Eight things your home inspector can't tell you comes from a post from HouseLogic, a site from the National Association of REALTORS. Thank you, HouseLogic, for your post! Here is their list, changed with my adjustments, thoughts and personalized details. They won't tell you if they would buy the house. They really aren't allowed to, [...]
Pending home sales across the US rose for a third consecutive month in February 2023. The National Association of REALTORS(R) "Pending Home Sales Index," which is based on signed accepted contracts on existing homes, rose 0.8% last month to 83.2. This is the highest level we have seen since August 2022. It is down, though, [...]
Home Design Trends change yearly, and each year, designers help forecast what will be in -and out- in the coming year. Here are the projected home design trends for 2019 from Elle Decor: Floral patterns in both wallpaper and fabrics (What is it replacing? Geometric patterns like trellis) Rich jewel tones like dark and [...]
Selling your home during the Holidays in Towson may just be a great idea. Why? Well, in this age of the internet, buyers are ALWAYS looking online. Even if they think they aren't going to buy until Spring, if the right house pops up, I can tell you, they aren't waiting. Also, those buyers who [...]
This Month in Real Estate March 2012 has been released! Home sales activity remained steady at a pace of 4.6 million to be sold by the end of the year. The median home price dropped $10,000 from last month to $155,000. The average interest rate dropped slightly to 3.87% down from 3.88% as per This [...]
This Month in Real Estate January 2012 has been released! Home sales activity was down to 4.4 million homes last month, a drop from the pace set from December 2011 This Month in Real Estate of 4.97 million. It makes me wonder about the number of sales that may have been canceled last month. It [...]
What is the best day to list my house? A few years ago, prior to the internet being a terrific place to find information about a house, I would have said Tuesday night or Wednesday. Why? In the past, Broker's Opens, generally held on Wednesday afternoons in central Baltimore County, were the "first showings" for [...]
You're a Towson homebuyer, and you're very excited about the house you saw yesterday. You post on facebook about how you think you may have found the house of your dreams. 20 people comment, congratulating you. Two happen to be friends with the seller's listing agent. That person (the seller's listing agent) sees their comments. [...]
Towson, Timonium and Lutherville have many Cape Cod style houses. A standard Cape Cod style home has one or two bedrooms on the first floor, and one or two bedrooms on the second floor. The notable characteristic of most Cape Cod homes are the dormers on the second floor that are generally visible [...]