Four Walls

Feet-draggers now have a pressing reason to make a move on that home they’ve been eyeing for months. As of next month, anyone who obtains a Federal Housing Authority-insured mortgage to buy the home of their dreams will have a higher monthly payment. The FHA is raising its mortgage insurance prem...

You’re gonna lose big if you bet against Las Vegas as being the biggest hot spot for the most foreclosures of any other city in the United States. There’s no surprise there. What may be a shock is to see the 10 cities that unexpectedly made the list of the metropolitan areas that have the fastest...

It was great to see the news today, that the world finally knows what I discovered a decade ago. Lancaster County is a great place to live and work. Zillow.com, a website that tracks real estate data, has ranked our fair metropolitan area as one of the best places in the country to buy a home. We...

Homebuyers here in Lancaster County were starting to sweat a little bit as the deadline for the $8,000 tax credits grew closer. Things came up, as they often do during the home buying process. Appraisals came back lower than expected. Unexpected repairs needed to be made. A title wasn't clear. Th...