Chester County

Chris LaGarde on March 4th, 2010

Chris’s Assessment
First, let me point out something that is somewhat obvious… I have changed my charts a bit, hopefully for the better. I’d love your opinion! I changed them to make them simpler. Now what you are looking at is the line for the current year, last year, and then the 5 year trend line. [...]

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Chris LaGarde on February 18th, 2010

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Chris LaGarde on February 6th, 2010

Overview

Statistics by School Districts

Chris’s Assessment:
SELLERS: As noted last month, the inventory has taken a dramatic dive due to the tax credit. This means there is less competition. We are about to enter into the spring market, so inventory will begin to increase again. But, the extended/expanded tax credit will be pushing people to look for [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 11th, 2010

Phoenixville receives $250,000 grant for downtown streetscape
Congressman Jim Gerlach contacted Main Street Manager Barry Cassidy on Dec. 15 to confirm that $250,000 was secured for additional funding toward Phoenixville’s downtown streetscape project. The federal grant will be used to do work on the development of the Barto property. Since the Barto property currently does not [...]

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Chris LaGarde on January 8th, 2010

Chris’s Assessment
Supply and Demand are the key indicators for where a market is going. Consequently, those are the numbers I am always keeping an eye on to help me understand exactly what the market is doing. That is also why I name two of the key graphs Supply and Demand. After compiling the latest numbers [...]

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Chris LaGarde on December 20th, 2009

Chesco commissioners OK 2010 budget with no tax hike
Chester County commissioners said yesterday that repercussions from the economic crisis had motivated them to hold the lines on taxes, and they unanimously approved a 2010 budget of nearly $521 million.
The commissioners said combining $3.9 million in spending cuts with $1.5 million in increased revenue from less-than-expected [...]

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Chris LaGarde on December 3rd, 2009

Market Summary Report:

Chris’s Assessment:
The Tax Credit Factor: Bottom line – the tax credit “worked”. When you look at October and November numbers, it is very clear that many buyers were draw to taking action in Chester County because of the Home Buyer Tax Credit. This is apparent when looking at several factors. First is percentage [...]

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Chris LaGarde on November 13th, 2009

Quick report of home sales by zip codes for Chester County. Great information

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Chris LaGarde on November 3rd, 2009

Note to readers: I post my stats later than other real estate companies and agents because I want the most accurate numbers available…and this makes them worth waiting for! Other agents simply copy and paste graphs that they get from other sources and offer no opinions to the marketplace conditions. I track data in [...]

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Chris LaGarde on October 30th, 2009

I am always telling clients that Chester County is one of the best places to live for many reasons and here is one more. .
“Chester County’s jobless rate improved slightly in September to 6.5 percent, dropping a tick from August’s 6.6 percent.
The county was the sole one of the five in the Philadelphia Metro Division [...]

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