crofton md real estate: Why Plant a Wye Oak? - 10/20/07 09:55 PM
Posted to Localism.com and FocusonCrofton.com.
If you are new to Maryland, and not familiar with the Wye Oak, perhaps I should start by telling you what this is all about.
About the species - In 1941, Maryland designated the White Oak (Quercus Alba) as the State Tree.
The white oak is a handsome … (5 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Anne Arundel County MD Real Estate Trends - ABSORPTION RATE - 09/10/07 01:10 PM
(January - August 2007)
ABSORPTION RATE is simply the pace at which homes are absorbed by the market. By measuring the number of homes in inventory and the number of homes sold, we can estimate how long it will take to sell the homes currently available.
The first chart shows the number of properties for sale in Anne … (8 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Anne Arundel County MD Real Estate Trends - DAYS ON MARKET - 09/09/07 10:02 AM
(January - August 2007)
DAYS ON MARKET go up and prices go down when new listings outpace new contracts for homes, as we've seen throughout 2007 in Anne Arundel County MD. The explanation is simple - supply and demand. Housing inventory simply exceeds the number of qualified buyers in the marketplace.
No turn-around in this … (7 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Supertition or Sales Strategy? - 09/08/07 05:33 PM
This week's real estate articles on MarketWatch.com included Countrywide to cut up to 12,000 jobs. New foreclosures set record in latest MBA survey, and How to get a mortgage today. Yawn...
Then I scrolled back to an August post by Amy Hoak, Keeping the faith, which inspired me take a look at the home-selling strategy of burying … (23 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Where's YOUR agent... front row or nosebleed section? - 09/05/07 12:19 PM
Take a look at this seating chart for Comcast Center, the basketball arena at University of Maryland. You'll notice a lot of pretty colors, each representing a more or less desirable section for seating, a wide range of prices, and different expectations.
It's a little like the real estate arena, don't you think? … (29 comments)
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crofton md real estate: UMD Athletics... Your Ticket to In-State College Tuition? - 09/02/07 03:43 PM
Your real estate connection for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, Northrop Grumman, BWI and the U.S. Naval Academy
When our now-grown children were in elementary and middle school, we bought seasons tickets to University of Maryland football games, hoping they would have so much fun they would want … (10 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Buying Real Estate, Sight Unseen - 08/30/07 10:06 PM
Who would do such a thing... buy a house without seeing it. Well, I have three stories for you about people who did exactly that.
A few years ago, One of my Crofton MD seller-clients was retiring and investing her nest egg in a home thousands of miles away in Canada - without seeing it, unless … (30 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Knowing WHO and WHEN are just as important as knowing HOW - 08/30/07 07:03 AM
Just a little food for thought: FOLLOW THE MONEY!
In a Seller's Market, listing is the name of the game. In a Buyer's Market, selling is the name of the game. It's as simple as that.
A Buyer's Market, like we're experiencing today, is a good time for agents to target renters, investors, relocation... for … (25 comments)
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crofton md real estate: 15 Things I DON'T Miss About "The Good Ol' Days" - 08/28/07 11:01 PM
Ahhhh... the good ol' days... Who doesn't think fondly of them? Happy memories of growing up, friends, family, and even some "things" - old photographs, that souvenir from the high school prom, or trophies from our glory days.
In real estate, I probably qualify as well as anybody to talk about the good ol' days, starting as a property manager in 1967 and … (37 comments)
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crofton md real estate: How to Get Business by Farming Your Market Niche - 08/27/07 05:04 AM
IS THERE A MAGIC FORMULA FOR SELECTING A FARM?
Of course there is a magic formula! That's one of the reasons why some agents' farms are more successful than others. You just can't expect to earn a living by mailing to 250 homes with a 2% turnover rate. "I live here, so I farm here" is … (44 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Hug Your Past Clients (Don't Take Them for Granted) - 08/26/07 09:06 AM
Do you ever take past clients for granted? I confess, I'm embarrassed to admit it, I sometimes do. (But that's going to change in the next few days because I'm going to reach out and "hug" my past clients!)
