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  Mark your calendars and come see us at our Open Houses during National Open House Weekend.   We have 3  Open Houses scheduled on Sunday April 29th from 1PM-4PM, all wonderful listings that you won't want to miss!!   9911 Willow Tree Terrace Rockville, MD (Offered at $1,025,000) 9800 Bald Cypre...

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine When tackling home remodeling projects, you’ll find some projects pay off more than others at times of resale. Remodeling Magazine, in conjunction with REALTOR® Magazine, recently released findings of its annual Cost vs. Value report for 2011-2012, r...

Housing Crisis to End in 2012 as Banks Loosen Credit Standards 01/24/2012 By: Krista Franks  Capital Economics expects the housing crisis to end this year, according to a report released Tuesday. One of the reasons: loosening credit. The analytics firm notes the average credit score required to a...

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Many sellers want to wait until the spring before putting their home on the market. This might be for any of several reasons: They don’t want to be inconvenienced during the holiday season. They believe that they will see more potential buyers and as a result will get a higher price. In the north...

Learn the rules of Fannie Mae before buying a home from the agency By Harvey S. Jacobs, Published: September 30 Looking to buy a home from Fannie Mae? You’d better hurry. According to its most recent SEC filing, only 135,719 single-family properties were in Fannie Mae’s inventory at the end of J...

Late last year, banks were warned that they needed to guarantee that the paperwork necessary to start a foreclosure process on a family was both accurate and complete. Since then, the banks have slowed down the foreclosure process while they re-examined their procedures. They are now confident th...

With three or four months of hibernation right around the corner, you think that you might be nervous about what things are going to look like when the alarm clock finally sounds off come spring? The truth is that shoring up our homes in autumn is an important preventative step in warding off maj...

Windows of Opportunity Beginning to Close for Sellers We have suggested that sellers who need to sell within the next 18 months had a ‘window of opportunity’ to sell at higher prices. They needed to put their houses up for sale immediately before a flood of distressed properties were introduced ...

Luxury and Vacation Homes Are Selling It has been a trying time for most segments of the real estate industry. However, two areas that are showing improvement are the luxury home and vacation home markets. It seems that people in these segments are again beginning to purchase. Vacation Homes Las...