Baltimore Easter Egg Hunts 2016 will be over a few weekends, with the holiday falling on Sunday, March 27. Here are a few Easter Egg Hunts in Baltimore (plus a few other related events!) If you know of any others, please let me know, and I will add them to the list. FRIDAY MARCH 18 [...]
Timonium home sales in February 2016 were up in a BIG way from last February! The total volume of Timonium houses that sold in February 2016 was $14,474,200, up 48.97% from the $9,716,214 that sold last year at the same time. This is a continuation from the HUGE month of $16,663,730 we saw in Timonium Home Sales January 2016, which [...]
The Rodgers Forge Community Association is enforcing a covenant by suing a homeowner, the Towson Flyer reported on March 8, 2016. The lawsuit is over materials used in the back deck of the property, per the Flyer article. The homeowner had gone through the process of applying to the Rodgers Forge Community Association architectural committee to [...]
Maryland Home and Garden Show Spring 2016 is March 5 & 6 & 11-13 at the Timonium Fairgrounds. The theme of the show is "Art in the Garden." There will be flowers and plants for sale, as well as beautiful garden displays. As usual, there will be over 300 home improvement exhibits. The Home and Garden show is [...]
Why does my agent want me to get pre-approved before looking at homes? A website called "The Lighter Side of Real Estate" takes this on in a recent post naming six reasons. They are six very good reasons. Read on. In the post on the site, they liken shopping for a house without a mortgage pre-approval [...]
Baltimore was named one of give secretly cool cities where you can still get in on the ground floor by Huffington Post. Of the five named, Baltimore was #2! Why? Well, Baltimore has something for everyone, as the Huffington Post points out -- from the artist to the business professional. The Huffington Post shares that it is [...]
Spring Forward March 13, 2016! Before you head to bed on Saturday night March 12, remember to set your clocks forward an hour as we enter Daylight Saving Time at 2am Sunday, March 13, 2016. Though most of our smart phones and some digital clocks automatically re-set, many microwaves and regular battery-powered clocks do not. Technically [...]
I am excited to announce my new home at Cummings & Co. Realtors. Cummings & Co. currently has five branch offices, my home will be in Lutherville. Our other branches are in Ruxton, Canton, Perry Hall and just opened, our Federal Hill office located on Key Highway! Cummings & Co. is a small but growing company [...]
Things Your Potential Home Stager Wishes You Knew comes from an article on realtor.com with a similar title. I added the word "potential" in there, because staging is not something that everyone is comfortable paying for, but the tips are important, nonetheless. Staging can be very helpful in the sale of your Timonium home. Staging [...]
What is title insurance and why do I need it? Title insurance is an insurance on your property that protects you, the title owner. There are a few types of policies. If you have a mortgage, most likely your mortgage company has required title insurance to protect them for their vested interest. That title insurance [...]