Buzz Mackintosh's : BuzzMac Blog

Early in 2021, a young couple with three young boys looking for their first home was referred to me by a friend. They were living in their parent's small apartment in the Washington DC suburbs. The market had very limited inventory for entry-level purchasers as we were coming out of the Covid-19...

Maryland Home Sales Continue to Drop Amidst Signs of Improvement in theFebruary 2023 Maryland REALTOR® Housing Stats ANNAPOLIS, MD—March 16, 2023—Maryland home sales dropped 27.9% to 4,268 units in February 2023 against 2022’s figure of 5,923 units, according to the latest Maryland REALTORS® Hous...

Back in 2017 I listed three islands in the Potomac River  consisting of 108 acres between Clear Spring, Maryland, and Falling Waters, West Virginia. After tremendous publicity in the media for a unique listing the State of Maryland submitted a letter of intent to purchase the land. During their e...

According to a recent Washington Post article in 2022 nearly a third of homes purchased last year in this country were cash transactions. An 8% increase from 2021 and the highest since 2014. The number of cash buyers has more than doubled since 2017. Frederick Maryland saw the highest increase in...

Maryland Home Sales Fell 37.7% According to theJanuary 2023 Maryland REALTORS® Housing Statistics Report     ANNAPOLIS, MD—February 13, 2023—Maryland home sales dropped 37.7% to 3,681 units in January 2023 against 2022’s figure of 5,907 units, according to the latest Maryland REALTORS® Housing St...

Frederick County Maryland is home to a community that has something for everyone. Located 40 miles from Washington, DC, and the Baltimore metropolitan area Historic Frederick has been a center of American history since 1745. The County features the best of both suburban and rural living flanked b...

Maryland REALTORS® Releases 2022 Year-End Housing Statistics  In 2022, Maryland’s home sales fell 21.2% to 84,658 units, versus 2021’s figure of 107,407, while the average sales price rose 6.3% to 453,759 and the median sales price rose 6.5% to $385,000. For most of this year, Marylanders witness...

Maryland Home Sales Fell 41.9% in December 2022 and 21.2% for the Year,According to the latest Maryland REALTORS® Housing Statistics Report   ANNAPOLIS, MD—January 17, 2023—Maryland home sales dropped 41.9% to 5,124 units in December 2022, against 2021’s figure of 8,818 units, according to the la...

The official kick-off for the 275th anniversary of Frederick County Maryland will begin with the New Years' Eve Key Drop on Carroll Creek in downtown Frederick December 31st. The event will include Candle Lights on the Creek with hundreds of candles floating alongside the Sailing Through the Wint...

In the past few weeks, I have visited a number of cities that are all decked out for the holidays. The holiday season would not be complete without a trip to see the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center.     At the beginning of December, the Christkindmarkt takes over the old Bethlehem Steel Mil...