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Crofton Home Rental Market

The Crofton MD home rental market has always been robust and continues to be in this challenging real estate market. Crofton Maryland is a great location to live because of it’s proximity to Washington DC, Baltimore and Annapolis.
Right now if you’re looking to rent, Crofton has 29 units available ranging in price from $1,295 [...]

Crofton MD Real Estate Activity

Despite all the bad news you read and hear in the press, homes are selling in Crofton.  While they are staying on the market longer than during the sizzling years, settlements do occur every day.
June had 38 Crofton Homes go to settlement.
The least expensive was a 1 BR, 1 BA on Whitestone Court which went [...]

FSBO Frustration

An owner of a Crofton home for sale stopped in the office this weekend and was complaining to me that agents weren’t showing her home and how unfair that was.  She wasn’t using a REALTOR® but instead was trying to sell it herself.  I welcomed her to the sometimes frustrating world of real estate.  She thought all she [...]

Priced Ahead of the Market

Every once in a while we see a new listing come into the market where the pricing just doesn’t make any sense…especially in the Annapolis MD Real Estate market as it is in 2008.
A new Crofton home for sale appeared in the MLS a couple of days ago and by most pricing standards it sure [...]

Short Sale, Short Temper

 
The Annapolis MD Real Estate market is saturated with short sales today compared to just a few years ago.  Loosely defined, a short sale is a situation where the homeowner owes more on the property than it is worth and is in the process of selling the home.  The short sale scenario is that the [...]

Home Showing Safety

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 [...]

Do Facts Matter?

Without question the real estate market is going through some challenging times.  Prices are down and it’s taking longer to sell a house than it did during the unrealistic years of 2003-2006.  Those years were so far out of the norm for real estate historically that it’s difficult to compare them to what is happening [...]

Staging Resurgance

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 [...]

Picking a Lender

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 [...]

School Redistricting Committee Recommendation

The redistricting committee has voted to make a recommendation to the School Superintendent regarding how to populate the new elementary school being built in Crofton.

All students who live in Walden.
All students who live on the east side of Route 3 who currently attend Four Seasons.
Piney Orchard students off Strawberry Lake between Waugh Chapel and Porceline [...]