Lehigh Valley Real Estate and MLS

The MLS stands for “Multiple Listing Service”. In our Area, for an example, we have The Lehigh Valley Association Of Realtors. In every part of the country, they have an Association of Realtors. All local Associations are under the Umbrella of The National Association of Realtors.
Realtors pay dues to the Association and it provides tools like a Multiple Listing [...]

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“And that’s going to make it even harder for the staggering housing market to recover. According to CNNMONEY.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com ) — Prime mortgages are starting to default at disturbingly high rates - a development that threatens to slow any potential housing recovery.
The delinquency rate for prime mortgages worth less than $417,000 was 2.44% in [...]

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My Friends in the Lehigh Valley Real Estates Market Beware, according to CNNMONEY
The housing rescue credit may prod some new homebuyers. But the money must be repaid, and the program probably won’t be enough to jump start housing market.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Washington policy makers and housing industry insiders hope a new tax credit for [...]

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Housing starts and permits both fall sharply in July to levels not seen since 1991 recession.

This Article is a Direct Quote From CNNMoney.com
CNNMoney.com) — Home building fell sharply in July to a 17-year low, according to government readings released Tuesday that offered fresh signs that the battered real estate market has yet to hit bottom.
Housing [...]

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A longterm Giant, of the Lehigh Valley, and in the world, Mack Trucks in Allentown since 1905, is relocating to Greensboro North Carolina. Where it’s Mother Company, Volvo of Sweden has established successful headquarters’ roots.
This move although heavily “costing” to many Lehigh Valley individuals , businesses & Local Real Estates, is by design, to improve the company’s effectiveness and [...]

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 I Personally, encourage any person relocating to an “unknown Area” to them, either into or out of the Greater Lehigh Valley Area, to check out locations that accept month to month leases. Move there, check the neighborhoods more thoroughly. People, safety, schools, entertainments, noise, polution etc…
It does not matter what y & Z tells you about [...]

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How to win the battle against lawn disease. This Article is written by:                              JOE PROVEY AND KRIS ROBINSON, from Popular Mechanics“Good Care Practices
To keep your lawn from becoming a host, choose the right grass for a given location and keep it healthy. Given the wide range of cultivars (cultivated varieties) available today, you have a [...]

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Gladys has been involved with The Lehigh Valley as a Resident, Business Owner, an Active member of the Business Community, Civic and Social Organizations for 37 years. She cares for and knows The Lehigh Valley that she calls Home extremely well. Lived in Palmer Twp, Easton, Allentown, Macungie, now in  Schuylkill County.
In Addition to the Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Gladys has done [...]

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According to the National Association of Home Builders.
“As a long term investment, homeownership is still one of the best investments for individual households.

 “Why” you may ask? After all, the headlines say the housing market is down and out, with defaults rising at an alarming rate, and mortgage markets so frozen that buyers can’t get a home [...]

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Buy or rent?
By Erin Burt /KIPLINGER’S 
So, should you join the house party or be content to rent?
Two big factors in the equation: How long you plan to stay put and how much you expect your home to appreciate.
You typically need to stay in a home at least three years to recoup your costs. But consumer [...]

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