Collegeville, PA

Do you know about the terms of the recent First Time Homebuyer's Tax Credit?

(1) YOU MUST SETTLE BY NOVEMBER 30th of 2009.

(2) YOU will receive a TAX FREE CHECK FOR $8,000!

(3) There is NO REPAYMENT for purchases made after January 1, 2009.

(4) FULL amount of credit for single buyers not making over $75,000 and $150,000 on a joint return.

(5) You only have to stay in the residence for 3 years to owe NO REPAY!

(6) You must have been MORTGAGE FREE for 3 years.

So there is a lot of information floating around about the new Mega shopping center that is being built in Collegeville, PA about the status of the project and when it is scheduled to open. I wanted to help to try and clear some of this up for residents and those thinking of moving to this wonderful area.

The 1st Phase of the shopping center including the re-opening of Arcola Rd to Mennonite Rd is now scheduled to open on October 11, 2009. The stores that are scheduled to open during this initial phase are as follows:

Wegman's Grocery, Best Buy, LA Fitness, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoes, Ulta Cosmetics, Five Below, Staples, PetsMart, Michaels', Raymour & Flanigan, PNC Bank, PF Chang's, Eastern Mountain Sport (EMS), and Olive Garden.

Phase 2 (Main Street with the lifestyle tenancy) will open no earlier than Summer 2010, but could be pushed back into the Spring of 2011.

The stores that will be occupying this phase of the center will be determined closer to the scheduled open date of this part of the shopping center. Some of the stores that were previously reported to be going into the shopping center have come on troubled financial times and barring unforeseen turnarounds will not be part of the center.

If you would like more info on the center or the general Collegeville area please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerley,

Andrew Himes, e-PRO, ABR, REALTOR
Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors
Collegeville Office
www.AndrewHimes.com
610-831-8131

Below you will find detailed information for each of the properties that are currently listed for sale and those that sold in 2008. I have sold more homes in the development than any other agent since 2003. I am more than happy to address any questions that you may have about this wonderful community. I look forward to any comments that you have.

Just a quick blog to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!!

I also wanted to leave you with a funny blurb I found on CRACKED.Com. I got a ton of responses on my best and worst haloween candy blog that I wanted to do something similar for Thanksgiving.

I didnt find a good chart, but I did find something unexpected in the "Bad For You" Section of the article. Enjoy!!!

FAMILY AWKWARDNESS

Not so much a food as a Thanksgiving staple, family awkwardness is quite possibly the most enduring tradition of the holiday. When Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday, he said, "On this Thanksgiving day, we proclaim that you must talk to your relatives and pretend to enjoy it." So whether it's trying to avoid broaching the topic of the recent elections, listening to your uncle talk about every detail of his recent knee surgery or simply the pointing out of things going on television ("Oh look, it's the Garfield balloon." "Yeah. They had one last year, too."), things are bound to be more than cringe-inducingly uncomfortable. At least they (or you) will be dead soon. No hats, but certainly several therapy bills are in order.

Make it an awesome day & an awesome holiday!!

Glen 610.792.3000

Glen@GlenRussell.Com

WWW.GlenRussell.Com