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By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 13
 One of the quickest ways to put a post up is through a photoblog. What's that you might ask. Maybe you took an exciting photo, seen a funny sign, seen something unique in a listing, perhaps just an Ah-Ha moment. When reading the latest TRS magazine online this morning, I saw this quote:   and ri...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 12
It only took one day of showings, but it was a busy day with six different potential buyers with agents. 2117 Burdock RdGreengate 21209MLS #MDBC504412 TOO LATE    Mid Century Modern Design. Great use of space and space planning.A bright, gourmet custom kitchen makes use of every inch: Viking gas ...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 10
 When a friend is also a client...this is the kind of email that shows up:  ''Let’s define “real estate broker,” just so that we’re all on the same page. However, if you have ever searched for, ultimately bought or sold a home or read a real estate blog, you’re already up-to-speed on basic real e...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 9
   New listings, multiple showings, and promises of offers are not for an amateur.  Sizing up seven showings,Sizing up the agent,  sizing up the buyer, and sizing up the motivation of both is crucial. There are some smooth talkers. Are you listening? Who has requested disclosures? Who has verball...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 11
re    Negotiate like you mean it.Working with clients, serious about buying in this market takes some negotiation. Find out as much about the property, the seller's motivation, and their closing date needs. It's not always about the highest dollar amount. It may be the closing flexibility. Consid...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 26
 So many times we call a part of a home an in-law suite but it may be for extended family, friends wanting to share, caretakers, grandchildren, college kids, boomerang kids, and into day's world a quarantine area. Yes, my sister in law can not visit her grands without a 2 week isolation period. S...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 4
   Have you been waiting for a beautiful brick townhouse condominium in a private location surrounded by lush landscaping in Baltimore County? Take a look at16 Lamplighter Ct. Annen Woods 21208 MLS# MDBC 485792$239,944 Gas fireplace flanked by two sets of sliding glass doors leading to fenced pat...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 19
 Have you been waiting for a beautiful brick townhouse condominium in a private location surrounded by lush landscaping in Baltimore County? Take a look at16 Lamplighter Ct.  Annen Woods 21208 MLS# MDBC 485792$239,944 Gas fireplace flanked by two sets of sliding glass doors leading to fenced pati...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 22
A question inspired this post in our Q&A. Thanks, Bliz. If an email were received by an out of state agent asking about moving to the Baltimore area, I would be ready, willing, and able to answer all their RE questions. It would be my pleasure to help another professional in making this significa...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 17
Why are people buying and selling now? They are not going to put their lives on hold during these uncertain times. Being together, being at home  has caused a need for different types of space. Think of home schooling, home offices and the need for privacy for both.   This is no longer a convenie...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 23
 While watching my sellers at the end stages of packing and moving, we had a few  minutes to chat. They were very organized and we started to make a list of things that needed to be taken care of when moving. There were home inspections, deciding what needed to be packed, what needed to be sold w...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 17
Is it Active? Is it Active Under Contract? What is DOM?Our BRIGHT MLS has a reference sheet to answer these questions and explains the impact and accumulation of Days On Market, aka DOM. When you are not sure of the status, this chart is easy and self-explanatory for everyone to check. If you hav...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 19
 It has been a wonderfully busy month, as you can see by all the "Too Lates" below. And I will be occupied in September and October with the pending sales!   But this is not the time to sit back and relax...this is the time to replenish the pipeline because, without listings, there is no business...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 13
We found the buyer for this beautiful mid-century rancher and  it is TOO LATE4 Green Heather Ct 21208Modern Contemporary UniqueYou deserve the best!  4 Green Heather Ct  Baltimore, Md.21208MLS MDBC499154 5 Bedrooms5 Full Baths  Luxury abounds in this ultra-sleek livable sculpture on a private cul...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 10
 It's not a typical Baltimore County home.Oh, it's pretty enough from the outside, a brick rancher with a double driveway.  But then you enter into a Jay Jenkin's designed interior.   Mid Century Modern Design. Great use of space and space planning. A bright, gourmet custom kitchen makes use of e...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 7
 4 Green Heather Ct 21208Modern Contemporary UniqueYou deserve the best! 4 Green Heather Ct 21208MLS MDBC499154 5 Bedrooms5 Full Baths  Luxury abounds in this ultra-sleek livable sculpture on a private cul de sac.  Five full baths, gourmet kitchen, wood floors, a couple of whirlpool tubs, a gym, ...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 6
7500 Travertine Drive #402Quarry Lake Highlands3 Bedrooms2 Full bathrooms TOO LATEMLS MDBC452098$474,944 Click For PhotosandMore About Quarry Lake at Greenspring      Rarely available! Dogwood model is the largest unit in The Highlands with 1900 square feet, three bedrooms, and two baths. There a...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 10
  A gorgeous four-bedroom brick colonial in the gated community of Valley Gate is TOO LATE  46 Bellchase Ct 21208Valley GateMLS MDBC49872 This one has it all and then some!Huge master suite with high ceilings, two walk-in closets, and a luxurious new bath with granite, walk-in shower, and jetted ...

By Ellie McIntire, Luxury service in Central Maryland
(Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate)
Comments 1
THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN 21228 IS HOT.  Check out the latest Real Estate update in 21228- the HOT seller's market continues in Catonsville. Your house may never be worth this much $$ again!! Click here for an instant quote on the value of your home, it may be worth more than you think! bit.ly/Wh...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 12
What are buyers looking for in a home?  Having been inside for the last six months, many people I speak to are looking at bigger homes and bigger spaces inside.  Is there a basement that they can custom finish. Is there space for that movie theater or other things that may not have been considere...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 17
Be kind to your real estate professionals.It seems like many are on overload, especially our lenders, appraisers, and all the various home inspectors. They are so busy and don't have enough help for the volume of business. And the more popular and professional, the more they are in demand. Be kin...

By Ellie McIntire, Luxury service in Central Maryland
(Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate)
Comments 3
           304 S Hilton Avenue, Catonsville, MD                   Get Directions Click Here                                       OPEN HOUSE                                                                Sun, 1:00PM to 2:00PM                                                                        ...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 60
As a former Pediatric Head Nurse and mother, this post comes from experience.  Observe parents of a first baby.  Everything is new to them-responsible for this brand new little person.All of a sudden, everyone is an expert. It may be the grandparents, in-laws, other relatives, neighbors, and anyo...

By Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400, Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome
( HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400)
Comments 24
  Some people have a compulsive need to be clean and have things in their life be as orderly as possible. This would be known as An obsessive-compulsive personality but not real OCD.    On occasion, clients say they are OCD. For selling, that's a good thing! It is great to have a client like this...

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