Oregon Ridge in Cockeysville ’s “Spooky Forest Fact Frolic” this Saturday and Sunday October 31 & November 1, 2009

Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville, MD, has so much to offer for people of all ages.

This Saturday and Sunday they will be hosting the “Spooky Forest Fact Frolic“, a free event, where you explore the park to find clues and win prizes!

Start off at the center to pick up your booklet, romp through the spooky forest, and return to get your prize!

For the braver souls, Friday, October 30 from 7-9 offers the “Ghosts of Miners Past” for $2/person. Traipse through the park at night in this tour — which used to be a mining town — and they claim you will meet ghosts of miners who never left the mines!

Oregon Ridge Nature Center is located in Oregon Ridge Park at 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, MD 21030. The Nature Center is open Tuesday through Sunday 9-5, and the park is open daily from dawn to dusk, plus additional hours for special events.

Another great reason to be in Hunt Valley!

Trick or Treat at Hunt Valley Towne Center this Friday October 30, 2009 4-6 pm

Halloween provides for many activities to celebrate the holiday!

Hunt Valley Towne Center is offering trick or treating on Main Street from 4-6 pm on FRIDAY, the 30th to get ready for the 31st!

So get dressed up & come on out to see the spooky ghosts and goblins along Main Street. It is sure to be a Scarily Good Time! You’ll get tricked and treated — while you prepare for the big night in your neighborhood!

Another great activity that the wonderful area that Hunt Valley Real Estate has to offer!

Hunt Valley Towne Center is located at 118 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030. Main Street is the oval drive in the center of the shops and restaurants.

Oregon Ridge Nature Center In Hunt Valley Maryland

Have you been to the Nature Center at Oregon Ridge Park in Hunt Valley? If not, you should give it a visit.

Today was the 28th Annual Honey Harvest Festival, where kids and adults alike were able to see the process of how honey is created from the combs of the bees nests.

Add onto that the petting zoo, the owls, candle dipping, hay rides, and cider making, a fun filled day was ready for all to enjoy.

On a regular basis, there are weekend programs, like Fall programs, Holiday Crafts, and more. Here is the Oregon Ridge site with a calendar of events and more details!

Even when there aren’t special events, the Nature Center is open Tues-Sun 9am-5pm, where you can visit birds, turtles, bees and more, plus get a trail guide to hike around the trail.

Located off Shawan Road West of I-83, and just east of Falls Road, the convenience for a free fun filled time is fantastic!

11626 Hunters Run Drive – Hunt Valley Station – $550,000.00

A Fantastic Single Family Home on Hunters Run Drive in Hunt Valley Station
Four Bedrooms, Two Car Garage, Large Deck and Hardwood Floors Throughout

**Update July 13, 2009, CONGRATULATIONS! WE SETTLED!**

**Update May 5, 2009, Congratulations sellers, we are UNDER CONTRACT!**

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Zillow Zestimates for Towson Real Estate May Be Misleading

Have you ever wondered about those “Zestimates” from Zillow.com ? How accurate are they really?

I pondered this recently, as a listing I have coming on the market in Hunt Valley has a Zestimate about $40,000 LESS than the value determined during my true, in-depth market analysis as a licensed Towson Real Estate Agent. (On the other hand, using their “My Estimator” tool brings the value up to over $110,000 HIGHER than its true value!)  Read more

Another Timonium House Sold Quickly

On January 30th, I wrote about a townhouse in Timonium that sold very quickly due to a smart pricing strategy. The others are all still on the market.

But guess what? A new one came on for $300,000. Sold in THREE DAYS. This one was only 2 BR (they knocked out the wall in between the 2nd & 3rd bedrooms, so it is the same size house as the others), but priced well + showed well = QUICK SALE!

I am excited about the energy in the Baltimore real estate marketplace, got ANOTHER call today about my listing in Hunt Valley at 11626 Hunters Run Drive, an agent who has clients from New York who want to see it as soon as possible.

March is looking very promising for both Baltimore Homebuyers AND Baltimore Home Sellers.

Baltimore Housing Market Gaining Strength

Yes folks, you read that right, the Baltimore Housing Market is Gaining Strength.

What? What was that? The sound of glass breaking? Crashing to the ground in disbelief?

Well, believe it, and I have proof.

My phone, which, for awhile now, I will admit, I thought only made OUTGOING calls, has been ringing. A LOT. Since MONDAY. The spring-like weather? Maybe. The optimism of the new economic stimulus bill? Very likely!

All I know is that I had a house on the market last year in Hunt Valley that we removed from the market to have the home painted, “stuff” removed, and lay low for a little while. SINCE MONDAY I have received three phone calls — one from a perspective buyer, TWO from buyer’s agents who wanted to know, CAN WE SEE IT? When is it coming back on? (The great house: 11626 Hunters Run Drive – the photos will be updated once I get to take the new ones with the fresh paint, cleared out & staged rooms!)

Contracts are starting to flow in & out of my Timonium Real Estate Office. Baltimore Real Estate buyers are starting to realize that they need to get in NOW while the prices AND interest rates are LOW.

So, yes, I am optimistic and excited. There is SO much opportunity in this Baltimore real estate market whether in the Baltimore City real estate market, or the Towson real estate market, or even in the Timonium real estate market, and I urge buyers to take advantage NOW!