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Focus On CroftonFocus On CroftonA blog for and about Crofton, Maryland, by longtime resident and Realtor, Margaret Woda Articles
Crofton Pack 731 Announces Pinewood Derby Schedule
2008-01-08 12:56:00 Crofton MD Events - Crofton Pack 731 has a terrific website and online newsletter, and I always enjoy reading about their activities. It’s been many years since my sons were cub scouts, but we have fond memories of Crofton Pack 731. ‘Guess that’s why I subscribe to their RSS feed… Who wouldn’t love to add another smile in their day? One ... More About: Schedule , Derby
Are There Any ?Deals? in Crofton Real Estate?
2008-01-08 02:40:00 Crofton MD Real Estate - Yes, Crofton home buyers, there are some short sales, REO, pre-foreclosure and foreclosure properties in Anne Arundel County today. But you’ll only find one of them in Crofton, MD. It’s a 3–bedroom townhouse in Crofton Meadows, priced at $259,999. Buying a distressed property could be a good “deal”, but not always. It will come with ... More About: Real Estate
Why Buy a Crofton MD Townhome?
2008-01-06 13:52:00 You probably already know that Crofton, Maryland, was named one of Money Magazine’s Top 100 Best Places to live last year, based on its location, amenities, affordability and other criteria. But why choose a Crofton townhome, rather than a detached house? 1. Crofton townhomes appeal to young and old, singles, seniors and families. If yard work is not how you want to spend your weekends, it’s very likely that a Crofton townhome is right for you. With parks, two golf courses, and other recreational facilities in the community– who needs a yard, townhome-buyers ask. 2. There are more than 20 townhome communities in Crofton within the 21114 zipcode, as well as several more in the greater-Crofton area. Some of these Crofton townhomes were built within the past five years, but most are older – in established areas of the community with mature trees and excellent locations. You ha... More About: Townhome
Crofton Photo Album - Page 2
2008-01-06 01:59:00 Flags Fly Over Crofton Parkway Year-round: The Village Green, Decorated for Christmas by the Crofton Village Garden Club: Country Club Gate Drive Entrance to “Old Crofton” on Route 3: Crofton Country Club, 11th Green: A Crofton Colonial, Built in the 60’s by Hamilton Crawford: Crofton is a beautiful place to live, as well as convenient and affordable. If you’re relocating to the area, be sure to request a relocation package. RELATED LINKS: Crofton Photo ... More About: Photo Album , Page , Album
What’s That on the Hermitage Wall?
2008-01-05 03:18:00 Pink flamingos instead of reindeer? Larry and I noticed this holiday display at the entrance to Hermitage on our way from Crofton to Annapolis Mall over the weekend. Does anybody know the rest of the story? If pink flamingos are on the minds of Hermitage residents, they might be interested in the Florida relocation program I’m having through February! Seriously, if you know the story behind this Hermitage holiday display, I’m sure others in Crofton would be interested in hearing it. RELATED LINKS: Homes for Sale – GAMBRILLS. Check out homes in Hermitage and other Gambrills communities. FREE Market Snapshot. Enter your address to receive a report on what’s on the market and what’s been selling nearby. 5 Ways to Finance a $500,000 Crofton Home – Helpful financing tips for Hermitage homebuyers. WHO WANTS TO MOVE TO FLORIDA &nda... More About: Wall
Choosing a Crofton Real Estate Agent is EASIER in ‘08
2008-01-02 18:34:00 Choosing a real estate agent is a lot easier than it was a year ago. There’s a new criteria, and not many agents qualify. TECH-SAVVY is now just as important as any qualifications you looked for in a real estate agent just a year ago! And you have a totally objective resource for determining just how tech-savvy a real estate agent is - the Internet. Start by identifying agents who are knowledgeable, successful, and experienced in your area - the “old” criteria for choosing an agent. Then enter each agent’s name in any search engine (google, yahoo, msn) to determine the extent of their Internet presence. After all, that’s where most buyers are starting their home search, these days. (At the risk of stating the obvious, you’re reading this on the Internet, aren’t you?) If the only result of your search is the agent’s page on their company website or Real tor.com, k... More About: Agent , Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Agent
Crofton Calendar of Events - January 2008
2008-01-02 04:29:00 Crofton, Maryland, is a busy place with something scheduled for you to do nearly every day in January 2008 . This is just a sampling of events in and around Crofton. Please contact the sponsoring organization for time and location. If your Crofton organization would like meetings and other events posted on the February calendar, please email ... More About: Events , Calendar , January 2008
Anne Arundel County Info At Your Fingertips
2008-01-01 07:47:00 Crofton residents, have you tried the new online resource for finding county facilities near your home? It’s called MyAnne Arundel. When you visit the Anne Arundel County website at www.aacounty.org, you will see the MyAnneArundel banner near the top of the home page. Just click on the banner to enter MyAnneArundel and learn about the two types of reports ... More About: Info
Report Card for Crofton Middle & High Schools
