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Focus On Frederick Focus On Frederick This blog consist of local events, news and real estate information. It's one mans view of the Frederick County area with your help. Articles
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 ... More About: Foto , Friday , Frederick
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. ... More About: Media , The Media , Buyer , Finally , Headlines
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 ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Market , Real
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 ... More About: Foto , Friday , Frederick
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 ... More About: Seller , Expect
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 ... More About: Market , Housing , Update
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 ... More About: House , Foto , Friday
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 ... More About: Call , Tornado , Victims
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 ... More About: Talk , Short
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 ... More About: Talk , Frederick , County , Rate , Absorption
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 ... More About: Fun , Friday , Frederick
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 ... More About: Updates , County , Weekly
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 ... More About: Fun , Foto , Friday , Frederick
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 ... More About: Project , Working
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... More About: Market , Popular , Update
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 ... More About: Bush , President Bush
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 ... More About: Foto , Friday
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 ... More About: Winter , Squirrels , Ready , Get Ready
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 ... More About: Real Estate , Market , Glance , Conditions
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. More About: Foto , Friday
Relocating to Frederick? Take a look around
2008-01-09 23:39:00 What is one to say about this town? Frederick , MD has so much going on for an old historic town. It’s in the final phases of the Carroll Creek Project. This is has been driving growth and housing prices in this area. The idea is to create a beautiful area ... More About: Loca
What?s happening with the Condos in Frederick now
2008-01-08 14:20:00 You remember my post about the condos from last month. Well, it’s a new year and there has been some major drops in the over inventory. I wanted to see the impact it had on the condos. Frederick County dropped 200 homes from last month according to my tracking. As of ... More About: The Con
Friday are for Friends
2008-01-04 14:30:00 Last night I worked on my Social Network plan for 2008, one of the many parts of a business plan. Used to be what brick and mortar activities are you going to improve over last year to make more money this year, then you added a person improvement plan, a marketing plan, and on and ... More About: Fun , Friends , Friday
Farewell to 2007 Housing Market in Frederick
2007-12-31 18:23:00 Today is the last day of 2007. We say goodbye to a year that has brought us joy, pain, and all of the other roller coaster analogies you can think of… We have watched the prices drop almost 1-1.5% a month in the housing market. We have watched interest rates have some ... More About: Market , Housing , Frederick , Farewell
Friday Fotos returning to Frederick
2007-12-28 13:41:00 OK, I am back. I enjoyed some time off back in Pittsburgh and didn’t turn on the Laptop. I have some catching up to do. Here’s a little something from our trip back from Picksburgh… The wife likes to drive and I forgot my inverter for the laptop…soo I busted out my camera and decided ... More About: Friday , Frederick
Friday Fun Films
2007-12-21 15:12:00 OK, as a request of my very good friend Kevin Lynott(a meteorologist with NOAA out in Wyoming) , today’s Fun topic is what is your favorite Christmas Holiday Season Movie. I have a few favorites that are always a must. Absolutely, National Lampoon’s Christmas Holiday Vacation is top of my list. Christmas ... More About: Films , Friday
Sign up for Amber Alerts on Your Cell Phone
2007-12-19 17:08:00 Amber Alerts have been around for a while. It really came to the surface when George Bush call for action to appoint an AMBER Alert Coordinator in 2002. There have been more than 350 children recovered since the beginning of the AMBER Alert program (90% of them since 2002.) Even if ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Sign , Amber
Mt Airy Toys For Tots ends for this year
2007-12-17 20:36:00 The Mt Airy community has come together again. They dropped off boxes and boxes of toys for the Marines to distribute this year. Today, Sgt Miller stopped by to make his final pick up of the donations. Thank you to everyone that stopped by to drop of toys at our Mt Airy Long & Foster Office. ... More About: Toys , Ends , Year , Fundraiser
Friday Foto and Friends
2007-12-14 12:50:00 Here’s todays picture. I just wonder if my life would of been much simpler if I had only stumbled across this series at a much earlier age… I found this book while perusing the isles at Barnes & Nobles at the FSK Mall. I haven’t been much for books lately especially since I read so much ... More About: Friends , Foto , Friday
Where do I find School Delays for Frederick County
More articles from this author:2007-12-13 14:53:00 That time of year again…Icy roads, snow, no heat, broken water lines and the list of emergencies go on for what can cause delays in our Frederick County schools. Snow seems to be the biggest problem. I have never seen school called off for such a little (or no) amount of snow. ... More About: School , Find , Delays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
