Home design trends come and go, and each year there are trends that tend to be more popular than others. Thank you to Real Simple for their compilation. Here are a some of those trends I am seeing in the Baltimore real estate market: Green Paint. Designers have seen green more and more in design [...]
The Federal Reserve Chair wrote in prepared remarks for a mandated regular appearance at congress that he doesn't anticipate rate drops quite yet. Inflation is still above the central bank’s goal of 2%, which is why the Federal Reserve Committee is not planning to drop rates at this time. The Fed Chair did say that [...]
What is Seller Contribution or Seller Concession? A seller concession or seller contribution is an agreement as part of a contract in which a seller pays some of a buyer's financing and/or closing costs at closing. Why does a buyer want a seller to pay some of their closing costs? There are many reasons a [...]
Kitchen design trends change over time, and each year there are trends that tend to be more popular than others. Here are five kitchen design trends that professionals expect to see more of in 2024 per Houzz: Longer Islands. Homeowners described the use of islands for entertaining after a kitchen renovation, with 7' long islands [...]
The Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) 2024 Homeowners’ and Renters’ Tax Credit applications are now available online. You can apply online and/or download and print the application from their website. You can check if you qualify by visiting the SDAT website. The links to the different applications and qualifications are located on [...]
A number of 2024 real estate market forecasts have been revised now that we are fully into the year. Economists at the National Association of Realtors now think that the median price of existing homes will rise 1.9% this year, up from their previous forecast of 0.7%. Zillow originally forecast a very slight drop of [...]
The State of Maryland Housing 2024 report is from a survey run by the National Association of REALTORS(R) and the local Maryland REALTORS(R) branch. The interviews were run from January 9-16, 2024. Key findings from the State of Maryland Housing 2024 report: 82% of those surveyed feel that the cost to buy a house or [...]
Baltimore real estate market trends are collected and documented by our MLS, Bright MLS. Here is the update for the week ending February 25, 2024. Bright MLS currently covers seven states, so there is data for a number of areas. Starting on page 18 of the Bright MLS real estate report 02/25/2024, the Baltimore real [...]
The Baltimore St. Patrick Parade 2024 is scheduled for March 10. The parade starts at 2:00 pm at the Washington Monument, continues down Charles St, and then heads over to Pratt St. and Market Place. There is a foot race, the Shamrock 5K that begins at 1:00pm, so it is recommend getting there early to [...]
Spring Forward March 10, 2024! Before you head to bed on Saturday night March 9, remember to set your clocks forward an hour as we enter Daylight Saving Time at 2am Sunday, March 10, 2024. Though most of our smart phones and some digital clocks automatically re-set, many microwaves and regular battery-powered clocks do not. [...]