Realities of Real Estate: Showing your home is key part of sales process 
BY: Bob and Donna McWilliams
POSTED: May 18, 2012
Tags: bob and donna mcwilliams, buyer, house, market, mortgage, realities of real estate, sale, showing
When you put your house up for sale, people will obviously need to come take a look at it. In real estate lingo, the process of having total strangers nose around your house is called a “showing.” This week, we thought we’d talk about how showings work, how to prepare for a showing and what [...]
Real Estate Weekly – 5/18/12: Boscov’s returning to White Marsh Mall
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Boscov's, Broad Street Realty, garrett county, housing, IP DataVault LLC, Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, MacKenzie GIS & Research, maryland, Merritt Properties, PLDA Interiors, real estate weekly, realities of real estate, Samantha Humphreys, The MacKenzie Cos.
Boscov’s returning to White Marsh Mall Boscov’s will open a department store at White Marsh Mall in November, inside the same 197,000-square-foot store that it closed in 2008, along with two others in the Baltimore area, after filing for bankruptcy protection. “I’m glad we are returning to White Marsh Mall,” said Albert Boscov, chairman and [...]
Mortgage rate falls to record low 3.79%
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: fannie mae, freddie mac, interest rate, low, mortgage rate, record
WASHINGTON — Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.79 percent. That’s down from [...]
National foreclosures drop again in April
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: april, Brandon Moore, CEO, decrease, drop, Economy, Foreclosures, greater baltimore board of realtors, housing, Keller Williams Select Realtors, Real Estate, RealtyTrac, united states
National foreclosure filings in April hit the lowest monthly total since July 2007, a new report by the data firm RealtyTrac shows. The filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 188,780 properties in the U.S. last month, a 5 percent decrease over figures from March and a 14 percent [...]
Numbers suggest housing market is recovering
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: commerce department, Economy, housing, housing market, jobs, market, National Association of Home Builders, Real Estate, recovery, Unemployment
WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground in April at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 717,000 homes. That’s a 2.6 percent increase [...]
Housing starts rose to 717,000 in April
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: apartments, builders, building permits, commerce department, construction, homes, housing starts, jobs, mortgage rates, national association of home builders/wells fargo builder sentiment index, national association of homebuilders, single-family homes, Unemployment
WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground in April at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 717,000 homes. That’s a 2.6 percent increase [...]
Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: architect frank gehry, d.c., Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Eisenhower Memorial design, memorial, national mall, sculpture, washington
WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes Tuesday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months. The family had complained the design focuses too much on Eisenhower’s humble Kansas roots, rather than his accomplishments. Members of the [...]
Hagerstown aims for usable new ballpark by 2015
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: hagerstown, hagerstown city council, Hagerstown Suns, mayor robert bruchey, minor league baseball, municipal stadium, stadium, washington county, washington nationals, winchester
HAGERSTOWN — The city of Hagerstown is pushing to have a downtown minor-league baseball stadium built by the 2015 season. Mayor Robert Bruchey tells the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown that he wants to proceed with formal architectural designs despite the lack of a funding commitment from the state and a long-term contract with the Hagerstown Suns. [...]
Realities of Real Estate: Motivation matters in buying, selling homes
BY: Bob and Donna McWilliams
POSTED: May 11, 2012
Tags: bob mcwilliams, buying, donna mcwilliams, home, maryland, mortgage, Real Estate, realities of real estate, selling
Buyers and sellers of real estate don’t all have the same degree of motivation. Generally, we see three different types of customers. First, there are those who have an urgent need to buy or sell. Because of job change, financial difficulties, divorce or some other personal event, there are buyers and sellers who want to [...]
Real Estate Weekly – 5/11/12: Charles Village Pub celebrates reopening
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 11, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, charles villiage pub, Corporate Office Properties Trust, Enterprise Community Investment Inc., First Potomac, lease, maryland, real estate weekly, Rockville Corporate Center, Shady Grove Fertility Center, the bozzuto group, Wittenbach Business Systems Inc.
Charles Village Pub celebrates reopening The Charles Village Pub, at 19 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Towson, held its grand reopening ceremony Thursday to celebrate its restoration from a devastating fire that destroyed the popular restaurant in January 2011. Owners Rick Bielski, and Eric and Melony Wagner were joined by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz at [...]
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