2007-12-30 15:18:00 If you poll the residents of Crofton about why they choose to live in this community, most will probably say Crofton-area schools are one of the primary reasons. In fact, many of today’s young Crofton families grew up in the community themselves, and now want the same excellent schools for their own children. You’ve seen the report card for Crofton-area elementary schools, so now let’s take a look at the local middle and high schools: CROFTON AREA MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Arundel Middle Demographics Assessments AYP Central Middle Demographics Assessments AYP Crofton Middle Demographics Assessments AYP CROFTON AREA HIGH SCHOOLS: Arundel Senior Demographics Assessments AYP South River Senior Demographics Assessments AYP RELATED LINKS: Crofton Schools Report Card Ten Crofton Teachers Earn Certification Anne Arundel County Public Schools To receive timely notices about new posts to FocusOnCrofton.com, S... More About: High
Crofton Schools Report Card
2007-12-30 14:23:00 Whether you are considering a move to Anne Arundel County or already live here, it’s likely that good schools are one of your top concerns. You will find that Crofton area schools consistently rate higher than others in Anne Arundel County and Maryland. But don’t take my word for it… here are links to report cards for each of the local area elementary schools: GREATER CROFTON AREAELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: Crofton Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Crofton Meadows Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Crofton Woods Elementary DemographicsAssessmentsAYP Davidsonville Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Four Seasons Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Odenton Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Piney Orchard Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP Waugh Chapel Elementary Demographics Assessments AYP RELATED LINKS: Report Card for Crofton Midd... More About: Schools
Introducing Bloggy, My Blog-sniffing Dog
2007-12-29 19:03:00 Crofton, I’d like you to meet my newest real estate assistant - Blog gy, the blog-sniffing dog. Bloggy travels around cyberspace to check out blogs about communities in other parts of the country so I can share them with my Crofton-area neighbors. As you can see, he is exhausted after his first world tour! He did a great job, and I’d like to share with you some of Bloggy’s findings: 5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Daytona 500 are posted by Team Gagliardi, of Gaff’s Realty in Port Orange, Florida. You will want to read this if you’re a Nascar fan, or just a trivia fan. Sara Brosier suggests fireworks, dinner or a rodeo for celebrating New Years Eve in Kuna, Idaho. Bloggy told me about his visit to The North Georgia Mountains, and now that’s a destination on my “places to visit” list. Read about Blairsville Georgia’s Southern Tree ... More About: Sniff
The Week Before Christmas?
2007-12-23 14:27:00 With apologies to Clement Clark Moore for this parody I created, based on “A Visit from St. Nicholas” ‘Twas the week before Christmas , and all through the town, Not a buyer was stirring, the market was down.Our sale sign was posted out front with care,In hopes that some buyers soon would be there. The children were curled up reading in bed,And visions of moving ... More About: Week
Ten Crofton Teachers Earn Certification
2007-12-22 05:50:00 Anne Arundel County Public Schools recently announced that thirty-four county teachers received National Board Cert ification this year from The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), double the number who achieved this status in 2006. Ten of the 2007 teachers are in Crofton-area schools, including Odenton and Davidsonville: Crofton Middle: Jennifer Brockhurst, Laura DeConinck, Patricia R. Mulcahy, John G. Rider, and Terry L. Williams Davidsonville Elementary: Keri Allen Piney Orchard Elementary: Lydia Gonzalez Seven Oaks Elementary: Jennifer Gross Waugh Chapel Elementary: TheresaAbbott and Lisa Wild These teachers completed a rigorous professional development assessment to bring the total number of National Board Certified teachers in Anne Arundel County to 124. No wonder Crofton schools are so good – we have several nationally acclaimed teachers. Congratulations to the 2007 Crofton-area newly certified teache... More About: Earn , Teachers
Crofton Home Sellers - Relief for Short Sales
2007-12-21 18:10:00 Most Crofton residents won’t be affected by the new tax bill signed by President Bush yesterday, but anyone who purchased or refinanced their home in the past 2–3 years could be, if the loan balance is higher than today’s selling price. That situation is known as a “short sale”. Home owners were taxed on any amount forgiven by a lender in a short sale negotiation or foreclosure, in the past, creating a tremendous financial burden. Now, under The Mortgage Relief Act (click here), the loan amount written off by your lender will no longer be considered taxable for debts forgiven between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2009. “When you’re worried about making your payments, higher taxes are the last thing you need to worry about,” President Bush said. “This is going to make a happy holiday for many homeowners.” Senator George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who authored this legislation, said ... More About: Sales , Sellers , Short
Happy Birthday, Suburban Scene Magazine!
