maryland: Sex, Murder and Real Estate Revisited - Disclosure and Stigmatized Properties
- 07/25/10 06:23 AM
Sex, Murder and Real Estate Revisited - Disclosure and Stigmatized Properties A recent e-mail from a buyer asked: What do you know about [property address omitted]? Was someone murdered in this house? Why don't they have any pictures online? It looks like a great location. Can you get me any more information? About the house or about the murder? Troy McMullen wrote in Sex, Muder and Real Estate: Notorious Homes a Hard Sell: "... homes tainted by gruesome murder, high-profile sex scandals or messy tabloid divorces are a tough sale ..." It's hard enough to sell high-profile homes where something has (4 comments)
maryland: Real Estate Market Review - July 2010
- 07/18/10 07:25 AM
Real Estate Market Conditions - When Price Doesn't Overcome All Objections I remember an occasion early on in my real estate career when I was getting ready to meet with sellers who's home hadn't sold. It was after the office closed but there was another agent besides myself still working. The sellers had come in and we were talking about why they hadn't had an offer. There had been plenty of showings, but no offers, not even a bad offer. For the rest of the story click here. Market Assessment, Anne Arundel County, June 2010 Total Sales Volume was up 29.9% (0 comments)
maryland: Market Assessment, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - June 2010
- 07/18/10 06:52 AM
Market Assessment, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - June 2010 The June 2010 data is now available from MRIS.com for Anne Arundel County, Maryland and other metro-Washington and metro-Baltimore counties. To quickly summarize the information for June, the average sale price increased by 6.8% and the dollar volume increased by 29.4% from this time last year, while month-over-month prices increased by 9.3% and the dollar volume increased by 29.9%. There was also an increase in total units sold over last year which increased by 21.1% and an 18.9% month-over-month. The likely cause of this is one several reasons - two stand out. First, June is the last month when buyers could (0 comments)