Columbia, MD Real Estate Market Report May 2015The Columbia, MD real estate market includes zip codes 21044, 21045 and 21046.  This market report averages numbers for all 3 markets - see blog link below for details of each zip code!The overall market continues to be hot with hundreds of new listings coming on market this month in Columbia, MD!  The average sold price in May was $341,996 - up about 7% from prices at this time last year.  This market also had a listing price to sold price ratio of 96% - about average for this area but it does show some room for buyer negotiation.Click here to read all the details of the May 2015 Columbia Real Estate Market Report!Ellie McIntire, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, CLHMS and CDPE and The McIntire Team love telling you about the are... 06/22/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland, 21046, Howard County this weekend?There are nine open houses in Columbia Maryland, 21046 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome? Download my FREE APP  BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fiduc... 05/31/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland 21044, Howard County this weekend?There are twenty-three open houses  in Columbia, Maryland 21044 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome?  Download my FREE APP     BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Ag... 05/30/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland, 21045, Howard County this weekend?There are twelve  open houses  in Columbia Maryland 21045 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome? Download my FREE APP  BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fi... 05/30/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland, 21046, Howard County this weekend?There are five open houses in Columbia Maryland, 21046 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome?  BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fiduciary duty is to you, ... 05/23/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland, 21045, Howard County this weekend?There are sixteen  open houses  in Columbia Maryland 21045 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome?  BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fiduciary duty is to y... 05/23/2015

Looking for a open house in Columbia Maryland 21044, Howard County this weekend?There are sixteen open houses  in Columbia, Maryland 21044 this weekend.Looking for a single family home? Condo or townhome?     BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fiduciary duty is to... 05/23/2015

Last night I attended the Sewells Orchard Association meeting in Owen Brown Community Center.The meeting was full of interesting conversations budgets, new upcoming elections and getting this  small community to go paperless. The usual discussions except that there is one home that is in     Sewells Orchard that would like to raise chickens. There is only one home in the neighborhood that is qualified to raise chickens so we needed to vote whether they should or should not be able to raise these chickens. That was not something I expected to hear. The rest of the meeting was pretty boring with the usual topics of conversations.There are only 4 homes for sale at the moment. If you live in Sewells Orchard and would like to know what is your home worth  please contact me I would love the s... 05/20/2015

A meeting full of interesting conversations. One house wants to have chickens oh my.....Other members are complaining about trash can not being brought in. Pretty quiet neighborhood with caring individuals. There are a number of homes for sale. Contact me for more info.  05/20/2015

 Columbia, Maryland, Howard County open houses May 16-17 2015    BEWARE!! During an open house if you do not have a real estate agent representing you, the realtor who is hosting the open house is representing the seller. Many people are unaware of the fiduciary duties of a real estate agent and assume that agents who shows them houses represent them. Not necessarily. If you have not signed an agency agreement that designates you as an agent's client, rather than his customer, the agent is acting as a fiduciary agent of the seller. Fiduciary duties are legal obligations to the client, not the customer. As your Buyer Agent my fiduciary duty is to you, the Buyer. This relationship and agreement includes fidelity, honesty, dedication to purpose and acting in your, the Buyer, best interests... 05/15/2015

Homes for Sale in Laurel, Howard County Maryland, 800-711-7988.Howard County offers wonderful opportunities for home buyers.  While the towns of Columbia and Ellicott City are always popular, there are also many homes for sale in more rural areas.  Known for the very highly ranked public school system, Howard County just may be the place you'd like to buy your next home.To tour homes for sale in Howard County, call Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, 800-711-7988.WE CAN HELP? ______________Examples of homes for sale in Howard County.CLICK house photo for more information. $460,000 9516 KINGSWOOD CT 4 Bedrooms 2 full 1 half Baths MLS# HW8607645 LAUREL Zip: 20723 Subdivision: KINGS WOODS Status: ACTIVE ? Listing Agency:Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Multiple Photos|Virtual Tour|PropertyW... 05/10/2015

Last night I wrote in Q&A a simple question. What does it take to get one of the blogs you write be featured. I explained that I just hit the 50,000 points mark and still no featured blog. How disappointing. Well that has been my focus all day in the ActiveRain community. Well while I was getting wonderful feedback from so many raiders guess what happened? I received the email that I was looking so forward to receiving. That's right a blog I wrote a couple of weeks before will be a feature blog. I was so happy, thrilled. The wonerful BOLD law that I learned became true. I focused of having a featured blog. I said it out loud. I wrote it down and here I am absolutely thrilled!Thank you Kara Moll. Thank you Kerrie. Thank you BOLD. Thank you fellow rainers.  05/06/2015

