How to Find a Home Online
Crofton MD Real Estate Q&A Q. I’d like to begin my home search online, but there are so many real estate websites.  Where should I start? A. You’re right, there are probably thousands of websites offering home listings.  The good news is this: the data for most of them is gleaned from the local MLS listing so the information is [...]

Discover Mixed Elements Salon in Crofton, Maryland
Mixed Elements Salon is one of Crofton’s best-kept secrets, because it’s tucked away out of sight from the main roads in the back of Princess Center, behind the Blue Dolphin restaurant. I was perfectly content with another local salon and might never have found Mixed Elements, let alone tried it, if they hadn’t donated a [...]

Common Sense Home-Selling Secret #1 for your Crofton Home
The Common Sense Home-Selling Secrets I’ve shared with home sellers in the greater Crofton area for more than 30 years are more “common sense” than they are “secret.”  Here’s #1: Buyers are more likely to choose your home if accurate and complete information about your home and community is easily available to them.   In a word, INFORMATION.  They [...]

Crofton Homebuyer Asks “What’s Next?”
Crofton MD Real Estate Q&A Q. Now that my contract on a home has been accepted, what’s next? A. That’s a question shared by many first-time home buyers, and even some people who have previously purchased a home.  Every transaction is different, so the list may vary from one house to the next, but this will give you [...]

Crofton Sales Climbed 37% in December 2011
No matter how you look at it, sales were UP in Crofton, Maryland, last month.  Twenty two homes sold in December 2011, compared to just sixteen in the same month of 2010 –  a 37.5% increase.  December sales were up 22.2% in the 21114 zip code from eighteen during November 2011.  There were seventeen homes sold during October [...]