The average salary needed to buy a home in the Baltimore metro area comes from HSH.com, which is a financial publishing website. The Baltimore metro area includes places like Towson, and the site states the counties included are Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Queen Anne's, Carroll, Harford Counties, which really changes the "affordability" factor. The Baltimore [...]
The REAL ID law affects us in Maryland - even if you have one of the newer flag licenses! If you renewed your license prior to January 2018, you most likely need to go through some steps in order to comply with the nationwide REAL ID law. You have until October 1, 2020 to comply, [...]
1310 Hidden Brook Court is an Abingdon home for sale at $369,000. Located in the Abingdon Estates community in Abingdon, it offers both convenience to Bel Air and 95. 1310 Hidden Brook Court is a lovely four bedroom Colonial with a first floor family room and extra large master bedroom. walk-in closet, and large full [...]
The Maryland Mortgage Program is the umbrella program for the Maryland SmartBuy 2.0 program. The Maryland Mortgage program offers more than just the SmartBuy 2.0 program, so there are other potential options for homebuyers who may need downpayment assistance if they don't qualify for SmartBuy 2.0. To use a Maryland Mortgage program, any candidate must [...]
A home inspection report is not a required repair list comes from an opinion post by Barry Stone in The Oaklahoman. People write into Barry and ask for advice, and his answer to this one really spoke to me, so I wanted to share. The person writing into Barry says that they had a home [...]
Maryland tax free shopping week 2017 is August 13-19, 2017. What is Tax Free Shopping Week? Tax Free Shopping week means that qualifying clothes and shoes under $100 each will not have the regular 6% sales tax added to the purchase during the tax free shopping time period. This means you can buy any number of qualifying individual items under [...]
Maryland SmartBuy mortgage program is a new program offered by the State of Maryland to help those with student loans be able to buy a house in Maryland. There are specifically eligible properties, so no, it doesn't apply to any property someone might want to buy in the State of Maryland. According to the Maryland [...]
4447 Rose Court is a White Hall home for sale at $250,000. *SOLD!* Located in the Shawsville Acres community right off Norrisville Road, it offers both a great lot for privacy, yet is not far from many conveniences. 4447 Rose Court is a three bedroom home with a full bath along with a half bath off [...]
Maryland was named the 8th best state to live in by the website 24/7 Wall Street in November 2016. The states were ranked based on three social and economic measures including educational achievement, life expectancy at birth, and each state's poverty rate. For educational achievement, 39% of Maryland adults have earned at least a bachelor's degree, which, [...]
Understanding Whom Agents Represent in Maryland is getting an update in October 2016, and buyers especially need to understand the changes. In 2010, I wrote about Understanding Whom Agents Represent in Maryland, and discussed "Presumed Buyer Agency." As of October 1, 2016, PRESUMED BUYER AGENCY WILL NO LONGER EXIST IN MARYLAND. In the past, "presumed [...]