That realization is just one of the many "lightbulb moments" I experienced this week … (27 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Maryland Named to Top 15 "Green" Colleges and Universities - 08/21/07 12:15 AM
Your real estate connection for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, Northrop Grumman, BWI and the U.S. Naval Academy
Have you ever heard of GRIST? Don't feel too bad - I never did either, until I read that the University of Maryland has been named to their Top 15 Green … (6 comments)
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crofton md real estate: NCMC - Update from my lender - 08/20/07 10:59 PM
About ten years ago, I asked the selling agent at a settlement on one of my listings how he found such a GREAT interest rate for his client. He passed me a business card for Chris Washburn at FNMC, a division of National City Mortgage Company (NCMC).
When I called Chris a few days … (21 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Name this super-computer and win $500 - - 08/06/07 10:04 PM
WINNER ANNOUNCED
Are your creative juices flowing today?
If so, maybe you would like to participate in the naming contest for a new desktop super-computer prototype developed by Uzi Vishkin and his team of researchers at The University of Maryland, College Park.
This technology uses uses a circuit board about the size of … (7 comments)
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crofton md real estate: BRAC bringing 22,000 new jobs to Anne Arundel County MD - 08/06/07 06:38 PM
Included in Your Online Relocation Package for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, NSA, Northrop Grumman, BWI, and the U.S. Naval Academy.
Anne Arundel County agencies are scrambling to anticipate the impact of 22,000 new jobs on infra-structure and public services ranging from transportation to education and … (4 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Chesapeake Bay waterfront homes for sale - 08/02/07 12:40 AM
Your real estate connection for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, Northrop Grumman, BWI and the U.S. Naval Academy
There is something about living on the water that is irresistible. Perhaps it's the smells, or maybe the sounds... some folks will tell you it's the calm that encompasses you … (6 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Maryland Loves Cal Ripken! - 07/29/07 11:12 AM
Baseball fans know that Cooperstown = Baseball Hall of Fame. In case you are not a baseball fan, let me bring you up to speed...
This is the day that Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. and San Diego Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn are being inducted into that Hall of Fame, the highest honor … (5 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Legacy of an "old pro" - passing it on to another generation of real estate rookies - 07/25/07 07:01 AM
Those "old pros" - I know they get to you sometimes!
When I was a rookie, a lifetime ago, I had a love-hate relationship with them. In my mind, most of them were old-fashioned, overweight, arrogant - and clients seemed to fall effortlessly into their laps from nowhere. Yet, over the years I have … (65 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Maryland real estate - 5 communities among "Top 100 Best Places to Live" - 07/23/07 06:19 AM
Your real estate connection for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, Northrop Grumman, BWI and the U.S. Naval Academy
Maryland real estate may experience a slight "boom" now that word is out about what a great place it is to live!
Money's list of Top 100 Best Places to Live … (2 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Crofton MD Real Estate - Community Makes Money's "Top 100 Best Places to Live" - 07/23/07 06:02 AM
Crofton real estate is always desirable, but it may be even MORE attractive to folks who are looking for a home in Anne Arundel County now that Money has ranked Crofton in its Top 100 Best Places to Live 2007. Communities around the country were ranked for a variety of factors that impact quality … (0 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Anne Arundel County Real Estate - WATERFRONT CONDOS - 07/17/07 07:32 PM
Waterfront condos are proof that living on the water doesn't have to be a high-maintenance lifestyle! You can sit in your easy-chair, perhaps a hundred yards from your boat dock, listen to the sound of wind-chimes hanging from the masts of nearby sailboats, and leave all the grounds and building maintenance to someone … (3 comments)
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crofton md real estate: HOMEBUYER INCENTIVES - Will they help sell your home (or your listing)? - 07/16/07 07:38 AM
You have the best home on the block, the best block in the neighborhood, and the best neighborhood in your county. But... Is that enough to sell your home quickly, at top dollar, in today's buyer's market?
After years of touring homes with qualified non-contingent buyers, I have to offer an evasive answer of … (13 comments)
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crofton md real estate: Crofton Maryland Real Estate Market Update - February 2007 - 03/13/07 10:41 AM
CROFTON MD 21114
The real estate market in Crofton (21114) was looking up in February, compared to the two previous months.
I consider the best indicator of local market trend to be total new listings compared to total new sales. When new listings significantly outnumber new sales, it is a sign of growing inventory. Based … (1 comments)
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