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The state of California is reporting an increase in real estate licensees, despite the changes in the market. I can’t find similar stats for Maryland, but according to one source at the Maryland Association of REALTORs, we add 2000 a month. The last stat I read said that 93% of those will not renew their license in […]

Bankrate. com just released their annual closing costs survey results. Maryland fell from 9th highest to number 38. Like last year they left off transfer and recordation taxes. This cost varies from county to county so it would make their survey hard to complete. The costs shown are only those of title, and mortgage. Many

This article is from July 30th, I think things might have quieted down before that, but that’s just my opinion. Regardless of the title of the article, it is a good article specific to our market. (Don’t see those very often) There are some interesting stats, and the author did a good job talking about the

(the article that I originally linked to in this post is gone, but here is the archive of it)   I’m not sure what they found so humbling? It seems to me that they are moving rapidly toward their ultimate goal of selling ads to real estate agents, companies, and other associated businesses. I don’t

The Washington Post recently ran this article on housing in Northern Virginia, and the things sellers are doing now to sell their homes. Our market is not the North Virginia market, we are much better off. They are seeing reductions in value across the board while we are still seeing the market appreciate at near normal