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2014 

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Brookside Gardens Conservatory Spring Display   Brookside Gardens, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, is one of our favorite local travel destinations.  The Brookside Gardens Conservatory Spring Display opens this weekend and you will want to plan your visit. Pick a nice day and allow tim...
01/15/2014

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Home Seller Mistakes: Price and Condition   ActiveRain Community Evangelist Bob Stewart has challenged members to blog about mistakes of home sellers that cost them time or money. This is an easy challenge because so many mistakes are made by home sellers. I will tell you about a home in our neig...
01/15/2014

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Thinking of flowers on a rainy day in Maryland   We’ve had a rainy day in Maryland.  The positive thought is that it is not snowing.  I’ve edited some flowers photographs to post in some Facebook groups. It is interesting to receive immediate responses from around the world. This photograph was t...
01/14/2014

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Book Recommendation:  Hazardous Duty by W.E.B. Griffin   I just finished reading Hazardous Duty (2013) by W.E.B Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. This novel is part of their Presidential Novel series. The authors say that this novel was written “as sort of a M*A*S*H Goes to the White house a...
01/14/2014

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Housing Report, Frederick County, MD, December Summary   There are 792 active listings of homes for sale in Frederick County, Maryland. 68 (8.59%) of the available properties are lender owned foreclosures (REO).  71 (8.96%) of the active listings are short sale pre-foreclosures. Short sale transa...
01/14/2014

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Thin Ice, Dead Child in Gaithersburg   Three boys were just having a little fun sliding on the ice on a sediment pond in their Gaithersburg, Maryland Crown Farm neighborhood. They called it skating but they were sliding in their shoes. They had done it before and this was the planned activity for...
01/13/2014

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Had a hard day?  A flower for you!   We’ve enjoyed a beautiful day in Maryland but I had two medical appointments that were informative but not my favorite activities. Dolores had lunch with a special friend but they were not happy with the dishes they selected. The highlight of the day was that ...
01/13/2014

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Most expensive homes sold during 2013 in the DC area   When families are relocated to the Metro Area of Washington, DC, one of the common comments is that the home prices are higher than they expected.  Many seek suburban locations for more affordable housing selections. This week, The Washington...
01/13/2014

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Montgomery County, MD Housing Report, December Summary   Today, there are 1,706 active listings of homes for sale in Montgomery County, Maryland. 114 (6.7%) of the available properties are lender owned foreclosures (REO).  181 (10.63%) of the active listings are short sale pre-foreclosures. Short...
01/13/2014

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Free Credit Reports Virginia real estate professional Jeff Pearl provides a strategy for obtaining your free credit reports three times each year. Please go to the original blog if you wish to leave comments that will be seen by Jeff. If you're a homebuyer, or future homebuyer that has been worki...
01/13/2014
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