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March 8th, 2010 - 10:06 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 2. Real Estate Finance & Financial Info, 3. For Real Estate Professionals, 4. Local Real Estate Market Data

Did You Know That We Can Blame it All on Snow?

Welcome Back Readers!  Or should I say viewers?  This is the first of many video blog posts on www.TheLancasterConnection.com .  I’m excited about being able to bring you this content in a way that is relevant and timely but don’t worry, there will be more than just video posts to[...]

February 26th, 2010 - 12:12 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 6. The Lancaster Inspector's Corner with Matt Steger

Lancaster Inspector’s Corner – Saving Energy in Lancaster Pa Part 2

Welcome Back Readers!  This post wraps up the two part series on energy efficiency from Matt Steger with WIN Home Inspection !   As we began discussing last time. electricity costs in Lancaster PA have skyrocketed due to the deregulation of electric companies here in PA.  One of the ways to co[...]

February 16th, 2010 - 11:30 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 3. For Real Estate Professionals

The New Age of Social Media and Blogging – An Ethics Minefield?

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Activerain, RealTown, Trulia Voices, etc. provide a myriad of ways to connect consumers and colleagues alike with real estate info.  Blogs have proliferated in the last few years, people are writing them reading them and commenting all over the internet.  [...]

January 29th, 2010 - 5:14 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 2. Real Estate Finance & Financial Info, 3. For Real Estate Professionals

Fannie Mae Offers Closing Cost Assistance and Appliance Incentive

Welcome Back Readers!   It’s been a busy month in real estate, so many things happening both locally and nationally it seems everyday there is something new!  That’s actually the becoming the normal state of affairs nowadays and I don’t mind as it gives me lots of things to writ[...]

January 26th, 2010 - 9:49 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 2. Real Estate Finance & Financial Info, 3. For Real Estate Professionals, 4. Local Real Estate Market Data

The Trouble with Tribbles or Why Loan Modifications are Failing to Solve the Foreclosure Problem

Welcome Back Readers!  I put up a post the yesterday about how FHA has recently changed their policies to allow loan modifications for qualifying borrowers before they miss a payment .  This is a great policy and I sincerely hope it will help more people stay in their homes.  The problem though[...]

January 25th, 2010 - 10:50 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 2. Real Estate Finance & Financial Info

FHA Allows for Loan Modifications for Homeowners Who Haven’t Yet Missed a Payment

Welcome Back Readers!  It was a busy week last week in the real estate world, the Lancaster County PA Real Estate Market is moving quickly.  I apologize for the shortage of posts recently due to this but you can expect a little more consistency in the coming weeks.  I wanted to start of  this [...]

January 22nd, 2010 - 11:30 am § in 1. For Everyone, 6. The Lancaster Inspector's Corner with Matt Steger

The Lancaster Inspector’s Corner – Where to Test for Radon

Welcome Back Readers!  This is the third of  four articles in our Radon series, this week Matt Steger from WIN Home Inspection talks a little more about Radon Testing where it should be done and how important “Closed House” conditions are.  Don’t know what that means?  Read on [...]

January 20th, 2010 - 2:34 pm § in 1. For Everyone, 2. Real Estate Finance & Financial Info

Did FHA Just Throw First Time Buyers in Front of the Bus for a PR Gain?

 Welcome Back Readers!  I apologize in advance for the negative tone of this post, but it is information that people who plan on buying this year need to have.  Let me start with this:  There are many solutions available to FHA’s problems, and there are other programs that allow cash poo[...]