Montgomery County Maryland Realtor

  Click here or on the bookcover Since 2006 the real estate market completely turned from a seller's market to a buyer's market. I really noticed the Montgomery County, Maryland real estate change in late 2005. Buyers stopped writing offers so quickly and listings were taking much longer to sell....

The chart below is the November real estate statistics in Montgomery County, Maryland for November 2008. the average sale price is down nearly 18%. While it is practically impossible to time the market, it's sometimes easy to read the signs. The signs say these prices are much better than they we...

  The chart below is the November real estate statistics in Montgomery County, Maryland for November 2008. the average sale price is down nearly 18%. While it is practically impossible to time the market, it's sometimes easy to read the signs. The signs say these prices are much better than they ...

The stats for Boyds compared to the same time last year for October were down all around like most elsewhere in the county. Of the eight homes sold, seven were single family homes. The chart below is for stats from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008.     Currently, as of December 3, 2008, there ...

Is buying a home ever simple? The answer is probably not--because of all of the thought that goes into finding the right home and the stress of making the right decisions. Not to metion, the hiccups you can experience along the way. The process, however, is usually the same for everyone and can b...

Are you behind on your mortgage payments? Do you owe more than your house is worth? Are you afraid of suffering the embarrassment of foreclosure? There might be something you can do to avoid what seems inevitable--FORECLOSURE. You've heard the cliche', "Bad things happen to good people." It's tru...

The sales volume numbers in Montgomery County, MD for October 2008 were also up from the same time last year (MRIS stats). That's 2 months in a row. Who says the market is slow? The Total Units Sold in October climbed from the same month in 2007 by 7.11% from 633 to 678. Interestingly enough, the...

This real estate pendulum has swung to the extreme opposite side. What was once a market of buyer's frantically gobbling up any property listed for sale, regardless of price or condition, for fear of losing out on the huge gains has become a market where those same people are now desperate to unl...

Congratulations President Elect Obama for winning the election of the millennium! You ran an amazing campaign that proves your ability to accomplish what some said would be an impossible goal. You exhibited intense focus and steadfast determination and are a true inspiration to all. Without a dou...

Housing sales up 32% in Montgomery County in September! Wow. That's great news. The inventory might be starting to move. The total number of sales in September of 2007 was 583, while in 2008,  768 units sold. Hopefully, the market is starting to shed some of the excess inventory and lean out. Tho...