Lancaster County Real Estate Podcast with Gretchen Karr

If you are looking to buy or sell a home, get all the information and the latest updates, tips, and tricks from The Gretchen Karr Team- your professional Lancaster County Real Estate Agents

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5 Ways to Get Organized Before Your Next Move

Today, I have five tips to help you get a jumpstart on organizing your things and simplify your next move. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation It’s important to get a head start on your move before you get an offer from a homebuyer. Here are five tips to help you jumpstart your organizing and simplify your next move. 1. Sort your belongings into these groups: keep, give away, maybe, and trash. Once you have, box up...

Feb 01, 2018

A Quick Update on The Winter Housing Market

This winter is shaping up to be a huge moment for area homeowners who are looking to sell. Here are a few reasons why. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation This winter is likely to be a very important moment for many home sellers. That’s because three big trends are coming together to affect Lancaster County home prices right now: 1. Housing inventory remains extremely tight. The total number of homes on the market ...

Jan 22, 2018

Is Fall a Good Time to Put Your Home on the Market?

Contrary to popular belief, fall is a great time to put your home on the market. There are three reasons why. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation Fall is upon us, and with it the end of the high season for real estate. However, if you're thinking you've missed your chance to sell your home, let me reassure you: This autumn actually presents a fantastic moment to sell. Here's why. First off, housing inventory is sti...

Oct 12, 2017

What the Housing Market’s 30-Year Low Means to You

We’re experiencing a 30-year low in inventory. Here’s what that means to you. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation Spring is typically the busiest time of year for the real estate market. Buyers who are experiencing cabin fever come eagerly into the market in search of their dream homes. Homeowners who are anticipating the increased demand are enticed to list their homes for sale in order to move up or downsize and ...

Sep 05, 2017

3 Tips to Succeed in Today’s Real Estate Market

Whether you’re a buyer or a seller, there are three tips you need to know to succeed in today’s market. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation In today’s highly competitive real estate market, where inventory levels are not keeping pace with the constant stream of buyer demand, there are three steps you can take to ensure you’re most prepared for success when buying or selling a home. These tips come from a fellow rea...

Aug 15, 2017

Will Inventory Shortages Slow Down Our Market?

Because of the shortage of inventory in our market, now might be the time to sell your home. If you’re a buyer, you also need to act fast because homes are moving quickly. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation Our housing market is moving along in positive recovery mode. In most price ranges, both home sales and home values are up. Distressed homes have fallen, and it looks as though our market is racing forward this...

Jun 06, 2017

3 Reasons Why Now Is a Great Time for Our Market

Should you buy or sell a home this spring? I’ll go over three reasons why now is a great time to do either today. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation There are three recent developments that make this spring a great time to buy or sell a home. First of all, mortgage interest rates have stabilized. Last July, we hit an all-time low of 3.4%. Rates went up after the election and reached a high of 4.31%, but they have ...

May 18, 2017

How Do Rising Rates Affect You?

Mortgage interest rates have shot up a bit recently. They’re about to shoot up a whole lot more. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation The Federal Reserve is the entity that sets interest rates and they meet on a quarterly basis. Last year, they increased interest rates twice in their four meetings. When they met in the first quarter of this year, they increased their benchmark interest rates again by 0.25%. However,...

Apr 07, 2017

Why Should You List Your Home Now?

Right now is the best time to put your home on the market for a few reasons. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation Every year around this time people ask, “When is the best time to sell my home?” The answer is right now! Most people believe that the spring is the best time to sell their homes. However, right now inventory levels are incredibly low, the days on market have decreased, and multiple offers are commonplac...

Mar 13, 2017

Are You Ready for the Lancaster County Property Tax Reassessment?

Lancaster County is currently undergoing a reassessment for all property values, and here’s what you need to know about it. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation Don’t shoot the messenger, but Lancaster County is undergoing a reassessment for all property values that will take effect on January 1st, 2018. The last time this happened was in 2005. There is no precise way to predict what your upcoming taxes will be beca...

Feb 20, 2017

What Can You Expect From the Market in 2017?

I get asked all the time about what I think will happen in the market. I can’t tell the future, but I can point to a few different sources to give you a better idea of what is likely to happen. Buying a Lancaster County home? Get a Full Home Search Selling your Lancaster County home? Free Home Price Evaluation A lot of people have been asking me lately about what they can expect from the market this year. My first response is always, “I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can tell you what I’ve bee...

Jan 23, 2017

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