The MD Suburbs of DC

Lately, I've been running a series on real estate market trends for 10 zip codes in the MD Suburbs that I service on a pretty regular basis.  So far I've run the charts for: Bowie, MD 20720 Bowie, MD 20715 Greenbelt, MD 20770 What I've seen so far is not encouraging.  Prices are still continuing ...

In a recent blog post about shoveling snow in front of a vacant listing, I took a little time to toot my own horn and shoot a little video. Yeah it was a pain in the patootie and it took about 2 and half hours to shovel a path from the road to the front door. It was worth it, though, because peop...

A couple of Blog posts ago I put the question out there:Since home buyers love to look at photos on the Internet and many buyers eliminate homes without photos is it appropriate to put photos of homes that need lots and lots of TLC? The trend of the comments was:  Yes, it was a good idea to put p...

Great Investment Opportunity in Rockville, MD Overview Maps Photos Features Description Market Stats $350,000 Single Family HomeFor Sale Main Features 4 Bedrooms2 Bathrooms1 Partial BathroomInterior: 3396 sqftLot: 16,973 sqft Location 5104 Clavel TerraceRockville, MD 20853 Ken Montville RE/MAX A...

Greenbelt MD | Condos for Sale | near U of MD | near Goddard Space Flight Center | Pool Overview Maps Photos Features Description Market Stats $149,900 CondominiumFor Sale Main Features 2 Bedrooms2 BathroomsInterior: 1168 sqft Location 7917 Mandan Rd201Greenbelt, MD 20770 Ken Montville RE/MAX Ad...

Everyone knows that the home buying consumer loves photos.  They look at them constantly on the Internet.  I doesn't matter if they're the still photos the Realtor took, a Virtaul Tour a professional put together or something done with one of those cute little Flip things. I've been seeing a lot ...

About a month ago or so (it was recent but I can't remember exactly when), Zillow sent me a nice e-mail telling me that I can continue to manually update my listings on Zillow for a nominal fee (about $10, as I recall) and it would be good for six months.  Well, I was none to pleased about this a...

I just came away from the second workshop in as many months about the new RESPA guidelines for the "new and improved" Good Faith Estimate and HUD-1. I understand it was devised to make the costs involved in the home buying process clearer, more understandable and more transparent.   Puh...leeze! ...

Here's a confession:  I hate short sales.  I do my very best to avoid them either on the listing side or the selling side.  Yeah. I know.  People tell me all the time  that "this is the market" and, if I'm going to survive, I have to learn and work with short sales.  Bah Humbug. To be sure, I hav...

  Rather than mess around with predictions for next year, I thought I'g really go out on a limb and make some predictions for the next decade.  After all, they're just as likely to come true and with all this nostalgia stuff on the Web and on TV about our first decade in the 21st Century, I thoug...