Vacation Home Blog

In the Sunday issue of the Washington Post there were some interesting figures. In the fourth quarter delinquent borrowers rose to 10.9% up from the same period last year of 8.78%. In Maryland delinquency is even more of a problem they are at a 14.7% rate compared with last year at 11%. They beli...

I am on the Calvert County Tourism commission and we had our monthly meeting yesterday. One of the speakers was Tim Hepler from the Chesapeake Hills Golf Course. Calvert County purchased the golf course in November 2008 and they have really done some work! Their first focus was the greens. They a...

I recently got elected to serve on the Calvert County Tourism Advisory Council. Many people don't realize what we have to offer her in Calvert County. Below is a link to a short movie promoting Calvert County. http://www.ecalvert.com/_media/client/video/2minute.html There is also a list of 25 Fre...

December had a rise in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure vacation home listings, this was followed by an increase in sales of distressed properties in January. Below are charts for Sales of vacation home sales in Southern Maryland (Calvert County and St Mary's county). It shows foreclosures increas...

The Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay (Calvert County and St Mary's County) showed an increase in foreclosures and pre-foreclosures listed in December. Below is a chart of the distressed vacation home properties listed in the last three months. The chart includes water view, walk to water and w...

It has been a while since I produced my statistics, so I looked at November - January sales. I have been busy getting my Brokers license and it left me with no time to blog between classes and study time. I am glad to have that behind me. I will be managing Vacation Rentals with my new brokerage ...

If you are thinking about purchasing a bank owned foreclosure for your next vacation home I have compiled a current list of available water front and water view bank owned homes in Southern Maryland. Finally waterfront foreclosures are coming on the market here. I list foreclosures for banks so I...

       Rduced to $154,900! This home has a view of the lake and you can walk to the beach. Upstairs is a second kitchen and hardwood floors in the living area. Sit upstairs on the deck and enjoy the views. Sign up to be notified when new vacation homes come on the market at www.SmdVacation.com Ph...

First we got around 7 inches of snow here in Saint Leonard, then the last snowfall left us with around 20 inches. Snow just keeps piling up here and more snow is predicted for Tuesday. Our neighbors made the best of the storm by building a snowman and there were people sledding in the street. Phy...