The MD Suburbs of DC

I recently got a request from someone in an area I market religiously.  It seems they wanted to know what the final price and concessions were for a house I sold in their neighborhood recently.  They also mentioned that they has put their home on the market as a FSBO. Now, I'm not sure whether th...

In an interesting interview on CNBC yesterday between David Faber and Mark (Mr. Mortgage) Hanson of the Field Check Group an observation was made that the current inventory of houses is really not the total picture.  Mark calls this the "Shadow Market." It seems that a lot of the foreclosures fro...

In another post I wrote recently, I was holding forth on the seeming paradox of the recent statistics from December 2008 that showed existing homes sales were UP by 6.5% while new home sales were having their worst time on record. Since the stats come out a few days apart and they come from diffe...

It was a dark and stormy night.... Well,  it was dark, after all it was night,  and it wasn't exactly stormy but there was a serious "wintry mix" (as we call it here in the DC Metro area) with a layer of snow on the ground and a sleet-ish, freezing rain-ish combination falling.  However, a few br...

This home has been inspected, detected, selected and upgraded in all the places it counts: * great open, remodeled kitchen * huge renovated master bath with a Jacuzzi and water temperature control (the hot water stays hot!) * a working sauna * a fully finished walkout basement * Pella doors * har...

Many of my clients get a little confused between the meaning and importance of an appraisal and an inspection. The inspection usually comes first.  In my experience, sometime within 7 - 10 days of the fully executed contract of sale.  The Buyer pays for the inspection so they get to choose who th...

OK.  I admit it.  Some Sunday afternoon's I just don't have a lot on my schedule.  So when I saw blog and referral buddy, Pat Kennedy's blog post, about an Open House she was having at a home listed for $1,999,000 in DC, I couldn't resist. I'll be honest. I would love to play in the playground Pa...

A few posts ago, I wrote about one of my listings going under contract soon after the settlement of another of my listings.  I was pretty excited and thought I was on a bit of a roll.  Maybe too excited. I forgot my primo rule - don't count the money until it's in the bank - otherwise known as "I...

I honestly think this FUNdraiser for the College Park Woods Swim Club was a good excuse for neighbors and friends who have known each other for years to get together and have a great meal and toss back a couple of Franklin's famous microbrews. College Park Woods is this great community minutes fr...

This home is located within minutes of Andrews AFB in a quiet, tree-lined community called Chirs-Mar. It'll only take one look to fall in love with both this house and the neighborhood of Colonial style homes with perfectly manicured lawns. -- Minutes to Andrews AFB--New Roof in 2008--New Carpet ...