Don’t ever underestimate the genius of criminals trying to get money from you without working. I heard about a new type of fraud going on today that may be coming to the Annapolis MD real estate area.
It goes something like this. Criminals search through recent public domain information regarding house sales. They [...]

Because of the excess inventory in the Annapolis MD real estate market, agents are showing a lot of vacant homes to potential buyers.
Vacant homes can either look spectacular or they could look a bit depressing.  Once you take down all your pictures and remove all your furniture you would be surprised at all of the [...]

The other day one of my clients mentioned that they let two people view their house without an agent.  I know that in this market neither sellers or agents ever want to miss a potential opportunity by not allowing someone into their house.  That’s all well and good but safety should also be kept in [...]

Annapolis MD real estate is staying on the market longer and home sellers need to do everything they can to get an advantage in this market.  Spending a few dollars staging your home is a great way to accomplish this goal.  Here are a few tips to get you started.

The Entrance:  This is the first [...]

The internet is a tremendous resource for so many things…but, in my opinion, it is not a great place to pick a mortgage lender.  Certainly there is no lack of mortgage lenders looking for your business on the internet.  It’s a relatively inexpensive way to make a contact and possibly a sale.
As an agent in [...]

OK, so we all know by now that it’s a difficult real estate market.  Just turn on any news channel and they’ll reinforce that time and time again.  Of course some of it is true.  There are more listings on the market and they are taking longer to sell but it isn’t really as bad [...]

In the Annapolis MD real estate market there is a lot of new construction.  If you’ve ever bought new construction you know what the blue tape is for.  While there are several meetings with the builders representatives before settlement one of the most important is when the purchasers do a walkthrough with the construction representative [...]

The Annapolis MD Real Estate market also comprises a robust rental market as well.  While rental prices are high they could get higher if foreclosures continue to increase.
Investment properties are not immune to the market conditions affecting the general real estate market.  It seems that investors are not necessarily as savvy as they think.  Investment properties are [...]

Lawrence Yun, NAR vice president of research puts the housing crunch in perspective.  2007 will be the fifth highest year on record for existing home sales.  Fifth best ever.
He expects that 5.78 million homes will be sold in 2007 and that number moving up to 6.12 million next year.
Despite some small declines in prices in [...]

Rents in the Annapolis MD Real Estate area could be going up due to a provision in the proposed O’Malley tax increase package.  If Governor O’Malley gets his way one of the increases relates to a new tax on the services that Property Managers provide for owners of rental properties.  If you believe in the [...]