Howe Real Estate Should Be

It’s safe to say we’ve never encountered a housing market nearly as unpredictable as the one we’re in right now. After months of navigating wild fluctuations, homebuyers, sellers, owners, and renters are now desperately trying to read the tea leaves to figure out where real estate prices, invento...

This Weekly Market Report for the mid-Atlantic area provides up-to-date listing and showing information to track market activity in real time. Here are the highlights for the week ending November 27, 2022: Buyer activity stalled during the Thanksgiving week. Homebuying activity always slows durin...

Somerset Elementary School is a highly rated, public school located in Chevy Chase MD. It has 500 students in grades PK, K-5 with a student-teacher ratio of 14 to 1. According to state test scores, 63% of students are at least proficient in math and 72% in reading.  Somerset ES was remodeled abou...

One of the cherished family traditions in our house is watching a performance of the Nutcracker, whether on the PBS channel or at a live production.  My daughter,  Lise Courtney, used to dance at Washington Ballet and I loved her performances as a mouse and then as a soldier on stage at the Kenne...

The Lise Howe Group just sold 9705 Glen Ave. in Silver Spring for $475,000.  The buyer is going to rent this four  bedroom two and a half bathroom home to a lucky family who will fall in love with the large rooms, the big fenced backyard and the updated kitchen.  The bathrooms have all been updat...

Are you looking for a new home within a short walk to downtown Bethesda and the metro?  This two bedroom two and a half bath townhome in Kenwood Forest is perfect!  Located on a quiet courtyard that explodes into color in the spring with a dozen cherry trees, this home is perfect for anyone worki...

Thanksgiving will bring lots to celebrate, including that this spacious three bedroom townhome will be coming on the market!  Located on a quiet courtyard filled with cherry trees that explode into pink blossoms every spring, this Rosewood model townhome offers everything that a discerning buyer ...

The Montgomery County Council has done it again. It has legislated additional  radon testing requirements - this time for landlords. In 2015, Montgomery County implemented a new requirement that all sellers must perform a radon test prior to settlement on all single family properties being sold o...

Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner - so does that mean that you should tell your clients not to think about selling their homes? Your clients likely making plans and thinking about what they want to achieve before the year ends. One of those key decision points could be whether...

The latest news about the housing market has some potential sellers considering whether this is the year to list their homes.  Perspective is always key - but particularly this year when the information seems so conflicting.While the supply of homes available for sale has increased this year comp...