 What is My Home Worth?  Wondering what is my home worth? Would you like to receive a custom evaluation for your home?       The custom evaluation will including comparisons to other homes that have recently sold or are on the market. Why is that important? The custom evaluation guarantees you receive the most accurate information available so that when you do decide to put your home on the market we are able to price it right!!!! To find out what your home is worth please click Here 05/04/2015

Born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel I had never experienced snow in the end of April. I moved to Aventura (North Miami Beach) at the age of eleven with my family and living there until 2010 I certainly never experienced any snow. Now living in Columbia Maryland for the past five years I had experienced so many records for my area. Record snow followed by record heat.  Hurricane followed by an earthquake. Dorango  and now snow in the end of April. One thing I'm sure of weather is never boring here!!! I love living here!!!! 04/26/2015

7246 Dockside Ln has happy new owners! Just SOLD at Lake Elkhorn in Columbia, MD! There clearly is a right buyer for every home and a right home for every buyer. The amazing Lake Elkhorn views made this townhome so very special but it wasn't the only thing that sold the buyers on it. It had charm and a homey feeling that the buyers (and their agent) felt the other properties in the Village of Owen Brown just did not have... it could have been the views or the lovely hardwood floors or the wood-burning fireplace in the living room or all of its special features ... or simply the fact that the buyers could tell that this home had been loved. My sellers did do a wonderful job of maintaining it and keeping it in show ready condition at all times - considering that we were on the market over... 04/01/2015

  The McIntire Team's HUGE Client Appreciation Event is Saturday, April 4th in Howard County! Our clients are like family to us here at The McIntire Team of Keller Williams and this year marks our 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park in Howard County!  This is our biggest client appreciation event but we do events, contests and surprises for our clients all year long!   Click here to find out more about this special client appreciation event in Maryland!   _____________________________________________________________________________ The McIntire Luxury Home Team Are you are planning to move to Howard County or Catonsville and you want a Buyers Agent that really knows the area? Find out why Goldilocks would use the McIntire Luxury Home Team and you should too (hint - we are jus... 04/01/2015

The Lise Howe Group just sold 9401 Tall Window Way in Kings Contrivance, Columbia MD 21046 for $450,000.  This four bedroom, 2.5 bath colonial had been renovated by the current owners with new bathrooms, a new kitchen, new flooring, fresh paint and landscaping.  The two car garage and family room-kitchen combination were particularly appealing to the new owners, who are talking about a pizza oven and more gourmet appliances in the large kitchen! Even though this beautiful home is gone, there are lots of other homes in Columbia Maryland waiting for someone to fall in love with them!  If you work at the NSA and don't want a long commute, Columbia is the perfect place to call home! If you want a home near NSA and Fort Meade, you should certainly look in Columbia Maryland.  Columbia is also... 03/29/2015

I Am Going To Run Away And Join The Circus! Well, I am not, but my kid could.   When looking for things to do for kids near Catonsville,MD and Columbia, Maryland, we found Center Ring Circus School.  It is owned and operated by Gregory May, a former Ringling Bros. clown.  Greg is so encouraging to all the kids (and I am sure the adults too).  The classes are open to all ages and ability levels.          Syd started at the summer camp last year and loved every minute!  She came home happy and exhausted every night!  She learned how to ride a unicycle, spin plates, balance on balls, juggle, and some basic aerial and trapeze arts.  She fell in love with Aerial and has been taking classes that focus on Aerial since. There are classes for kids and adults.  Most of the classes are in the even... 03/01/2015

Columbia, MD is a 47 year old planned community located between Baltimore and Washington, DC in Howard County, MD.  This popular town is located in Howard County, Maryland  and has tons of national accolades for its excellent schools and commitment to community health and open space.   FOR THE COMPLETE UPDATE ON THE CURRENT COLUMBIA MD REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT FOR JANUARY 2015 (GRAPHS, CHARTS AND DATA) CLICK THIS LINK.    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The McIntire Luxury Home Team Are you are planning to move to Howard County or Catonsville and you want a Buyers Agent that really knows the area? Find out why Goldilocks would use the McIntire Luxury Home Team and you should too (hint - we are just right)!Visit www.FindAHowardCountyHome.com or www.FindACaton... 02/20/2015

June Piper-Brandon Earns NAR’s Military Relocation Professional Certification Military Personnel and Veterans Benefit from REALTOR® Expertise in Military Benefits, the Relocation Process, and Support   Columbia, MD, January 2015 — June Piper-Brandon with Century 21 New Millennium has earned the nationally recognized Military Relocation Professional (MRP) Certification.  The National Association of REALTORS® confers the MRP certification to REALTORS® who want to help military personnel and veterans find housing solutions that best meet their needs and allow them to take full advantage of their military benefits.   When military staff and their families relocate, the services of a real estate professional who understands their needs and timetables can make the transfer easier, faster and ... 02/02/2015