Brunswick HS Football Schedule

It’s High School Football time again in Frederick County. Here is your teams schedule for the 2009 Football season.

Brunswick HS Football 2009

Day	Date	Where	Who	When
Fri	28-Aug	Home	Frederick (scrimmage)	7:00PM
Fri	4-Sep	Away	Poolesville Sr	6:30PM
Fri	11-Sep	Away	Manchester Valley	7:00PM
Thu	17-Sep	Home	North Carroll	7:00PM
Fri	25-Sep	Home	Williamsport	7:00PM
Fri	2-Oct	Away	Boonsboro	7:00PM
Sat	10-Oct	Away	Bishop Walsh School	1:30PM
Fri	16-Oct	Home	Smithsburg	7:00PM
Fri	23-Oct	Away	Middletown	7:00PM
Fri	30-Oct	Home	Walkersville	7:00PM
Fri	6-Nov	Home	Catoctin	7:00PM

Schedules are subject to change without notice.  If you notice an error or omission, please email me or leave a comment below and I will correct as quickly as possible.

Other Frederick County High School Football Schedules

• 2009 Walkersville High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Catoctin High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Tuscarora High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Middletown High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Linganore High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Governor Thomas Johnson High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Frederick High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Urbana High School Football Schedule
• 2009 Brunswick High School Football

Market continues to show signs of positive change in Frederick

If you have been waiting to buy a house at lowest price, your wait might just be over. The number of sales have picked over the last few months across Frederick county. It is still happening in pockets, not all neighborhoods are seeing “SOLD” signs across their front lawns quite yet.

Frederick City has shown some increases in sales over last year and increase in price over last quarter but still below this time last year. While places like Brunswick are still struggling with sales, granted there is a sales increase but not like Frederick.

Thurmont has signs of good times to come like Frederick as you can see below.

Now what about the rest of the state? Remember I said it is happening in pockets. Real estate is extremely local. The state has an increase over last quarter, however not much at all over last year while we have. So if you play the law of averages, not every area in the state of Maryland is doing as well as our area.

I am still glad to see the decline in the inventory of homes in Frederick County. Sellers are more serious and lower number of foreclosures available (more to come, just a small reprieve.) Too much inventory just pollutes the market.

The July numbers are available at the Frederick County Association of REALTORS® website and by clicking here.

So what do you think? What have you seen in your neighborhood? Are there more SOLD signs or they still collecting dust? Did you want me to take a closer look at your area?

Have a great day.

Frederick beware of the latest Craigslist Scam

Where there is a need, there is scam.  The first I heard of it was from one the agents in my office.  Here’s what happens; scam-artist finds a legitimate residential listing on the internet, copies the pictures and information about the house that is for sale.  Creates a Craigslist ad for a “Wonderful” rental with limited information.  They get you to email them for more information and through a series of emails begin to reel you in.  They will even send you a lease agreement and promise you the keys.  But ultimately they are looking for you to send a “Deposit” to them.  In the case of the on in my office, it was to be sent to a P.O. Box.

A couple of red flags to look for but not all inclusive or even necessary (these idiots change things up quick.)

1. Send check to P.O. Box. (duh!)
2. No address of property and exterior photos.
3. Email address not normal. (i.e. MMyers626@hotmail.com <– Micheal Myers??)
4. Pictures have Copyright 2009 MRIS on the bottom of them (unless a real REALTOR is listing it and believe me they will have their name all over the ad if it is legit.)
5. It is too good to be true, it probably is.

(This is my listing on 305 South Market Street $235,000 for this as-is rehab…call me )

Now these are just somethings to look for, but not necessarily the only things.  Scam artist make money because they find a desperate soul and fill that need.  If you can’t meet someone locally to see the property and keep getting excuses about being over seas or out of town.  Then you need to move on.

I just emailed one yesterday in the downtown Frederick area to see if I could take one of my clients through it.  Maybe the landlord is busy, maybe my email went into junk folders or maybe they are over seas…But I have not received a response yet.  I am not going to hold my breath.

Most people that WANT to rent or sale their home will have more contact information and detailed info about the property.

Beware is all I have to say.  (I just found one in Ellicott City that the real owner discovered…they are not happy)

If you want to see rentals…I can do that too.

June Housing Market Report for Frederick County

The market has definitely made a turn. This is the fourth month in a row that the sales were above last year sales for the same time. Again, prices have not completely stop from declining, however the price ranges have moved into the higher price bracket. What I mean by that is that more homes are selling at a higher price range now. For the longest time homes under $250,000 was the magic number. First time home buyers were eating them up (with a few real estate investors.) Investors are having a tough time at purchasing Condos for investments.  Banks have raised fees and implemented strict application guidelines. Which is fine for the First Time Home Buyers so they can buy affordable homes before the $8000 tax credit runs out (12/1/09.)

The majority used to be in the red and yellow areas, but has definitely grown to the green (and just a little bit in the light blue. This tells me that finally that the “move up” home owners are finally making their move. I am sure they are not make money hands over fist, but what is really happening (and if you think about it in any market) they are just getting a much better deal on the new house.

Seriously, think about it. No matter what “market” you are in the home you are selling is the same predicament as the one you are going to buy. Yes, if you are going to make tons of money by selling your house in a “sellers” market, you are going to pay a lot more for your replacement home. Obviously, it is quite the opposite in the “buyers” market. If you are going to lose on your house, you just negotiate to pay less in the next house at a bigger discount that what you are losing now. Capiche?

The changes in the market is not fully wide spread across the county, but in pockets. Urbana is still on fire. A few weeks ago I reported that there were 19 under contract and only a few resales left on the market. Well, now there are 25 under contract and 10 available townhomes for sale. The average days on the market for the sold townhomes are 29 days. So, if you want to purchase in the Villages of Urbana, you need to act quick. Brand new town homes are on fire as well. Advantage Homes sold out of the first phase of their inventory within the first couple weeks of opening. (They have more, but weren’t planning on them moving that quick.) They have outstanding features for their standard homes (granite and stainless steel appliances.) All of the builders have great products out there. (NV homes and Main Street Homes as well.) Also, if you didn’t know it, you should take your REALTOR with you to visit new home sales. As I was told by one of my clients that ventured in alone said, “Boy, does their demeanor change when your around.” Nothing against the hard working salesman at the sales office, but I believe there is a sense of “I am the only expert in the housing market here” and they feel this gives them the upper hand when they are discussing things with you. It doesn’t cost you anything to have a REALTOR® with you and no they are not going to get you a better deal because you don’t have one with you.

While the prices are still declining the increase in activity will help them recover soon. I don’t expect them to bounce back quickly as the economy is still in turmoil, but I suspect the bleeding will come to a slow halt soon. You can see the whole report on our association website at FCAR.org. You can just click here for the June Housing report.

Have a great day. Don’t forget where you found this information and please feel free to share it. If you need help finding a house or selling your current one, give me a call.

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