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Monday Market conditions in Worman?s Mills area
2008-03-17 16:40:00
I had a listing appointment yesterday in Worman’s Mills. It was on one of the couple hundred condos in the development. The inventory is low for the number of condominiums, but the sales are very slow too. After meeting with the owner, I went for a ride around the neighborhood to ...
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Friday Foto for Fiduciary
2008-03-14 19:03:00
This photo only represents on thing for me right now…Fiduciary.  I am now able to cross the Mason-Dixon Line to assist buyers and sellers with their real estate needs.  I am a licensed real estate agent in Maryland and Pennsylvania. There have been times that I had worked with buyers and sellers that needed an agent ...
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Frederick Home Buyers Workshop at FCC
2008-03-13 12:58:00
I am currently the Co-Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee with FCAR. One of our major tasks is to educate the community on the home buying process. We also manage the FCAR Revolving Fund. A no interest loan to qualified buyers (paid back when they sell their home.) But, we are currently ...
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Putting a Short Sale together - what?s all the paperwork
2008-03-12 13:42:00
photo credit: neoterra  As I have mentioned in previous post about Short Sale s, there are a few items that the seller will need to accumulate in order to submit a Short Sale Package to the bank.   The topic about short sales have been on the tip of everyones tongues recently.  In fact, most of ...
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Monday Market Update for Frederick County - a look into the future
2008-03-11 00:32:00
photo credit: sittered We had a meeting last week with a notable Frederick County Appraiser, Wayne Six. He talked to us about his take on the current market conditions. He feels we are still a while away from any type of turn around. We have to have about eight to twelve months ...
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Friday?s Foto around Frederick
2008-03-07 14:24:00
I went out the other night to kill some time before picking the wife up at work. I took a ride through Jefferson, MD. It’s not too far outside of Frederick . (Just down route 15 south) It’s a little quiet town with one stop light. Almost reminded me of home, ...
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An Amazing day for Focus On Frederick
2008-03-05 04:06:00
photo credit: Michael (mx5tx) I had busy day at the office with a agent breakfast this morning and a few appointments in the afternoon. So I didn’t have time to check on the Blogosphere nor my website(s). I finally get home to have some dinner and relax in my chair reading the REALTOR® magazine ...
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I guess Friday?s are for Memories
2008-02-29 20:37:00
photo credit: bobjudge I just received my weekly mortgage rate update, as I do every Friday , from one of the local lenders. Mike Bennett from Presidential Bank Mortgage is consist about his note cards and weekly mortgage updates. I usually scan the email to the bottom to get to the beef and read ...
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Farewell to a Steeler Legend
2008-02-29 14:22:00
Myron Cope passed away on Wednesday morning after 79 years of touching other peoples lives. He will surely be missed. I will always have some fond memories of my childhood listening to his Steeler game coverage and radio talk shows. Hmm haw. Here’s what’s being said around the web about this legendary ...
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Short Sales - Managing Buyer Expectations
2008-02-27 14:40:00
photo credit: liber In my continuing effort to provide you with information about Short Sales and Foreclosures, let’s talk about the expectations from a buyer’s side. There have been many lost sales due the lack of understanding of the whole process by either the buyer or the buyer’s agent. I have mentioned before ...
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Frederick Foto Friday
2008-02-22 13:24:00
I am not much a star gazer, but I do enjoy looking at the beauty up there. Wednesday night was the Full Lunar Eclipse. This only happens every so often. The next one will be visible from the United States in 2010 (seems like a long way off, it’s not.) I ...
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Ignore the Headlines - finally the media gets it
2008-02-20 19:47:00
I came across an article recently that I would like to share with you. For so long the media has been pounding that the market is bad, horrible, stay away… Yes, things haven’t been as productive as they used to (for sellers). I have written many times about this market too. ...
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Urbana MD Real Estate Market Conditions
2008-02-18 16:48:00
Urbana Maryland has been a sought after area through the early parts of 2000s and continues to have appeal to home buyers.  It is one of the established newer communities in Frederick County and it’s conveniently located for access to Montgomery County and Washington DC.   In its final phases, the businesses have started ...
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Friday Foto in Frederick
2008-02-15 12:30:00
We had some serious ice this week that caused school cancellations. The ice coated the branches. Mother nature always has a way to amaze us. The first foto is right after the freezing rain started. The bottom pictures were from Thursday after the rain. All the ice melted except for ...
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What should a seller expect in a Short sale
2008-02-13 18:24:00
We started talking about Short Sale s last week and I said we would break it down for the seller and the buyer. The Short Sale transaction can be frustrating for everyone involved. I think most of the frustration comes from expectations not being met. The short sale is not your every day  ...
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Frederick Housing Market Update
2008-02-11 12:23:00
Todays update we will take a quick look at the inventory levels in Frederick County over the last six months.  The inventory is still up over last year at this time by almost 400 homes.  Interestingly, the number of Condos have decreased while everything else has continued to climb.  They have been seeing about 15 ...
