This Month in Real Estate February 2016 is out! Home sales activity rose to a pace of 5.5 million up from the pace of 4.8 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate January 2016. The median home price rose to $224,100 up from $220,300 last month. This [...]
Will living near a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods raise my home's value? According to Zillow...technically...potentially...yes. Zillow uses data that shows: "Between 1997 and 2014, homes near the two grocery chains were consistently worth more than the median U.S. home. By the end of 2014, homes within a mile of either store were worth more [...]
Natural gas vent warning in deep snow. Natural gas is a popular choice for heat in Baltimore homes, as it often heats a home well. When we get a snow storm of this magnitude, though, homeowners with natural gas need to be aware they may have extra steps they need to take. The vents to [...]
Towson 21204 home sales in 2015 were down 3.31% from 2014. The total volume of Towson homes in 21204 that sold in 2015 was $74,101,070, about $2.5M less than the $76,634,512 we saw sell in 2014. One hundred eighty homes in 21204 sold in 2015, which is 17 more than 2014 (a 10.43% increase.) The average sales [...]
Marney Kirk was quoted in the Baltimore Sun on January 13, 2016 about the Baltimore real estate market in December 2015. December 2015 and November 2015 were two of the busiest months I have had in the winter in 17 years in business. Natalie Sherman from the Baltimore Sun, was curious as to why I [...]
Baltimore County Christmas Tree pickup 2016 is the over a two week period, beginning the week of January 11-16. Christmas trees in Baltimore County must be placed by the curb by January 16 in order to ensure pickup. The trees must be completely free of lights and decorations, including any tinsel. Also, they CANNOT be [...]
Towson 21204 home sales in November were down a lot from November 2014. The total volume of Towson homes that sold in November 2015 was $2,495,500, down 59.52% from the volume of $6,165,400 we saw last November, up 25.91% from the volume of $5,662,527 we saw last October. It is also down tremendously from the $7,129,650 volume sold in [...]
Baltimore County Public Schools announced that George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson and Hereford High School were both named Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools this morning! CONGRATULATIONS to both schools! Six schools in Maryland were recognized for 2016, two of them here in Baltimore County! What does this mean? The Blue Ribbon [...]
Trader Joe's is moving to the Shops at Kenilworth in 2017. The Shops at Kenilworth is scheduled for a huge makeover, and construction has already begun with Stebbins Anderson on the first floor. Here are more details about what the plans that Greenberg Gibbons has to revitalize the Shops at Kenilworth! Trader Joe's plans to [...]
There will be free parking in Towson to share holiday cheer on select days between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2015. It is a gift from Baltimore County, hoping to entice you to shop at local stores! According to an article in the Towson Patch, parking will be free at 1,735 meters around Baltimore County Thanksgiving weekend, from Thursday [...]