West Virginia – We Build on Our Lot or Yours
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WV new homes on your lot or ours
West Virginia is known for its rolling hills, vast state parks, and beautiful scenery. It is also home to some of the most cutting edge technology firms and medical practices in the state, most of which are located on the I-79 Tech Corridor just south of Morgantown, WV and its environs. Smack dab in the middle of all this action (and scenery) is Bridgeport, WV, a tight knit community that combines small town friendliness with ultra convenient access to the workplace and area shopping and restaurants.
Charles Pointe, a master-planned community of WV new homes in the heart of Bridgeport, offers a myriad of possibilities for anyone who wants to live and work in the area. The community is packed full of amenities, and combines three neighborhoods into one.
Those seeking maintenance-free carriage home living could not ask for an easier life than the one they get at Parkview Village. These spacious townhomes offer first-floor living, spacious kitchens and great rooms in addition to community shopping, walking trails and recreation. Those looking for a bit more land will find it at Worthington Village and Hunter’s Chase. Both are part of the Charles Pointe master-planned Read More→
Final Opportunities at The Landings
It’s not surprising to us that we are already down to our final two home sites remaining in this phase of The Landings, one of the area’s most popular single-family communities of new homes in State College. The Landings is priced just right – with single family homes starting in the $170,000s, there is no sense paying more money for an older home when you can get a brand new, energy efficient home for the same price, if not less.
What else makes this community so popular? Try its family friendly sidewalks, playgrounds, baseball fields and bike paths that allow commuters to get to downtown State College via bike, walking or car. Combine that with high quality, energy efficient homes in State College that feature energy saving features like CFL lighting, recycled materials, 2×6 construction and a high performance HVAC, and you couldn’t possibly find more bang for your buck in the area. Read More→
S&A Homes introduces Foxmoor, a community of Pittsburgh new homes
When it comes to picking new homes in Pittsburgh on prime real estate, few people will dispute that Cranberry Township is about as ripe as the pickings get. With an ideal location just off of Route 19, I-79 and the PA Turnpike, the area is better known for having some of the best jobs around, even better schools and all of the shopping and restaurants anyone could wish for.
So, it seems likely that living in this area must come with a steep price tag, right? Wrong! Foxmoor, S&A’s newest community, breaks all of the rules about best location and highest price. How about getting the best location at an extremely affordable price point?
This brand new, townhome community offers a whole lot more than affordable Pittsburgh new homes. The gated community offers maintenance-free living with home sites that range from ¼ acre all the way up to a ½ acre. The neighborhood even offers its residents access to a community pool, clubhouse and open space, so those living in Foxmoor can retreat to their community as though it is a resort destination! Read More→
Record Low Interest Rates for WV and PA New Homes, Again
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Another Low for PA New Home Interest Rates
Boy, we are ALMOST sick of blogging about interest rates, because sometimes it feels like we are a broken record. Well, believe it or not interest rates are yet again at another record low. Just when you think the bottom can’t go any lower, it does, and boy…does that mean some home buyers of WV and PA new homes are getting the bargain of the century (literally)!
Consider this: home prices are at the lowest they have been in years. Top that with a 30-year fixed interest rate that is LESS than 4 percent and you have payments for large single-family homes that may actually be lower than your first apartment’s rent was years ago!
Let’s say you purchased a home for $350,000 in 2005 at 5.5 percent, which, at the time, was an extremely competitive interest rate. With 20 percent down, you were looking at a payment of $1,533 before taxes and insurance. Due to economic pressures, that same home may be closer to $325,000 today and the same 30-year fixed rate is now going for 3.75 percent. It means the payment on the exact same home with 20 percent down is now only $1,204. That’s a monthly savings of $319 with less money out of pocket for the exact same house. Read More→
PA New Homes at Eagle Rock in Chambersburg, PA
It’s great to be back in Chambersburg! Of course, we never did go very far – we have been selling our Chambersburg, PA new homes from our Gettysburg office. But, due to popular demand, we have re-opened our Eagle Rock model home, The Amesbury, every Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for anyone interested in purchasing a home close to the I-81 corridor and nearby Hagerstown, MD.
There are many reasons to check our new home communities in Chambersburg, PA. For starters, we offer townhomes as low as $109,900 in our Mountain Shadows community and even single-family homes from the low $149,900 and $159,900 in Mountain Shadows as well as Kingswood.
