I recently wrote a blog post called "The Best Time to Sell is..." and I went over the types of calculations that I would consider if answering this question for a seller. I'd look at the number of properties that sold each month, the month with the highest prices sold, and the month homes that so
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03/27/2021
How do we know when the Spring Market has sprung?Each year there is a period of time where there are ALOT more buyers than sellers in the market. It begins on January 2nd and runs through a few weeks after the Super Bowl. Then we hit Spring Market and houses start hitting the market and we slide
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03/27/2021
Charred Oak Estates Market ReportBethesda, MDFebruary 2021 Curious about what's going on with real estate in Charred Oak Estates and how the pandemic has impacted home sales?Let's look at the numbers: As you can see from the charts, the numbers of Sold properties is above the 5-year average, th
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03/17/2021
Charred Oak Estates Market ReportBethesda, MDJanuary 2021 Curious about what's going on with real estate in Charred Oak Estates and how the pandemic has impacted home sales?Let's look at the numbers: As you can see from the charts, the numbers of Sold properties and the number of New Pending pr
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03/05/2021
I've been preparing to teach a Fair Housing class and talking to fellow agents and many seem surprised that most of the Fair Housing complaints each year come from the same group. In fact, according to the National Fair Housing Alliance, 58.9% of the complaints alleging discrimination in 2019 wer
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03/02/2021
After many years at the same company, I made a move to a new brokerage. You may not have heard of us, but YOU WILL.It's JPAR Stellar Living.JP & Associates REALTORS (JPAR - pronounced Jay-Par) is the fastest growing real estate company in the country and though it's been in other states for some
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02/05/2021
Today I heard my daughter cry as she learned that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away. She's interested in becoming a judge so this hit her hard. Then she broke the news to me. It was right after I heard a report saying we'd reached 200,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the United States alone.There a
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09/18/2020
So, are people REALLY fleeing the cities because of the pandemic?It’s been months since the first stay-in-place and social distancing orders were announced and people are finding ways to combat cabin fever – including moving.Why are they moving? Homebuyers are looking for more dedicated office/w
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09/18/2020
Charred Oak Estates Market ReportBethesda, MDJune 2020 Curious about what's going on with real estate in Charred Oak Estates and how the pandemic has impacted home sales? Let's look at the numbers: As you can see from the charts, the numbers of Sold properties is steady and number of New Pendi
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08/06/2020
Charred Oak Estates Market ReportBethesda, MDApril 2020 Curious about what's going on with real estate in Charred Oak Estates and how the pandemic may be impacting sales? Let's look at the numbers: As you can see from the charts, the numbers of Sold properties is up and number of New Pending p
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05/31/2020