Open house this sunday 2.28.10- 2707 Ross Road Chevy Chase

 Come check out our listing @ 2707 Ross road this sunday Feb 28, 2010 1pm-4pm.
 Agent holding open: Harrison Beacher 301-448-6569

Listing #: MC7248838

2707 ROSS RD Chevy Chase MD 20815

NEW listings Coming on the market this weekend

Spring market is taking off!  check out our new listings!

Brand New Listings: 

Great opportunity in rock creek forest!

2316 Ross road Silver Spring Maryland 20910

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Listing #: MC7265723  Offered at $485,000 4bedrooms 2.5 bathrooms  

*contract ratification subject to 3rd party approval 

Open this sunday 2/28/2010 1-4pm 

Great value in Flower Valley!

15205 Wycliffe Court Rockville, MD 20853


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Listing #: MC7265187  Offered at $599,000  5 bedrooms 2.5 bathrooms
Open this sunday 2/28/2010 1-4pm 

WWHS Lady Vikes JV Basketball slideshow

WWHS JV lady Vikes Video slideshow 2010:

Hope for Homeowners message from Martin O'Malley

 Message from: Martin O'Malley/Anthony Brown

Friend —  Imagine having to look your children in the eyes and tell them you'll have to leave your home, maybe your whole community, for good. Over the course of the national foreclosure crisis, thousands of Marylanders haven't had to imagine this ordeal. They've lived it. And every uprooted family, every boarded-up house, affects all of us — our neighborhoods, our towns and cities, our state.
We can help more families stay in their homes — by forcing mortgage companies to give homeowners facing foreclosure a chance to negotiate better

terms on their loans.  Yesterday, Rep. Elijah Cummings and I urged the General Assembly to pass an emergency bill to do just that.  Join us in taking action today. Urge your state legislators to support the bill, and help protect our families and communities from foreclosures:
http://www.martinomalley.com/HopeForHomeowners
Since 2007, we've helped thousands of families hold on to their homes through programs like the Homeowners Preserving Equity (HOPE) initiative.  But thousands more could be saved if we act together to stop huge, faceless mortgage companies from crushing homeowners under their heel because they're more concerned with profits than with helping families stay in their homes.  Writing your legislators will only take a few minutes, and your support of this emergency bill could have an immediate impact. The emergency bill just needs three-fifths of the votes in the General Assembly to pass and be enacted immediately.
Help make today the beginning of the end of the foreclosure crisis in Maryland. Write your state legislators now:
Thank you,
Gov. Martin O'Malley


http://www.martinomalley.com/HopeForHomeowners

NBC washington Features 2 new listings in DC

NBC washington Features 2 new listings in DC

 

Every week NBC chooses a few new listings to feature as their "'Best New Listings" 

These two condos downtown offer the convenience of city life with a "View"

  of course the past few weeks the only view anyone has had  is  of   Snow, Snow and more snow.

Distressed homeowners get temporary reprieve

Citigroup Inc. plans to let homeowners on the verge of foreclosure stay in their homes for six months — if they turn over the deed to their property. This is a part of their New  Foreclosure alternatives program, and will result in a lesser hit to their credit score. Read more below:
Citigroup to give 6 month Grace period on foreclosures

Kenneth Harney, Washington post Columnist discusses Cash-in Refinancing

Cash-In Refinancing Discussed by Washington Post

Washington Business Journal Reports that Home Sales are up

Home sales UP: Washington Business journal

Washington post offers Advice on property Tax Assesment

Property Tax assesment Advice from washington Post

Some helpful advice for taking care of your home in the Snow storm!

Helpful info from our Friends @ JHP plumbing:

If you are one of the unfortunate 90,000 without electricity and thus no heat, or if you know someone who is, please pass this on. 
If you are planning to temporarily move out, follow theses directions


1) Turn off the main water valve

a. Open “all” of the faucets and flush the toiletsb. Turn the water heater to its lowest settingc. If you have a boiler for heat (hot water and/or steam) turn the inlet water off
i. If you do not know where it is, DO NOT do anything 
ii. DO NOT turn the heat or thermostat “off”
iii. Set the thermostat @ 68* and leave it. 

Electric Surge:
This is very important to help protect your electric equipment. Once the main power starts to try to come back on, it usually sends a surge down the line because everything is calling at once.
Here are a couple of very easy things to do that will help prevent surge damage:


1) If you have a well pump, and know where the electric switch is, turn the switch off. 
a. Once the power stops popping & off and decides to stay on,then you can power it back up

2) If you have a “Heat pump” and you know where the breaker is, turn that offa. Once the power stops popping & off and decides to stay on,then you can power it back up
3) Electric water heater see #2


FYI - Due to road and parking conditions, JH Peterson Plumbing will be operating at a very limited basis. 

JH Peterson Plumbing Heating & Well Pumps
John H Peterson
627B Sligo AveSilver Spring MD 20910
(301) 585 3006

Private Equity Firms Funding More New construction

Wall street Journal Article on Private funding of new construction projects

In this current financial climate, Big banks are not giving money to builders for new construction, Private equity firms to the rescue. The housing market will recover, and for those who can afford to invest right now, they will reap the benefits if they can hunker down and carry theses investments for a while longer.

MSNBC reports that Mortgage rates Raise slightly

MSNBC reports higher mortgage rates

What can $1 million buy you?

a million dollar home can look very different depending on where you are in the country, ever month, the New york times does a feature article on how much home you can buy for the money in 3 different places around the country. This month they take 3 homes right around $1million dollars and  compare them.   CLICK HERE to read the article.

 Photo by Chip Litherland for The New York Times

A two-bedroom Mediterranean Revival in Sapphire Shores, a residential neighborhood in Sarasota, Fla., is on the market for $989,000

Bank Of America working With its customers to prevent Foreclosure

Bank Of America Working to prevent foreclosures

Washington post Article on Mount Vernon's Change.

 In this weekend's Washington Post, the "Where We Live" section, there is an article about  Mount vernon, a neighborhood Shown to the left (Image from http://mvsna.org/)  For more information on this neighborhood  CLICK HERE.


Washington Post Article on Mount Vernon Neighborhood