Lower Makefield Home Sales Statistics

Although two months are too short a time period to predict a trend, the Lower Makefield real estate market may be improving.  There seems to be more buyers shopping for properties this year even though the number of sales during the first two months of 2012 were even with the first two months of 2011.   Prices, however, are still eroding, but not as significantly as they had been during the prior few years.

Bucks County Home Sales Statistics 2/29/2012

The housing market appears to be improving in Bucks County.  Statistics for January and February are favorable, but it's too early in the year to draw definite conclusions.  The number of sales are up, but conclusions about pricing trends are difficult to make at this time.

New Hope/Lambertville Restaurant Week

New Hope and Lambertville have many wonderful restaurants and during Restaurant Week, Sunday, March 18th through Friday, March 23rd, you can sample many at a reasonable price.  Participating fine dining restaurants will have a fixed price menu for $29.95 and participating casual restaurants will serve a fixed price menu for $19.95.  For further information and a list of participating restaurants, visit www.VisitNewHope.com and www.Lambertville.org. 

Bucks County Property Taxes

How do Bucks County Property Taxes differ from one community to another?

The school property tax rate varies by school district and township. Here's the county's web reference to the various milleage rates for each community. The milleage is applied to the assessed value to determine taxes.
http://www.buckscounty.org/government/departments/finance/BoardofAssessment/MillageRates.aspx

Be aware that the assessed value of two properties that are both appraised at the same market value can have notably different assessed values. A general county wide assessment has not been performed since the 70's; so, property assessments don't necessarily reflect market values.

Communities with few commercial or industrial properties will have higher tax rates than those with such sites.