Where to look? What to rely on? How to keep current? I initiated this blog years ago because my Clients need and want trustworthy and informed resources on real estate matters. My clients also get prompt access directly to me to address important questions and issues they encounter and to prepare them for the transactional … Continue reading Online Real Estate Information Resources
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All New Deep Data For Your Neighborhood
In my regular email newsletter, there is a featured service where you can get the real story on your neighborhood -- or any neighborhood -- and see data about everything from schools to household income. Use the Neighborhood Widget to get all sorts of facts about your neighborhood or any neighborhood including schools, income levels … Continue reading All New Deep Data For Your Neighborhood
The Difference an Hour Makes!
Ever wonder what happens every hour in the housing market?
America’s MOST Expensive Home For Sale
The Details: 38,000 sq ft new construction home +17,000 sq ft of entertainment decks, 2 master suites, 10 oversized VIP guest suites, 21 luxury bathrooms, three gourmet kitchens, five bars, massage studio/wellness spa, state-of-the-art fitness center, 85-foot glass tile infinity swimming pool, 40-seat 4K Dolby Atmos Theater, four lane bowling alley/lounge, auto gallery with cars … Continue reading America’s MOST Expensive Home For Sale
Luxury Home Design Trends to Watch
A new year; time to start fresh. Have you thought about ways to redecorate your home? Here are five luxury home design trends to watch in 2017: 1. Cork Walls Say goodbye to your chalkboard wall. The chalk dust gets all over the place anyway. It's time for a cleaner, less assuming trend to invade … Continue reading Luxury Home Design Trends to Watch
Get Your Home Ready for Fall and Winter: Helpful Maintenance Tips
Now that fall has arrived, it’s time to turn your attention to your home. The changing of the season always acts as a call to action for fine-tuning your home, and the onset of fall is no different. Below, we’ll share with you 10 tips for getting your home ready for cooler weather. Check out … Continue reading Get Your Home Ready for Fall and Winter: Helpful Maintenance Tips
6 Insurance Policies All Homeowners Should Consider
Your home is one of the biggest investments you will ever make, so you should do everything in your power to protect it. You spent time and money on making your home beautiful, and the last thing you'd want is for disaster to strike with no insurance to cover the cost of damages. Having the … Continue reading 6 Insurance Policies All Homeowners Should Consider
New Studies Illustrate How Consumers Misjudge Home Values
Encouraged by strong price increases and hot sales this spring, increasing numbers of owners are listing their homes for sale. But chances are good that millions of owners are making wrong assumptions about the value of their homes, according to two new studies. Wrong valuation assumptions can lead to bad decisions about whether to sell, … Continue reading New Studies Illustrate How Consumers Misjudge Home Values
How to Prepare to Downsize
I know from personal experience that downsizing takes time. (After 18 years with 4 children in the home, it took my family two years!) More than half of boomers will look to downsize, either by purchasing a smaller home or purchasing a home of equal size with reduced expenses. If downsizing seems daunting, remember this: … Continue reading How to Prepare to Downsize
MRIS CEO David Charron Shares Predictions For 2015
This has been one of the most read articles in The Washington Post real estate section over the past few days along with a high number of shares on social media so this is clearly a hot topic for our area. What are your predictions for 2015? Will it be better or worse than 2014? … Continue reading MRIS CEO David Charron Shares Predictions For 2015
Benefits Of Listing Your Home In Winter and The Holiday Season
The common assumption is that the warmer months are the best times to sell a Washington, DC area home. It’s true that many buyers do plan their new home purchases in the spring and summer seasons but that doesn’t mean all serious buyers vanish during holidays or the winter months. Thanks to reduced competition, motivated … Continue reading Benefits Of Listing Your Home In Winter and The Holiday Season
High Market Expectations Based on “Foot Traffic” and Affordable Down Payments
Among all the market indicators we analyze, occasionally we take a look at foot traffic -‐ how many people actually are out there looking for houses. The Market is still strong, though not as strong as it was last July and August. We don’t have as many distressed properties for people to look at, but … Continue reading High Market Expectations Based on “Foot Traffic” and Affordable Down Payments
2014 Fall Buyer and Seller Guides
To help you prepare to enter the Fall market to buy or sell your home, download and read these two Guides: Buying A Home, Fall 2014 Edition and Selling Your House, Fall 2014 Edition. My best clients are the most prepared buyers and sellers. They contact me directly for a preliminary consult to identify and … Continue reading 2014 Fall Buyer and Seller Guides
Real Estate Seen as a Better Investment by All Age Groups
A brand new study done by Gallup shows that if you take a look at all the different types of investment, real estate ‐ according to their poll ‐ real estate still comes out as the best long‐term investment available. Here is an Infographic that illustrates the poll results. There has never been a time … Continue reading Real Estate Seen as a Better Investment by All Age Groups
Hill Slowinski Elected to Chamber’s Board of Directors
Hill Slowinski has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term. He assumed this role at the Chamber’s installation luncheon on June 16, 2014, and will take his seat on the Board in July 2014. Since June 2013, Mr. Slowinski has served as Co-Chair … Continue reading Hill Slowinski Elected to Chamber’s Board of Directors