buying the right house: Slow Down In This Fast Market
- 05/14/21 10:25 AM
The last few homes that have gone under contract this year have been not from local buyers but DC, Silver Spring, California, Pa, and New Jersey.
Our market is strong, and our prices are up but not as high as other places around the country. People see the value in our Baltimore homes, our proximity to DC, our International airport, our four seasons, our excellent choice of hospitals, health care, our Inner Harbour, excellent restaurants, and the fact that you can get a lot more house and land in Baltimore than in the other places mentioned above.
Maybe this is the time to … (13 comments)
buying the right house: Not Quite Over
- 04/28/19 06:47 PM
There was a featured post written by Jeff Dowler talking about communication withdrawal...go ahead take a minute to read if you haven't already. With several closings in the next couple of weeks, a few more under contract, more active listings, and a few that are coming soon... it is all the different phases of these transactions that are so interesting. In the beginning, it is doing everything that has to be done to get a home listed or get a buyer qualified. It is all the questions to find out what our buyers and sellers need. Why are they selling? Where are … (12 comments)
After working with someone for a while they finally say, 'This is the one - I want this house."
Instead of whipping out a contract and saying "Sign here," try asking a few questions.
Years ago I helped a family avoid, what would have been, a mistake.
I asked, "What do you like so much about this house?" She answered with the obvious things - the land around it, the building that would house her office and a wonderful updated kitchen. Those are the tangibles and easy to identify. It's the intangibles that make a home. It's the intangibles … (8 comments)
The last few homes that have gone under contract this year have been not from local buyers but DC, Silver Spring, California, Pa, and New Jersey.
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