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 when you're on the water.  While many people choose to live on the water for the fishing and boating, others simply enjoy the view.

Baltimore City and sixteen Maryland counties border the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in North America.  A search of MRIS (a regional multiple listing system for D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania) yields nearly two hundred homes on the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore City and eleven counties.  There are hundreds more waterfront homes on the market along the rivers, creeks and streams which flow into the Bay. 

Chesapeake Bay waterfront homes come in all shapes, sizes and prices, ranging from a 2 bedroom 2 bath farm house on Smith Island built in 1900, priced at $89,900, to a 7 bedroom 5 bath home built in 1775 in Chestertown, priced at $6,000,000.  141 of these waterfront properties are detached homes, while the others are townhomes or condos.

If you would like to own a waterfront home on the Chesapeake Bay, here is where you will find them*:

• Anne Arundel County - 70 homes, from $299,000 to $4,499,900.
• Baltimore - 2 homes, $314,999 and $650,000
• Baltimore County - 13 homes, ranging from $499,000 to $1,395,000
• Calvert County - 40 homes, ranging from $399,999 to $6,000,000
• Cecil County - 9 homes, ranging from $399,999 to $998,599
• Dorchester County - 7 homes, ranging from $299,500 to $895,000
• Harford County - 3 homes, ranging from $529,900 to $948,000
• Kent County - 8 homes, ranging from $335,000 to $6,000,000
• Queen Anne County - 15 homes, ranging from $698,000 to $4,750,000
• St. Mary's County - 8 homes, ranging from $394,950 to $798,000
• Somerset County - 17 homes, ranging from $89,900 to $1,300,000
• Talbot County - 3 homes, ranging from $735,000 to $2,100,00008

      *  As of 08/01/2007

For more information about the Chesapeake Bay, contact one of the three Maryland agencies that are responsible for Bay matters:

• The Department of Agriculture directs the Office of Resource Conservation which oversees Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Programs.
• The Department of the Environment works on behalf of the Bay through its Science Services Administration.
• The Department of Natural Resources supports the work of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays (formerly Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission) and oversees Aquatic Resources.

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Margaret Woda knows the area, she knows real estate, she knows technology, and she brings the Power of RE/MAX to your real estate transaction.  You can contact Margaret online or call her directly (301) 346-2923 or at RE/MAX Vision (410)451-1900.