The Main Line and Chester County Real Estate Blog

This wonderful home sold in one day, we didn't even have time for an Open House. Selling for $100,000 above asking closing at $1.95 million this luxury home has it all.Welcome to 726 Mancill Road: The Ultimate Main Line Retreat Nestled amidst the tranquility of the Main Line, 726 Mancill Road off...

Every day I wake up I am grateful, I do not take it for granted as I age becoming more aware of all there is to be grateful for. With all the political news, international disasters and wars, national troubles, challenges in our business with the changes due to the NAR settlement and now the DOJ ...

Making an offer different enough to stand out from the crowd, to be the apple between the oranges is not always easy today. I have had the opportunity to write two offers this week for buyers. As I wrote yesterday in Offer Accepted I was lucky to have the first one accepted. Well yesterday mornin...

In today's main line market there is a lot of competition. To get your buyer's offer accepted needs a combination of several things.The listing agent needs to have confidence in the buyer agent. There are a lot of agents in the Main Line, not all of them work full time or have the experience to g...

Last year, we bought some verbena to put in our front bed alongside the path to our door. These are an annual, especially in our area of the country. They were not cheap, in fact they were the opposite, but they did really well, spreading out and being a very effective and bright ground cover wit...

People buying and selling homes on the Main Line and in Chester County have a choice of agents to use. There are many different reasons why people work with one specific agent. It may be via a recommendation, or a referral from family and friends. They may have found reviews online. Ultimately, y...

There are mornings like this one, where the mist or fog is so heavy you can hardly see in front of your nose as we say in England. It has felt that way with the multiple lawsuits brought against brokers, NAR and the MLS's in the real estate industry. Then as the sun rises, it slowly clears and be...

Last year our dog Jackie, named after Jackie Robinson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, when my wife got Jackie she knew she wanted a name related to baseball, and as her mother grew up in Brooklyn, there was no way it was going to be Babe, so that is how Jackie got her name.Anyway, last year...

Sunday was such a beautiful day here that we had decided to visit Longwood Gardens and catch the end of the tulips. However, when we arrived it was a sold out day, so we changed our plans and visited Winterthur. Winterthur is another Dupont Estate and museum full of lovely things, but many people...

You have decided to buy or sell a house, so after some research, talking with friends and family you call a few agents to discuss working with them.But, stop. Before you go any further who are you actually going to be contracting with? You may imagine it is the agent with whom you are talking. Bu...