Bobbie J Smith, CRS

7' MOUNTAIN OF SCARVES - 500 Scarves for the Holidays!

Help me build a 7' Mountain of Scarves for my annual "500 Scarves for the Holidays" drive. This will be my 4th annual drive and we are looking for donations of scarves (knit, crochet or purchase one). I try to crochet at least 50 each year for this annual drive.

The Mountain above consists of approximately 250 scarves and is about 3' tall so I have a long way to go to get to my 7' goal. Please Help!

The scarves are then donated to charity organizations around Monroe Count, PA such as the Salvation Army. Naturally they can use all that I can get for them.

If you would like to donate a scarf and you do not live in the area, please mail the scarf to Bobbie Smith c/o Commonwealth Real Estate Your Way LLC, 26C Pocono Blvd, Mt. Pocono, PA 18344.

Thank you so very much for your donation. We will also accept hats and mittens and donations of yarn as I do have some scarf angels that crochet for me all through the year making these scarves.

7' MOUNTAIN OF SCARVES

In driving around checking properties LOOK WHAT I FOUND TODAY. The following pictures are some great views and some GORGEOUS COLORS OF FALL FOLIAGE here in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. I was quite impressed.

This view was from atop the mountain in Mt. Pocono, across the valley, over Mt. Airy resort, and on and on for miles.

And in a close-up of the same area, you can really see the colorful scenery. Natures artwork!

And an even closer shot of just the valley and all its splendor of color. These are pictures I will cherish for quite some time and I hope you enjoy them too.

POCONO SOLD DATA-3RD QUARTER STATS FOR MONROE COUNTY. Here are the statistics for the 3rd Quarter in Monroe County for residential homes depicting the average sold price and the number of homes sold for 2009 versus 2008. The total number of homes sold for the 3rd quarter of 2009 was 423; 2008 was 484; a 12% reduction. The average sold price for these homes was $164,000 for 2009 and $191,000 for 2008, a 14% reduction. Not the best news unfortunately however if you compare the 3rd quarter to the 2nd quarter the number sold has improved since 2nd quarter sales were down 19% for the year and the 3rd quarter is down 12%. As I said before, we're getting there!

Stats are taken from flexmls and are deemed reliable. I am not responsible for typographical errors.*

POCONO SOLD DATA by township for Monroe County (rounded to the nearest thousand), the average sold price is reflected in the chart below. Some townships had their average sold price rise above last years average. WOW! That is some good news and we love to see that. The averages for the County were $169,000 for Sept. of 2009 and $195,558 for Sept. of 2008, a 13% drop in the average sold price. So although our numbers are not quite reflective of the national as a whole, we will get there, we always do. Our area is just a little bit slower than others to catch up and we have always been this way it seems.

These statistics were taken from flexmls for Monroe County and are deemed reliable however I am not responsible for typographical errors. Thanks for looking!

POCONO SOLD DATA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2009 VS. SEPT. 2008

Here are the stats for Septemeber. My apologies for getting them out to you so late. I actually forgot to do them this month. Sorry.

We are seeing a few townships where their sales were above last years sales for the month. Wow! That's wonderful news. The total number sold for Monroe County for September for 2009 was 123 which was 15% down from 2008 which had a total number of sales for September of 147.

As usual, stats were taken from flexmls for Monroe County and are deemed reliable however I am not responsible for typographical errors.