Rick Reed on Real Estate

  When Excluding Distressed Sales, Home Prices Show Monthly Gain 03/07/2012BY: ESTHER CHO  DSNews.com While home prices declined on a year-over-year basis in January 2012, a month-over-month gain was seen when excluding distressed sales, according to CoreLogic’s January Home Price Index (HPI). Pr...

2012 Saint Patrick's Day Parades in the Washington, DC Area By Rachel Cooper, About.com Guide Washington, DC celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a parade along Constitution Avenue featuring floats, marching bands, pipe bands, military, police, and fire departments. Enjoy these photos of the Nation...

  What's In, Out of Smaller Homes?   by Broderick Perkins  Realty Times.com Buy a super-sized, outdated home today and you could have a tough time selling it when it's time to move on. By 2015, new homes will be 10 percent smaller, greener and packed with more technology and "universal" features ...

Goodbye, paper. Hello,'e-closings' Electronic processes are poised to make homebuying easier on the wallet — and on trees. By Leah L. Culler of MSN Real Estate When Charles Schaffner of West Haven, Utah, closed on a home recently, he didn't leave with a giant stack of paperwork. Instead, he left...

  The Elusive Small-House Utopia   By Andrew Rice  Published: October 15, 2010 Every year, in conjunction with a big trade show, the magazine Builder creates something it calls its “concept home.” The house is an exhibition on a theme — the 2004 edition, for example, was called the Ultimate Famil...

March 2012 Family Fun Events in Montgomery County, MD (Washington DC suburbs) ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE,  HORRIBLE,   NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY March 2 – April 9, 2012  Book and Lyrics by Judith ViorstBased on the book by Judith Viorst  Music by Shelly Markham Directed by Gail Humphries Mardirosian ...

Housing Crisis to End in 2012 as   Banks Loosen Credit Standards   01/24/2012 DSNews.com 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 scor...

Proposed Bill to Speed Up Short Sale Process and Prevent Foreclosure  02/20/2012  BY: ESTHER CHO  DSNews.com To avoid losing homes to foreclosure due to long response times for short sale transactions, three senators introduced legislation to speed up the short sale process. Senators Lisa Murkows...

A renovated beauty near the ICC, Norbeck Road and Georgia Avenue...plus a NEW PRICE!  Click here to see the Virtual Tour for: 15811 Radwick Lane Silver Spring, MD 20906 Property is listed for $434,900 Tax Yr: 2011 Est. Taxes: $4,876 Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.   Renovated/...

  Real Estate Outlook: Housing at Forefront of Concerns by Carla Hill As the race for the 2012 Presidential Election gets rolling, a new survey from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows what is on voters' minds. Topping the list of concerns for voters is the importance of homeow...