lise howe group: New Cookie Sheets Started the Home Search
- 06/05/16 12:16 PM
Sometimes it is the inability to replace a retiring landscaper that makes a seller call you to come list the house or maybe it is a new set of cookie sheets that doesn't fit in the old oven and suddenly the homeowner is looking for a new home. You just have to hear the sounds of change in the air!
New Cookie Sheets Started the Home Search
This is a true story and shows how a home buyer can seem to be content one moment and unsettled and discontent the next. It was Christmas Day and one of the wife's gifts … (2 comments)
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lise howe group: Try the Pizza at the Mussel Bar in downtown Bethesda, MD!
- 05/27/16 09:08 PM
Yesterday was the first day of summer in Bethesda - even though the calendar says we have a full month remaining of spring. I wanted to eat outside for lunch with my family and The Mussel Bar at 7262 Woodmont Avenue seemed to be the perfect place. I have always loved their location right on Woodmont Avenue between the American Tap Room and Raku. In the warm weather there are large umbrellas with pink elephants (for the Delerium Beer Company) shading the tables on the sidewalk outside the restaurant.
Last week I decided to embrace the many options for pizza in Bethesda and … (12 comments)
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lise howe group: The Lise Howe Group Listed and Sold 15213 Buckeye Court, Gaithersburg
- 05/25/16 09:19 PM
Built by Wohlfarth Construction 15213 Buckeye Court looks like a traditional colonial with brick exterior, dormered roof, and a three car garage. Appearances can be deceiving though! This home has been built with attention to high energy efficiency so that you will always be toasty warm and enjoy low energy bills.
What more could you ask for? A big living room, a large family room with a coffered ceiling, and slipper tub in the master bath are just a few of the treats for you. If you are looking for an estate home over $1,000,000 please give us a call at 240-401-5577 … (11 comments)
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lise howe group: Fox Hill Residences Condominiums-Downsizing Never Seemed So Beautiful
- 05/22/16 04:51 AM
THE FOX HILL RESIDENCES CONDOMINIUMS
BETHESDA MD 20817
Why Live at the Fox Hill Residences Condominiums in Bethesda MD 20817?
There comes a day when you are just done with shoveling snow or cutting the grass. My aunt sold her home and moved when the furnace needed to be replaced and she was tired of dealing with home maintenance issues. Suddenly, retirement means more than not going to an office! It means simplifying your life so you don't have to wait for repairmen and waste your weekends on a Honey Do List!
Where to go though when you live in Bethesda or Northwest Washington. While Leisure … (11 comments)
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lise howe group: Why Get Client Testimonials? (It's not why you think)
- 05/17/16 10:57 PM
I am working really hard to improve the number of testimonials we have for new clients to read before they decide to hire us. Yelp is our most successful source so far and it is providing consistent leads of a high quality. I know that it is worth the time and effort to generate those testimonials but this blog provides an entirely different discussion of value - that I hadn't thought of before. I hope you enjoy this blog as much as I did.
Why Get Client Testimonials? (It's not why you think)
Whether or not … (12 comments)
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lise howe group: 7507 Cayuga Avenue Bethesda MD 20817 Went Under Contract in a Weekend
- 05/17/16 10:50 PM
Everyone who came to the two open houses the first weekend said it was a great house. The photos captured the beauty of the house- and when people came to see the house, no one was disappointed. The garden was in full bloom and enticed everyone to spend time outside on the terrace. It was a perfect weekend that resulted in multiple offers, even on Mother's Day, and a delighted seller.
It was in large part thanks to the sellers. The house was lovely to start with, but they painted, decluttered, and rearranged in anticipating of going on the market. It was … (3 comments)
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lise howe group: Lakeshore Townhouse Condos at Parthenon Court - Bethesda's Best Value
- 05/01/16 11:56 AM
THE LAKESHORE TOWNHOMES CONDOMINIUMS
BETHESDA MD 20817
Why Live at the Lakeshore Townhomes Condominiums in Bethesda MD 20817?