Each of the four Chambersburg communities is situated just a few miles from the I-81 corridor and historic Chambersburg along with nearby shopping and some of the best schools in the area. Whether you work at the nearby Volvo plant in Shippensburg, PA or down in Hagerstown, MD, you couldn’t possibly get a more central location at an affordable price point. Read More→
Organizing Post Christmas Chaos in Your PA New Homes
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Organizing the post Christmas chaos in your PA new homes
Time to fess up – how many of you still have Christmas gifts shoved in the corner of your living room? Or perhaps stuffed under your bed or just sitting of the floor of your bedroom? The holidays are a fun time of year, but the path of destruction they can leave behind in your PA new homes can be more than a little overwhelming to tackle.
Add kids into the mix and it’s no wonder we are pulling our hair out by the time spring clean comes around. The earlier you tackle the mess, the easier 2012 will go. But, where do you start? Here are some basic, starter tips for organizing your little one’s holiday gifts and getting your sanity back:
- Invest in Tupperware! – Keeping the original packaging for kid’s toys is often impractical and sucks up 3 times more room than it needs to. Inexpensive plastic bins are perfect for all of those transformers, Barbie Dolls and Legos that seem to take over the house. Sort open toys by type and include a picture of the type of toy on the front of the bin so kids can be an active part of the cleanup. Plastic storage bins stack nicely on shelves, in closets or even under kids beds to reduce clutter. Read More→
2012 Housing Predictions for WV and PA New Homes
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Housing Predictions for 2012
In a couple of days, millions of Americans will uncork the champagne and toast to the prospect of a rosy new year, full of fresh possibilities. Your New Year’s resolution may be as simple as cleaning the hall closet in your PA new homes, or as daunting as burning the calories from the holiday binge eating we all seem to indulge in this time of year.
Here at S&A Homes, our resolutions tend to be a bit different. Our job is to make sure we keep our customers happy during 2012 by building the homes people are looking for and building enough of them! So, how exactly do we forecast projected housing starts and settlements? Well, here on Main Street, we tend to look at Wall Street first and then factor in for our local economies, job growth in addition to intangibles that can drive housing markets up or down.
So what is on the horizon in 2012? First, looks like (hold breath and cross fingers) 2012 may just be the pivotal year that housing has been hoping for the last several years. Let’s first look to Wall Street. On Dec. 20, good news broke in the housing sector, and we are optimistic that the trends will continue to hold their weight throughout 2012. Read More→
Pittsburgh New Homes Among Top 5 Housing Markets in USA
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Pittsburgh Named in Top Five Housing Markets in USA
Buyers looking for Pittsburgh new homes know the power of Zillow. It houses (pardon the pun) all pricing data for listings, pending sales and sold homes throughout the nation, and is one of the most powerful websites out there to help buyers sort through homes and get a feel of what price is right for their next new home.
Zillow also crunches the numbers on all of that data to see which housing markets are faring well and what others need a little TLC. So the numbers are out this year and Pittsburgh, once again, makes the list for one of the top 5 housing markets with the best home price increases during 2011. This is no small feat, considering the nation’s housing prices are down 4.1% overall as a whole.
So, what are the top 5 housing markets experiencing price growth? Read More→
Pittsburgh Builder S&A Recognized at 2012 BAMP Awards
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S&A Recognized at 2012 BAMP Awards
S&A Homes, one of area’s largest Pittsburgh builders, walked away with yet another Housing Excellence Award at the 2012 Builder’s Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh. The hugely popular Hawthorne model home was the recipient of the Best Single Family Home in the Pittsburgh Region from $251,000 – $450,000.
The home is more than deserving of the award. Its family friendly layout features ample living space in all of the right areas and the ever popular craftsman-style exterior that buyers are seeking today.
The home is a big hit in terms of energy efficiency too. Featuring a dramatically low HERS Score of 63, the Hawthrone home offers home buyers nearly twice the energy efficiency of the typical new construction home built today, and saves them hundreds of dollars a month in utility savings. Read More→
Five Holiday Gifts for First Time Owners of PA New Homes
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Gift Ideas for PA New Homeowners
The holidays are in full swing and Christmas is just 9 days away! For all of you last minute shoppers, trying to think of great gifts on top of baking cookies, wrapping and finishing shopping can be almost impossible. Trying to customize those gifts for those on your list who recently moved in to PA new homes can be an even tougher task.
Well, don’t worry! We have taken all of the guess work out of this year’s holiday madness. If a new homeowner is on your holiday list, then all the answers you need are below. Here are the Top 5 Gifts for New Homeowners:
5 – Is your gift recipient a first time homebuyer? Nothing will welcome a former renter to homeownership more than a new tool set! Fun for those fixer upper types and practical at the same time!
4 – Gift card to a local restaurant. The hassle of moving, unloading boxes and getting little ones adjusted to a new home is more than a little overwhelming. A night out at a sit down restaurant is the perfect way to recharge those batteries. Read More→
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