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Friday Foto - Move that House - Move that house
2008-02-08 13:10:00
Wait, isn’t it “Move that Bus?”  No, we aren’t watching the Extreme Makeover.  These guys are serious.  They are actually moving this house.  Not only are they going to move one…they are going to move another.  As part of Illiano Properties new plaza going in behind Bank of America in Mt Airy, they are shifting ...
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A call for [Help] reaching out to the Tornado victims
2008-02-08 03:59:00
[Blog] The blogosphere is reaching out to our readers to help with the devastation that occurred over night in mid America. As my part, I am adding the Fundraiser button to my [blog] in my Helping Others section. [Help] This week, thousands of people lost their homes and over 54 lost their lives. The destruction is devastating ...
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What?s all this talk about Short Sales
2008-02-07 14:49:00
Short Sales , Bank Owned, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy…all start with one problem; Finances or the lack of funds to overcome the current and future expenses. Who hasn’t had some type of financial issues in your life? Unfortunately, these are some of the more extreme financial solutions. With foreclosures on the rise, short sales ...
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Lets talk about Absorption Rate in Frederick County
2008-02-05 01:59:00
  Ab-what?  Are we cleaning up a spill?  Or a paper towel commercial?  No.  But similar idea… The absorption rate is the rate at which the current real estate inventory would be absorbed by the current buying trends, if no more homes came on the market.  (don’t try looking this definition up…this is the way I translate ...
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Frederick Friday for the Fun of it
2008-02-01 13:51:00
Schools are closed today and I am off to a managers meeting in Hagerstown… just a quick post. Today is just a quick video of Jeff Dunham’s performance with Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Ventriloquists always amaze me, then again, I am easily amused.  This guy has a bunch of characters in his footlocker…and they are all ...
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You get your weekly market updates for Frederick County here
2008-01-29 13:13:00
If you have been following Focus On Frederick for any amount of time, you know that you can get your local market conditions updates here. Today, the Frederick News Post ran an article “More pulling homes off the Market to Rent.” You shouldn’t be surprised about the information, because it’s something that we ...
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Friday Foto in Frederick
2008-01-25 14:16:00
  I had noticed about a half dozen Cardinals frolicking in the back yard the other day.  This isn’t anything new it seems like my back yard is the garden of eden for most of the local wild life.  I had my camera, of course, and thought I would try to get a good picture of ...
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FCAR Cultural Diversity Committee is working on a new project
2008-01-23 20:39:00
It?s a new year and we have the changing of the guard going on at the Frederick County Associations of REALTORS® last month, incomes Larry, out goes Terry. Over at the Cultural Diversity Committee , we have some changing going on too. We have focused on raising fair housing awareness in the past and ...
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Market Update for a few popular Frederick Communities
2008-01-22 04:52:00
Here’s a snapshot of housing market activity across Frederick County.  If you would like a more in depth look at a community or one that is not listed please contact me. Frederick Communities 1/21/08 Community Active Contract Sold in last 90 Days Price Range Adamstown 5 1 3 $250,000-$799,900 Ballenger Area 28 3 5 $215,000-$429,900 Clover Hill 9 4 5 $329,500-$549,900 Clover Ridge 9 1 2 $399,900-$560,000 Dearbought 12 2 5 $244,990-$869,000 Galyn Manor 13 1 5 $254,900-$625,000 Glenbrook 11 2 4 $312,900-$799,900 Fredericktown 16 4 10 $155,000-$389,000 Spring Ridge 43 5 17 $199,900-$749,900 Urbana Highlands 25 3 6 $329,999-999,000 Villages of Urbana 59 7 11 $299,990-$949,000 Wormans Mill 37 O 10 $239,500-$900,000 All of Frederick County 1865 195 507 $9,999-4,000,000 Have a great da...
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President Bush Visits Frederick
2008-01-19 17:28:00
  I must say this was pretty exciting news for me. I have never been to any of the President ial events to see all the hoopla! Of the course the chance to physically seeing him was slim to none, but I did it anyways. I read the article in the Frederick News Post yesterday ...
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Fridays Foto is for Flickr
2008-01-18 12:24:00
If you haven’t tried out Flickr yet, I highly suggest it. I find it is the easiest way to share photos with family and friends. You don’t have to send bulky attachments to someone inbox and God forbid if they are still on dial up…they will hate you. I keep some ...
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The Squirrels are telling us to Get ready for Winter
2008-01-17 12:07:00
My grandfather always told me to pay attention to the squirrels.  They are telling us what the winter will be like.  Sure they are scurrying for nuts all the time.  Look at the tails, are they bushy?  Thick and bushy, don’t you think they want to be warm this winter?  How about their nest?  Higher ...
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A glance at 2007 Market Conditions
2008-01-15 00:44:00
The Frederick market has seen better days. 2007 wasn’t one of them. It wasn’t a complete failure for the housing market. It really started out strong at the beginning of the year but really tapered off the second half. Here are some some stats that I have pulled off of MRIS and FCAR ...
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Foto Friday is for PSAs
2008-01-11 16:18:00
Public Service Announcement, originally uploaded by gotbob. Always wear your seatbelt?Its the law!!! and it?s for your safety. Thank you Officer Lowman for reminding me.
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