If you are looking for a green paradise set on the edge of Bethesda backing to Cabin John Park, then the Lakeshore Townhomes Condominiums are for you! These townhomes offer a wonderful lifestyle whether you are downsizing or just starting out. AND THEY ARE PET FRIENDLY!!
Located just off Democracy Boulevard and Westlake Drive, the Lakeshore Townhomes offers easy access to Rockville and Bethesda and the rest of the metro area by way of I-270 and the Beltway. The community is so friendly here and the surroundings so beautiful, why would … (6 comments)
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lise howe group: Market Report - Bethesda Maryland March 2016
- 04/26/16 12:12 PM
The Bethesda Maryland real estate market has started to slow. Pending sales are decreasing while inventory is starting to increase, and the months of supply has begun to creep up.
The closed sales among single family homes has been stronger than that for condos and townhouses. Hopefully April will turn the tide and put us back into a positive direction.
The pending sales have stayed consistent with the five year average, suggesting a stronger spring.
A cause for concern however is the dramatic growth in Active Listings - up nearly 30%. This will stall the market if the buyers don't return this … (6 comments)
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lise howe group: Maryland's Blue Crab Harvest is Up - Get Your Old Bay Seasoning Ready!
- 04/16/16 09:36 PM
Summer is coming and for many people along the East Coast, that means at least one lazy afternoon at a crab shack, drinking ice cold beer and picking delicious crab meat from hot and spicy Maryland blue crabs, fresh from the steamer and liberally dusted with Old Bay seasoning. In recent years, that summer treat has been ridiculously expensive as the crab population in the Chesapeake bay dwindled.
The Maryland blue crab population, one of nature's gifts, depends on a healthy Chesapeake Bay and stable weather. Happily, the Maryland blue crab is alive and well this summer! State officials are predicting a … (32 comments)
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lise howe group: Beautiful But Practical! 100% Wheel Chair Accessible Colonial
- 04/08/16 01:02 PM
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lise howe group: 5 Pop-By Ideas for Your Current Sellers
- 04/02/16 01:06 PM
I love these ideas, which work really well not only for sellers but buyers too - after all, they are moving too - it is just a question of timing - before or after closing. Can you imagine how far you will rise in your client's estimation if you arrive with a box of cleaning supplies, water, power bars, plastic bags and tissues! Markers and masking tape would also be well received!
Selling a home can be a stressful and emotional process for many people. Take the stress out by delivering one of these Pop-Bys to your current sellers.
Packing supplies. … (13 comments)
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lise howe group: The Empty Pipeline Syndrome
- 04/01/16 09:56 PM
This is now an oldie but a goodie because it is the 8th time it has been reblogged. (I would love to know if this is a record.) However, it seems even more important to read right now in the spring market when we are all thankfully (hopefully) busy up to our eyelashes!
As this blog so perfectly says, what you are doing now will determine your business in six to eight weeks. I have six listings coming on in the next month. My buyer's agent has put at least that many homes under contract in the past few weeks and … (27 comments)
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lise howe group: Shopping For a Home: Understand What You Can Buy
- 03/24/16 10:14 PM
It is so important to talk with your lender and find out all the restrictions that go with your loan program. For example, if you are looking for a condominium, the type of loan can restrict the buildings that you can consider. Talk to your lender! Make sure you get as flexible a loan as possible!
As a home buyer understanding what you can buy is much more than your budget. Understanding what you can buy also includes the type of property and conditions of sale.
I am not a mortgage expert. I leave that up to the professionals who are quite capable … (7 comments)
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lise howe group: A Place Where the Real Housewives of Potomac Live - Avenel
- 03/23/16 12:32 PM
I won't tell you where the stars of the Real Housewives of Potomac live - but I can tell you a place where you can live and be a real housewife of Potomac! Lights! Camera! Action! You can be a star too - at least to your own family!
