Maryland Tax Free Energy Star appliance weekend is February 16-18, 2019. The Energy Star appliances that qualify, per the Maryland Comptroller’s website: Air conditioners Washers and dryers Furnaces Heat pumps Boilers Solar water heaters (tax-exempt at all times now) Standard size refrigerators Dehumidifiers Programmable thermostats Compact fluorescent light bulbs The "Shop Maryland Energy weekend" happens from [...]
Cigarette smoke smell can reduce the resale value of homes comes from a post by Realtor.com, the website of the National Association of Realtors about this topic. The Realtor.com article states that cigarette smoke can reduce the resale value of a home by up to 29 percent! There are a number of ways to attempt [...]
Am I being recorded when viewing a house? Potentially, yes. The TODAY Show did a segment about people recording showings in their houses, making people aware of something they may not have been before. This is something I have cautioned people about for a few years - that you never know if you are being recorded [...]
The Maryland property tax rate is not as high as many believe. I hear pretty often that the Maryland property tax rate is one of the highest in the country. Though it may feel that way, currently, it ranks #20, according to this post in the Patch. There are 19 other states with property tax [...]
Across the US, home sales in December 2019 dropped more than the usual seasonal reduction in sales. Home sales dropped an average of 6.4% from November. According to both the National Association of REALTORS and a CNBC article, the drop was unusually large, as sales generally vary monthly in the very low single digit averages. [...]
Millennials want to own homes. Seventy-two percent of Millennials surveyed prioritize buying a home over marriage and having children. The reasons given in the CNBC survey were that those surveyed would like to have stability or feel they are established if they own a home. The only priority over homeownership is planning for retirement. Those [...]
Hunt Valley home sales in 2018 were up from 2017. The total volume of Hunt Valley homes sold in 2018 was $110,582,801, up 3.8% from the $106,536,397 we saw sell in 2017. The average sales price was up as well, up 8.21% to $426,961 from $394,579 in 2017. Two hundred fifty-nine Hunt Valley homes sold in [...]
Towson 21204 home sales in 2018 were down 4.55% from 2017. The total volume of Towson homes in 21204 that sold in 2018 was $95,394,731, down over $4.5M from the volume of $99,943,837 we saw sell in 2017. Two hundred two homes in 21204 sold in 2018, which is 16 less than 2017. The average [...]
Timonium home sales in 2018 were down slightly from 2017. The total volume of Timonium houses that sold in 2018 was $275,958,537, down .92% from the $278,532,621 volume sold in 2017. The average sales price in Timonium was up -- to $438,726 -- up 6.32% from the $412,641 average we saw in 2017. There were 629 [...]
Stamp prices are scheduled to rise on January 27, 2019. This means that postage will increase across the board. A first class stamp will go from 50 cents to 55 cents. Package shipping costs are rising as well. Here is a link to a stamps.com blog that discusses the new postage prices. If you buy Forever stamps [...]