The Hagerstown housing market’s recovery is still establishing itself. It’s not exactly in its infancy, but I would say it has a way to go before we can call it ‘mature.’ The majority of predictions for the rest of 2013 remain widely positive, and the young housing recovery is being strongly supported by continuing low mortgage rates. This might easily lull prospective home sellers into assuming they will automatically have a simple selling process, but housing upturn or not, it’s no time to go to sleep. In short, it’s still a good idea for Washington County sellers to take as much care as ever before — especially when it comes to choosing a real estate professional to represent their property. ASK. Don’t be afraid to ask every candidate for evidence that they have ample experience in s... 04/30/2013

Previously, we cited three of the most common mistakes sellers make after listing their Hagerstown property for sale. Here are three more: Proper Insurance When you have a Hagerstown property for sale, it’s more important than ever to see that your homeowners insurance is up to date. It is highly unlikely that someone will have an accident on your premises, but the increase in the number of visitors makes it prudent to be well covered. Of course you will want to mitigate obvious potential hazards like broken glass or exposed nails — but should also have a foolproof system for making pets a non-issue during showings. Contractual Terms With your Washington County property for sale, it’s only natural for your primary focus to be on the bottom line: the sale price. When an offer arrives wit... 04/29/2013

Setting the Stage for Hagerstown Real Estate Listings, Remember the days when you didn’t have to rummage furiously through the house to find a ringing phone, because it stayed where it was supposed to be—plugged into the wall? You remember: it used to take less than 10 minutes to check out the TV listings because there weren’t hundreds of channels. And a gallon of gas cost less than a loaf of bread… Of course, those days are long gone. Unless you want to live on an isolated island somewhere in an underdeveloped country, that’s that. In the real estate profession, the good ol’ days are gone, too. When I’m helping a client sell his or her home, I make the most of the fact that the super-highway to today’s buyer is no longer the newspaper or snail mail. It’s the Web. It’s the listings. The... 03/30/2013

WOW - EXIT NAMED #1 NEW NATIONAL REAL ESTATE FRANCHISE BRAND 36,485.00 Agents recruit today!!!!!According to the 2007 edition of the Swanepoel Trends Report that was published inFebruary, EXIT Realty is ranked as the leading "New" National Real Estate Franchise brand, aheadof Help-U-Sell®, Weichert Realtors®, Sotheby's Real Estate® and Avalar®.Founded in 1996 in Ontario, Canada by Steve Morris, EXIT Realty entered the USA onlyeight years ago. With projections of over 1,500 franchises sold and over 50,000 agents recruitedby December 2007, EXIT has become the fastest growing real estate company in North America.The Swanepoel Trends Report is widely accepted as the leading publication on change andtrends in the real estate industry. The 2007 Report provides a thorough examination of the to... 04/29/2007