If you are looking for a great community with fantastic schools generally in the $1M to $3.5M price range, you can't do much better than Avenel just off Bradley Blvd and Persimmon Tree Lane! If you want to live in Potomac, just give the Lise Howe Group a call at 240-401-5577 to start … (20 comments)
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lise howe group: How to Control Mosquitoes Naturally - Summer is Coming
- 03/19/16 11:46 PM
I just read an article on Houzz about spring maintenance, and one item on the to do list was to eliminate standing water to combat mosquitoes. As everyone knows, mosquitoes love to lay their eggs in standing water. Even a thimble sized patch of standing water can host a mosquito looking for someone to lay her eggs.
When I was growing up in Gainesville Florida, I remember the fog trucks going down the street every week, spreading some chemical cocktail to keep the mosquito population at bay. We don't do that here in the DC metro area, at least not in … (12 comments)
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lise howe group: Ravens and Eagles in the Skies Above Washington DC!
- 03/15/16 11:02 PM
If you don't live in Washington, you probably think that the city is filled with monuments and government workers and nothing else - but we actually have an ecosystem that is friendly to wild animals - and not just the urban kind. Birds are returning to the skies above the District. Eagles returned to D.C. for the first time in 50 years in 2015 - so now there are three nests in Washington! And nests mean eaglets!
The first nest was speculated—and later confirmed—to be in the National Arboretum and then another one was discovered at the Metropolitan Police Department's training facility academy. And now, a … (43 comments)
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lise howe group: Free Pancakes at IHOPs in Montgomery Co MD for National Pancake Day
- 03/07/16 07:30 PM
Is there any better way to treat yourself than with a stack of pancakes for breakfast. After all, today is National Pancake Day! The answer must be - Go for it!
The people at IHOP in Bethesda want you to celebrate National Pancake Day so they are giving you some really good reasons to indulge! head to the nearest IHOP, which will celebrate its 11th annual National Pancake Day on Tuesday, March 8.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m today, IHOP customers can enjoy a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes at one of six IHOP locations in Montgomery County, including Silver Spring, … (14 comments)
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lise howe group: Rents Slowing Down in Washington DC and Baltimore
- 03/06/16 09:52 PM
According to a recent article in Inman, citing Yardi's February Matrix Monthly, a report covering 111 rental markets throughout the nation. the national average apartment rental price rose $7 to an all-time high of $1,175, representing a 0.6 percent monthly gain and 5.9 percent annual gain.
However, rental price gains are slowing, and Yardis that suggest the overall rental growth for the rest of 2016 will be moderate compared with 2015. Declining growth of technology and oil are putting a damper on markets like Denver, Houston, San Francisco and Portland.
I am seeing a slowing down of rental activity within the DC market. … (9 comments)
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lise howe group: Just in Time for Easter-Giant Rabbits at the Ballpark in Washington DC
- 02/29/16 08:11 PM
There aren't any baseball games going on right now but there is definitely a reason to go to The Nationals' stadium, The Yards Park! You want to visit the temporary installation, Intrude, a public-art project by Australian artist Amanda Parer that has toured worldwide. The work consists of five nylon, inflatable bunnies arrayed in various lifelike poses on the lawn at the western edge of the park, alongside the Anacostia River. Measuring up to seven meters tall, the figures contain light-sensitive panels that gradually illuminated the leporids with a warm, white glow from within.
Parer designed Intrude to both evoke and contradict … (14 comments)
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lise howe group: It's a Small World in DC Metro Real Estate
- 02/29/16 10:21 AM
I had a settlement this evening in Virginia - the happy conclusion of a five month long short sale negotiation. As you can imagine, it was a wonderful day for the buyer and a bittersweet day for the sellers, but they handled the closing with dignity and grace.
The settlement was moderately interesting since it started at 6:30 on February 29th - I have never had a settlement that started at 6:30 in the evening but that was not what made it really special. It was the parties to the transaction who made it so special.
Mr. Seller was from South America. Mrs. Seller was … (5 comments)
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Sometimes it is the inability to replace a retiring landscaper that makes a seller call you to come list the house or maybe it is a new set of cookie sheets that doesn't fit in the old oven and suddenly the homeowner is looking for a new home. You just have to hear the sounds of change in the air! 
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