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On Tuesday there was a sea of REALTOR® blue at Nationals Park in Washington DC for the REALTOR® National Block Party. Agents from across the nation met with their members of Congress and their staffers at the ballpark. One of the hot-button issues NAR was pushing back against was the series of ch...

Changes to pricing for conventional loans are in the news as the proposed changes are set to take place in May.  The reality is that these changes have already taken place, because they are effective for loans delivered to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in May.  Loans closing in the next couple weeks...

Maryland Home Sales Continue to Fall in the March 2023 Maryland REALTOR® Housing Stats     ANNAPOLIS, MD—April 13, 2023—Home sales in Maryland dropped 27.4% to 5,709 units in March 2023, according to the latest Maryland REALTORS® Housing Statistics Report. The average sales price grew just 0.7% ...

This is part II of  major issues that have been uncovered during my marathon transaction " The land mine in the yard" .The Frederick County Association of REALTORS (FCAR) and the local Builders Association (FCBA) have teamed up to form a task force to communicate with the Frederick County Health ...

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...