Philadelphia, Bucks and Montgomery Counties Real Estate. Tips for home buyers, home sellers by Gita Bantwal,Realtor at ReMax Centre Realtors.

Ambler high School. www.schuler1.com/reunion50

Jenkintown High School. All school reunion. www.jenkintownalumni.org

La Salle College High School www.lschs.org

Upper Dublin School class of 1958 email udhs1958@verizon.net

Haverford township High School www.hhs-classof1958.com

William tennent High School Class of 1958 50th reunion. bethzerbe@verizon.net

If you graduated in 1958 call your school to find out about the reunion. It will be great to meet your old friends .

If have moved from the are and are thinking of moving back to the area call me for a list of  homes including 55plus communities in the area.

Gita Bantwal at ReMax Centre Realtors 215-343-8200x124 or direct 2153438206

Look up available homes on www.gitabantwal.com

Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jamison has scheduled a spring craft fair.

The church is located at 2100 York Rd, Jamison, Warwick township, Pa 18929.

It will be held on April 5th, 2008 between 10 am and 3 pm.

Call 215-343-1121 for more information and for space at the fair.

A free child Identification program to safeguard children will be featured.

If you are in the area and would like information about homes for sale, give me a call at 215-2758491 cell phone or 2153438200x124 office. My office is located in Jamison. I will show you homes and everything that Jamison has to offer.

I have seen advertisements from a company that will provide mailing list for apartment complexes. It looks like a great idea . I was wondering if anyone has utilized such a service. If you buy a list once it can be used repeatedly because the address remains the same and we just address it to Occupant.

I do not remember the name of the company but I can look it up.

If any one has used the service please give me your feedback.

If you are looking to buy a single home in Bucks County, consider Warminster township.

I looked up the multiple listing this morning .There are 25 single homes priced between $200k and $300k. with a minimum of 3 bedrooms.

The least expensive is a home priced at $239,900 with 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. There 8 homes with 4 bedrooms.

These homes are in Centennial School district.

You can look up all available listings on www.gitabantwal.com

I will be glad to show you any home in multiple listing even if it is listed with another company.

Call Gita bantwal at ReMax centre 215-343-8200x124 or direct 215-343-8206

Warminster has a public golf course and great shopping.

There is a train station from where you can go to Center City Philadelphia.

Doylestown Station Condominiums were built by Pulte Builders. They vary in age fro 3 to 10 yrs. They have many floor plans including  some with first floor Owner's Bedroom suites.

They are located close to major routes 202, and 611 . The low association fees cover lawn care and snow removal. It is adjacent to Central Park which has walking trails , tennis and basketball courts and Kids Castle.

Doylestown has a lot to offer including shopping, restaurants, museums and bus to New York City and trains to Center City.

 I looked up multiple listing today and found 12 homes for sale with a low price of $359,900 and high price of $487,500. They have been on the market for an average of 84 days .

There is one pending .It was listed for $412,500 and was on market for 86 days.

There were 10 homes that settled in last 6 months with an average price of $407,488, low  price of $348,750 and high price of $ $460,000. they were on the market for an average of 110 days. ( days from listing date to day it went under contract)

The information is deemed

If you are looking to buy in Doylestown call Gita Bantwal at 2153438200x 124 or direct 2153438206 or on my cell phone 2152758491.

Bucks County has five State Parks according to information in Wikipedia. 

1. Delaware Canal State Park is 830 acre park in Bucks and Northampton Counties and is among the 20 must see State parks chosen by Pa Bureau of State parks.

2.Neshaminy State Park is 330 acre park in Bensalem

3.Nockamixon State Park is located along boundaries of Haycock and Bedminster townships. It is popular because of the beautiful artificial lake and has boat rentals and fishing.There is a large swimming pool at the park.

4.Ralph Stover Park is a 45 acre park in Plumstead and Tinicum townships.It is popular for white water kayaking.

5.Tyler state Park is 1711 acre park in Newtown and Northampton townships and it's main attraction is Schofield Ford Covered Bridge.

Having lived in Bucks County for 30 years I am familiar with the lovely parks and enjoy picnics in the parks in summer.

The parks have a lot to offer.

Willow Knoll in Warrington township has affordable townhomes that are great for first time buyers and duplexes that are good for investors.

Townhomes usually sell for under $200,000 and duplexes sell for under 300,000. Some duplexes have basements. They have 2 bedrooms and 1 bath in each unit. Rents can be between $700 and $915. or more.

I looked up this morning and saw 5 duplexes for sale priced between $224,900 and $249,900.

The development is located off Route 66 and close to Bristol Road. There is a strip shopping center at the entrance . There is a restaurant in the center.

The townhomes have large rooms and lots of storage . They are  around  30 years old

Willow Knoll is located in central Bucks School District.visit www.cbsd.org

Look up all available listings in Bucks  , Montgomery or Philadelphia Counties  on my web site www.gitabantwal.com

You may call 1800-222-2046 Monday through Friday 7.30 am to 4.30 pm.

You may visist www.patreasury.org and click on The Unclaimed Property database link. There are instructions on how you can claim your property.

Unclaimed property may include :

savings or checking accounts that you may have forgotten about.

certificates of deposits.

refunds.

safe deposit contents. etc.

 You can check out the above database.

The newspaper publishes names of people sometimes and I have found names of my friends and informed them about it.

Just a quick reminder to Pennsylavania residents . Please note that today is the deadline to register for the primaries. Your vote can make a diffrence. You can download a form form www.votespa.com and drop it off at the county voter registration office  or other designated sites.. Only those who are registered with a party can vote in that party's primary.

Call 877-868-3772 for information.

www.buckscounty.org for  Bucks County

www.chesco.org for Chester County

www.co.delaware.pa.us  for Delaware County

www.montcopa.org for Montgomery County

www.phillyelection.com for Philadelphia County

Bucks County Community College is located at 275 Swamp road, Newtown, Pa 18940 215-968-8000

There are two bus stops on the Newtown campus. For schedule of bus 130 visit www.septa.org

Courses are also offered at Upper Bucks Campus, One Hillendale Dr, Perkasie, Tel 215258-7700

Lower Bucks Campus 1304 Veterans Highway, Bristol. 267-685-4800

It also offers online and hybrid courses. www.bucks.edu/online

You may look up information about registration and courses at www.bucks.edu

They have online and walk in registrations.

You may chhose from 33 programs if you plan to transfer to a 4 year college or University.It also offers certificate programs and Associate degrees and continuing education for Real Estate Agents.