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
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Signs It Might Be Time to Downsize
For years and years, we dream of the home we'd like to call our own. Your first home is usually cozy and warm, and then you start to have kids. This is typically the first time that homeowners believe that upsizing is necessary. Although the traditional notion for homeowners is that bigger is better, in … Continue reading Signs It Might Be Time to Downsize
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
If You Think You Don’t Need Flood Insurance, Think Again!
In the age of climate change running rampant, it is ludicrous to forgo protecting your property with flood insurance. Yeah, sure it's a nuisance when you are first purchasing a home; however, when a crisis strikes and a flood occurs, you won't have to stay up at night wondering how you are going to afford … Continue reading If You Think You Don’t Need Flood Insurance, Think Again!
Study Reveals Best Technique for Pricing a Home
The best technique for pricing a home when listing it for sale is setting the asking price just below a round number, according to recent research published by the Journal of Housing Research – an official publication of the American Real Estate Society (ARES). “These findings will help real estate brokers and sellers of homes … Continue reading Study Reveals Best Technique for Pricing a Home
5 Homes Built Out of Spite
Take a look at some of the most obnoxious spite homes below. Fences wouldn't make a difference in the dispute, except they would be a cheaper alternative! The Froling Spite House Located on a spit of land in Alameda, Calif., a city between Oakland and San Francisco, this 10-feet deep home was erected around the … Continue reading 5 Homes Built Out of Spite
Casually Elegant Living!
8601 Nutmeg Court, Potomac, MD 20854 Offered for $3,895,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION IN POTOMAC FALLS! Click Here for the Virtual Tour Handsomely built by Halco Homes in a classic American style, this luxury estate residence is nestled on a quiet cul de sac in Potomac Falls with direct access to the C&O Canal National Park at … Continue reading Casually Elegant Living!
Area Home Sales Will Remain “Hot” This Summer
People always talk about the “spring buying season” when they talk real estate. However, this year it appears as though the summer real estate market will be just as hot. The most recent Foot Traffic Report released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) revealed that there are more buyers out looking at homes right … Continue reading Area Home Sales Will Remain “Hot” This Summer
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
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
Hill Interviewed on Real Estate Radio Network, WRC 1260AM
-- "What you need to know about if you are selling or buying a home today. Hear from one of the areas most connected and experienced Real Estate Agents around. What do the real estate markets look like right now. Prices are up and inventory is up. What are the trends in housing?" -- Todd … Continue reading Hill Interviewed on Real Estate Radio Network, WRC 1260AM
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
PRESS RELEASE: Slowinski Honored as Multi-Million Dollar Producer
Hill Slowinski Named #9, in Top 28 Washington Metro, and in Top 139 Montgomery County/DC Regions
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