The Ramblings of a Baltimore Area Realtor
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2008
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Baltimore is one of those amazing cities that has so many personalities and so many distinct neighborhoods that there is something for everyone. On May 10th, buyers will have the opportunity to participate in the Buying into Baltimore Home Buying Fair - west side. The fair is held at the Polytec...
03/13/2008
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With homes staying on the market for much longer these days sellers, especially absentee sellers, are getting uncomfortable with paying holding costs while homes continue to be shown. Lease to own is a definite option for many sellers to offer to recoup some of the carrying costs or perhaps even...
03/10/2008
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I have had a very productive end of week and weekend. My listings are getting showings and buyers are out looking at homes and seeing a good selection. I noticed yesterday that the crocuses and snowdrops are coming up in my yard and the leaves are sprouting for my lilies and daffodils.Yesterday...
03/09/2008
The market has really started to heat up, with more buyers searching for their first or next home. The number of new listings has increased and the number of homes going under contract has also increased. The numbers boast an improvement in the housing market here in Maryland.These figures are ...
03/08/2008
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Our phones are ringing, home owners and investors are listing their homes and investment properties in record numbers. Buyers are calling in record numbers to buy homes. Are you a licensed real estate agent in the state of Maryland? Or, are you thinking about becoming a licensed agent?We are s...
03/04/2008
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Our office is heavily involved in recruiting right now and one of the biggest objection I have heard lately is our commission splits. Our splits, I think, are quite high and a new agent can expect to start at a 70/30 split after completing a short mentoring and training period. We have a fairly...
03/03/2008
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The spring market is actually heating up. And with all of the bad news in real estate nationally, here are two pieces of critical GOOD news: 1. Baltimore showed a net increase of 2.1% in prices for 2007 (according to Zillow) 2. Baltimore falls in tier 4 of the PMI Group's national assessment of R...
03/03/2008
I have been keeping an eye on the marketplace here in my office's home county. There has been an increase in activity, more calls, more buyers, more listings overall and more contracts being written and statistically shown here more sales settled this week. It's great for us as realtors and als...
03/03/2008
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For the last couple weekends I have been showing homes in one of Baltimore City's wonderful neighborhoods - Hampden. Hampden is a great neighborhood with a great commercial district, lots of neat shops. I read somewhere that Hampden won't allow any chains to locate stores in their area. Now, t...
03/02/2008
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