories of homes, and motivated sellers.  What could $8,000 dollars do for you?  How could $6,500 help you b...

Wanna buy a nice house in Havertown (Haverford Township)?  If you don't see a newly listed home in the first 2 days, it might be gone.  Just this past weekend, I found myself in the middle of 3 different deals where there were multiple bids within 5 days of homes being listed on the market.  All ...

Its been a very exciting week for me.  We just replaced our original windows on our 75 year old house!  Okay, it might not be that exciting to you but when everyone in my family is walking around the house with 4 layers of clothing on, new windows are a big deal.  We finally caved in after I'd pl...

The Swell Bubble Gum Factory could become the next site of a YMCA!  While talks are in the preliminary stages, Haverford Township, through eminent domain, has been working on acquiring the existing property and setting up a long term lease with the YMCA.   I personally think it could be a great a...

Havertown homes are selling!  With 67 units sold at an average sales price of $292,716, June 2009 marks the highest number of units sold in one month since June 2008 (according to Trend Multiple Listing Service Statistics run on July 1, 2009) We've not only seen the the most sales in one month (2...

Watch out, the Mortgage Crisis has just gone Hollywood!  I was in my car listening to our local Philadelphia Morning Show, Preston & Steve, when I heard the hysterical movie promo for "Drag Me to Hell", quite the inventive name for a horror flick.  When a loan officer makes of tough decision to d...