Yes folks, you read that right, the Baltimore Housing Market is Gaining Strength. What? What was that? The sound of glass breaking? Crashing to the ground in disbelief? Well, believe it, and I have proof. My phone, which, for awhile now, I will admit, I thought only made OUTGOING calls, has been ringing. A LOT. [...]
All over Twitter and, of course, Facebook, is the tweeting of "25 Things" or "25 Random Things About Me"...there are a few variations. Even the New York Times has written an article about it -- and how it yields 35,700 pages of results when Googled . What is the draw? Why the obsession? The interest? There are many [...]
Baltimore area sellers are finding new ways to draw buyers to their homes. I visited a Broker's Open on Wednesday at a townhouse in Timonium. The price? $299,900. The four neighbors also on the market? $319,000-$330,000 and have been for sale from 60-278 days. Guess which one is expecting multiple contracts and will probably get [...]
The New York Times writer Ron Lieber wrote an article that was published today called Maybe It's Time to Buy That First House . Ron writes the Your Money section of the NYTimes online. He knows his stuff! Listen, we know that housing rates have been declining. There is no question. But are you waiting for the bottom [...]
According to a recent report from Global Insight, an economic and financial analysis forecasting firm, current housing statistics indicate that now is the right to time to buy. They claim that the U.S. housing market as a whole is undervalued by 3.8 percent. Global Insight analyzed 330 metropolitan areas in the United States and found [...]
Eight steps to buying your home 1. Decide to buy. Although there are many good reasons for you to buy a home, wealth building ranks among the top of the list. We call home ownership the best “accidental investment” most people ever make. But, we believe when it is done right, home ownership becomes an [...]