Interest rates are still very low, and inventory has been high, but houses are selling faster these days and inventory is lower. And the holidays are a most exciting time to have houses on the market. Why? Our houses are never so warm and inviting.
And not just warm from the toasty fireplace but from those [...]
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December 4, 2009
‘Tis the Season: Holidays are a good time to buy a home
November 19, 2009
Frequently Asked Questions About the Repeat Home Buyer Tax Credit
The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 has established a tax credit of up to $6,500 for qualified move-up/repeat home buyers (existing home owners) purchasing a principal residence after November 6, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010 (or purchased by June 30, 2010 with a binding sales contract signed by April [...]
September 25, 2009
Northrop Team Named #13 in Gazette’s 2009 Politics & Business Exceptional 53!
INNOVATION
With offices in Carroll, Howard and Montgomery Counties, The Creig Northrop Team provides clients with the best-in-industry services, such as
sales strategy and state-of-the-art marketing, and spends millions of dollars annually to promote its listed properties. The team’s stagers have been featured on HGTV’s hit show “Get It Sold.”
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Northrop Team believes in giving back to the community. [...]
September 16, 2009
Safety improvements are coming soon to MD Route 32
Ulman and O’Malley Administration Announce Safety Changes to MD Route 32
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Ken Ulman and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that immediate safety improvements will be made to MD Route 32, north of I-70 in Howard County. Two recent fatal crashes in the area have highlighted the need for [...]
September 5, 2009
Selling your home in the fall
Labor Day weekend is upon us, the students are going back to school and people with their homes on the market begin to wonder if they missed a window of opportunity to sell.
The fall season is often a great time to sell real estate in our area. The inventory of homes on the market [...]
April 14, 2009
Lunch & Learn: Villages of Urbana
Attend this FREE Lunch & Learn Workshop and find out how to:
~Stage Your Home ~ Price it Right ~ Get Top Dollar
We take the guess work out of selling your home. Through our aggressive marketing programs we introduce your home to the largest number of potential buyers, helping it sell fast and for top dollar. Be there [...]
February 21, 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
While many economist, real estate agents and news anchors have commented both positvely and negatively about the recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, I feel that any plan that promotes buyers, especially first time home buyers who need the money the most to get started, will have a positive effect [...]
January 28, 2009
Washington, D.C. Tops List for Real Estate Buys
Source: Forbes, Matt Woolsey (01/21/2009)
The nation’s capital leapfrogged London this year as the world’s best city for real estate investment. With the federal government on a path to grow bigger and increase spending, the new programs will need offices and its employees will need homes.
Forbes magazine turned to the Association of Foreign Investors in Real [...]
January 26, 2009
News from the Greater Washington Economic Conference
By Wes Foster, CEO Long & Foster Companies
Dr. Steve Fuller, Economist at George Mason University says “The payroll job loss as likely to go deeper and longer – perhaps 18-20 months. There are currently 13 million unemployed, and many of these people will stay unemployed because the new jobs will have different qualifications than those [...]
January 16, 2009
PURPLE PRIDE!
Perhaps the one event that will bind all of Maryland together this weekend is the AFC championship between huge NFL rivals. The Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburg Steelers are set to battle one another in a game that is bound to be the most physical challenge of the season.
The Ravens made their way into the [...]
