If you are looking to search for homes for sale in the greater Lehigh Valley Area, including Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton you can now do so with ease.

Introducing www.GoValleyHomeFinder.com ! This is a brand new free online search engine that gives you direct access to the Lehigh Valley Mult List system – the same one the Realtors use.

There are no registration forms to gain access, you can just enter your search criteria and instantly see live, update listing of all the homes for sale in the entire Lehigh Valley – Free.

The site is very user friendly and has many unique features that allow to quickly and easily save searches, inquire about listings, schedule showings, email the listing info and many more great features that make searching the Lehigh Valley MLS very easy.

One of the new features is the unique map search which allows you to select specific areas and view all homes in that particular town or city. The system allows you to search search by school district, zip code, town or city, or area of your choice.

Of course you can also select price range, property type, and features including bedrooms, bathrooms, square feet, and amenities. It’s just a very nice, real easy way to search live, updated results at your own pace, and in the privacy of your own home, then when you do find homes that interest you, you can quickly and easily request more information.

Click here to Search Lehigh Valley MLS Listings on the new GoValleyHomeFinder.com!

Prices are definitely coming down, that’s a good thing. But, its not a fire sale. Two and three years ago when the market was hot, homes were over priced and selling for more than they were worth in some cases. What’s happening now is that home prices are coming back into line of where they should be.

If you watch the news or read the paper, you may get unrealistic expectations of how much you can expect to pay for a home. Generally speaking you can offer as much as 10% below the asking price, then negotiate to 3-5% below. Before you write the offer, your agent should be able to tell you if its priced, at, above, or below market price, an should be able to give a market report showing how much homes are selling for in that area, and this report will also show the difference between the asking price and selling price of the homes.

Here in the Lehigh Valley, in most areas homes are selling for 95-97% of the asking price. So if you were to see a home listed for sale at $200k, you can expect to get it for $190-195k. In a hot market that home may list for $220k, so you are actually getting a good deal.

The point is that you should not expect to go in with unreasltic lo-ball offers, for example offering $170k on a $200k home. Unless the home is obviously over priced, or in need of major repair, this will result in a negative response from the seller.

The Lehigh Valley real estate market continues to be strong, even in this economy, homes are bought and sold everyday, many homes still sell very quickly, others may take a longer, but prices are still holding up fairly well.

In any case, be sure you a have a buyers agent working for you before you start looking, as he or she will be able to advise you on what you should expect to pay for the home your looking for. Contact an Agent Good Luck!