2007-12-18 15:24:00 GETTING TO KNOW YOU – Laura Tayman Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Suburban Scene … Crofton, Gambrills and Odenton are delighted to celebrate this occasion with you! Suburban Scene Magazine has come into homes and businesses throughout our communities for a year now to tell us about people, businesses, organizations, and events in the area. As a reader, I have found it a wonderful resource that is both interesting and entertaining. Speaking as an advertiser, I am grateful for the opportunity to communicate directly with the very people I serve in my real estate business – and I thank you for that. Several years ago, I had the privilege of helping Suburban Scene’s creator, Laura Tayman, buy her first Crofton home. At the time, Laura was working at the Clinton White House and her husband Mike was a music teacher in Prince... More About: Birthday , Happy Birthday
Santa’s Helpers Lay Wreaths at Arlington Cemetery
2007-12-16 05:39:00 By Larry Woda Even as a kid, I was awed by Arlington National Cemetery when my parents took my sisters and me to Washington, D.C. from our home in Ohio. It’s not just the landscape that’s impressive, but realization of all the history represented by those thousands of headstones which seem to stretch on forever. If you never visited Arlington National Cemetery, let me describe it to you: rolling hills, winding roadways, clusters of mature trees, and small groups of people reading headstones here and there. Other than the sound of Taps being played at yet another funeral, it’s a quiet place - a place for reflection and prayer, like any cemetery, but exaggerated by the pure magnitude of the place and awareness of the heroes buried here who each contributed in their own way to the freedom and quality of life we enjoy now. Today, I had the privilege of joining hundreds, if not thousands, of volunteers to lay ...
How VA Can Help Sell Your Crofton Home
2007-12-15 17:24:00 Crofton Home Sell ers - VA can help sell your home. Here’s why: FACT #1: There is a huge inventory of homes for sale (How many other sellers are you competing against in your area?) FACT #2: Buyers are few and far between (Just look at the drop in ‘number of homes sold’ and the increase in ‘days on market’ in your area!) FACT #3: Incoming transferees are highly motivated to buy - in fact, they MUST find a place to live. FACT #4: Incoming transferees may be cash-poor, because they can’t sell their current home to pull out equity for a down-payment and closing costs here. FACT #5: VA-eligible borrowers may not need to sell their current home to buy yours. Wouldn’t you just love to have a non-contingent buyer make an offer on your home? Fortunately, we have a great source of buyers in this area: Incoming transferees to Fort Meade, NSA, Andrews AFB, the U.S. Naval Academy, a...
Greater Crofton Council Addresses Local Issues
2007-12-14 13:57:00 Have you ever visited the website for Greater Crofton Council ? It is a wealth of information for everyone in the area, even if you don’t live in one of the member-communities. GCC is an umbrella organization – An Association of Community Associations - that includes Chapman Farms, Coventry I, Crofton Meadows, Crofton Valley, Huntington Woods, Davidsonville Civic Association, Four ... More About: Issues , Local , Loca , Issue
Crofton Real Estate Report - November 2007
2007-12-12 15:00:00 As I looked at the statistics released this week by Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS) for Crofton, today, one thing jumped out and grabbed me: The number of units sold in November 2007, compared to November 2006, was down 54%. That may be the most dramatic drop we have seen all year, to the lowest point ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Report , Real
