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VA Financing for PA New Homes Benefits Veterans
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Veterans Get Financing for PA New Homes
No matter what side of the political fence you sit on, we can all agree on one thing – military families make the ultimate sacrifice to protect our families, our PA new homes and our way of life. Too often, after back to back tours, veterans simply don’t get the thank you they deserve for their sacrifice.
At S&A Homes, we like to do more than just say thank you to veterans. For us, there is nothing more gratifying than helping a veteran and their family purchase a home for discounted interest rates, little to no money out of pocket and hassle-free. How is this done, you ask? Through VA Financing.
We have all heard of VA Financing, but few of us actually know the ins and outs of the program. This is due to the fact that various benefits are tied to certain years of service, whether a veteran is active with the military and more. But despite these nuances, the basics of the program remain the same. There are four key benefits: Read More→
Brand New Plans, Brand New Prices for PA New Homes at Harvest Glen
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PA New Homes at Harvest Glen Offer New Floor Plan
No doubt about it: the PA new homes in Altoona are a great choice for new home shoppers. Schools are top notch, the area has the best shopping around and there is an abundance of recreation to take advantage of. Perhaps one of Altoona’s biggest problems has been the lack of affordable new home options for first-time buyers!
That is why we are really excited to introduce our brand new Brookfield floor plan from just $139,900 in our newly overhauled Harvest Glen community! The Brookfield is an innovative townhome that offers buyers everything they could want in their brand new home including one-car garages, spacious kitchens and family rooms, up to 3 beds, 2 ½ baths and 1,650 square feet. Not only will buyers have a number of customizing features to choose from like morning rooms, finished basements and just about any finish you can think of, but each of these townhomes is maintenance-free too! That means spending more time enjoying what Altoona has to offer instead of maintaining your Pennsylvania new homes. Read More→
Find Your PA New Homes on Facebook
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Visit the S&A Homes Facebook to Search PA New Homes
It’s no surprise that Facebook has more customers than any other website in the world. With more than 845 million users, it has morphed into much more than a social networking service. You can show off your kid’s pictures, share video from a recent party and even reconnect with friends from years ago. But, can you really choose your PA new homes on Facebook? Is that even possible?
Well, thanks to some new technology, it is on S&A’s Facebook page. As a potential home buyer you have the ability to peruse every one of our 40+ communities and can even take a peek at all of our quick delivery homes. Site plans and floor plans are all available from the brand new Homes/Locations tab on our Facebook page.
Want more detail? Simply click on the link and you can view our PA and WV new homes or communities on our website and have access to customizations, interactive plot plans and so much more. You can even “like” a plan or community directly from Facebook or our website and share with your friends. Read More→
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→
Last Chance to Purchase New Homes in State College at The Landings
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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→
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→
Positive News for WV and PA New Homes
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Positive News for PA New Homes
Home sellers and PA new home purchasers alike are looking for positive trends in the housing market. At times, it can be difficult to sort the fact from fiction. This person says it looks bad – that person says it looks good. How do you really know? Outside of some very credible sources (we have quoted the Wall Street Journal a few times this year), the only way to really know is to look at the data. Sometimes digging into the numbers and analyzing them to figure out which way is up and which way is down is the only way.
Last week, HousingZone.com did just that and bundled up all of the relevant housing statistics, including an analysis of the national employment situation, to come up with a heads or tails of the housing market.
Some of the key takeaways? Read More→
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