John Hersey's York Real Estate Blog

I know things don't look good, but please don't panic.  Everything runs in cycles.  Economies, weather patterns and on and on.  We have seen better days and we have seen worse. I believe the worst thing people can do in situations such as our newest financial mess is to panic and start pulling money out of their ...

The number of homes sold for September of '08 compared to September of '07 were lower but the median sale price was about the same. Number of residential homes sold in 2007 - 427 Number of residential homes sold in 2008 - 302 Total dollar amount sold in Sept. of 2007 - $80,305,852 Total dollar amount sold in Sept. of 2008 - ...

I love how a select few can lie and no one seems to care.  People must remember when they are being recorded, they need to speak the truth.  It will come out!  These are not slips of the tongue or whatever they wish they can call it.  They are now telling lies, plain and simple! Please watch and enjoy and then pass on to as ...

I do not Homeschool, although everyday that goes by makes me think more about it, but I wanted to pass something along that I feel needs looking at.  This is an e-mail forwarded to me and I am also giving the link to the petition. The fact that the government thinks they need to continue to tell us what is best for us and our families just ...

We hear in the news about the rise in foreclosures.  The media is doing what they do best, focusing on the negative!  I read some interesting news recently thanks to RealtyTrac.com that helps shed some light on our state as well as all the others. As far as Pennsylvania goes our foreclosures are down 55.07% since Jan. of 2007 and 24.83% ...

Go out to the Toyota Arena at the York Fair Grounds and enjoy the show.  The show opens at 1:00 PM on Friday, Feb. 8th and runs until 4:00 PM on Sunday Feb. 10th. There are a lot of Fun Activities for the kids including Children's Carpentry Area Fri. 5-7PM, Sat. 12-2PM, Tall Cedar Clowns Sat. 11Am-1PM, Patti-o The Clown Face Painting ...

Sorry if I don't sound very compassionate.  Sure the death of anyone could be tragic to someone somewhere but I can't believe all of the news about Heath Ledger being found dead.  Usually 28 year olds do not just die!  Maybe he did, and that would be sad.  But come on!  All the news channels, tragic, tragic ...