7 Ways to Compete Against ?Desperate Homesellers?
2007-12-09 15:21:00 The secret lives of homesellers, like those of the Desperate Housewives on Wisteria Lane, aren’t always what they seem. The “for sale” signs may all look alike, but… Those homesellers down the street may be (and probably are) just neighbors who decided to move to a bigger or smaller house, perhaps closer to work or family. Let’s ... More About: Compete
Crofton Kids In Nutcracker Ballet
2007-12-08 11:37:00 It’s that season again… dancing snowflakes, a dashing prince, colorfully costumed nutcrackers, and Tchaikovsky’s majestic music. The Nutcracker remains one of the world’s most beloved ballets during the holiday season, whether it is performed on-stage by the American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center or by one of the local ballet companies. Crofton area residents Lina ... More About: Kids
Crofton December Calendar
2007-12-06 03:36:00 Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. Margaret Woda To receive timely notices about new posts to FocusOnCrofton.com, SUBSCRIBE NOW. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tags: Crofton+Calendar , December +2007, Crofton+Library, AVFD, CCC Share This
Crofton Blog Gains Recognition Beyond Maryland
2007-12-04 03:46:00 In a post titled Making Use of the Market Watch Report, MRIS singled out Focus on Crofton for use of MRIS data and the graphs I created for Crofton Real Estate Market Update – October 2007. MRIS is the regional Multiple Listing Serevice for Crofton and a five–state area in the Middle Atlantic. Last month, Focus on ... More About: Blog , Maryland , Recognition
Comcast: Basketball and World?s Largest Baby Shower
2007-11-30 13:00:00 Crofton, you’re invited to the World ’s Largest Baby Shower tonight - assuming you can still get tickets for the inaugural game of the Women’s Big 10/ACC Challenge at Comcast Center. Lady Terps’ Coach Brenda Frese is expecting twins in March, and fans are bringing a new unwrapped toy to the World’s Largest Baby Shower before the ... More About: Basketball
Crofton Residents Share Holiday Cheer
2007-11-27 22:17:00 Cecilia Salisbury asks that I pass this on to you - As you address your Holiday cards this year, please remember young military personnel who are recuperating from serious injuries at nearby Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and set aside a card for one of them. Just sign the card and write a personal note, if you like, but ... More About: Cheer , Share
Maryland REALTORS helped defeat proposed taxes
2007-11-26 04:22:00 Would it surprise you to learn that some tax increases proposed by Martin O’Malley failed to pass during the recent Special Legislative Session? Although the 20% sales tax increase, from 5% to 6%, did pass – along with the return of slot machines to Maryland for the first time since 1968 – some of O’Malley’s proposals were successfully blocked. You can ... More About: Realtors , Taxes , Prop
Crofton Residents Plan to Welcome Santa ~
2007-11-21 01:43:00 If you haven’t already marked your calendar for the Crofton Christmas tree lighting, it’s not too late. Santa will be arriving on Fire Engine #7, about 7 p.m. on Monday night, November 26, at Crofton Country Club. There will be refreshments, entertainment and photos with Santa, so don’t miss it! In the meantime, have a wonderful ... More About: Plan , Resident
Special Legislative Session COULD Add to This List
2007-11-17 15:38:00 I can’t help wondering if a bill might pass in the current Special Legislative Session in Annapolis that will qualify for posting on a list of Maryland’s Craziest Laws. (The mere fact this special session is even happening might qualify for a list of it’s own – but that’s a topic for another day.) MARYLAND’S CRAZIEST LAWS: 1. You may not ... More About: List
Crofton Real Estate Market Update - October 2007
2007-11-16 16:28:00 There is good news to report about the Crofton real estate market! Statistics released by MRIS, the regional multiple listing system for this area, indicate that homes took less time to sell in October 2007 than they did in the same month last year. Days on Market were down 11.54% to 69. Additionally, 42 homes sold in the 21114 zipcode last month – 7.69% more than October 2006. Take a look at these charts: All the news wasn’t good – the average sold price was down 14.48% to $327,400 from $382,846 in October of 2006. Unless you bought in the past year or two, it simply means your profit would be less to sell than if you had sold a year ago. However, if you did purchase your home in the past two or three years, it could mean that selling your home for enough to cover your mortgage will be tough. &nbs... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Update
Little-known Facts about Crofton’s Ledo Pizza
More articles from this author:2007-11-15 08:02:00 Crofton loves Ledo’s at Eddie’s Place, that’s for sure! Several months ago, I held a pizza contest on another website and invited people to post a comment about their favorite place for pizza in Crofton. Ledo’s won, hands down over Dominoe’s, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s. Louise Lear was the lucky winner of a drawing for pizza at her favorite pizza restaurant or carryout, and she was a Ledo’s fan – like most of the participants. Many of us have enjoyed a long love affair with Ledo’s, having fond memories of our late-night visits to the original restaurant in Adelphi, near The University of Maryland. Even if you have enjoyed Ledo Pizza for several years, though, you may not know these interesting facts: * Ledo’s slogan, “We’re square because we don’t cut corners!” comes from the use of rectangular pans, which were more readily availa... More About: Facts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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