About Caroline County, MD

Caroline County Maryland Public Schools

Are you considering a move to Maryland, but are concerned about the educational opportunities available for your children? Do not worry, the schools of the Maryland public educational system are rated among the best in the entire country.

Maryland tracks key performance indicators to determine how it compares to the nation as well as to compare the school districts within its own boundaries. Maryland continually strives to improve its performance in all of these areas.

In all categories, Maryland is at or near the top. Maryland has information regarding important factors such as:

• graduation rates;
• college acceptance rates;
• SAT and PSAT scores; and
• assessment scores for math, reading, and writing.

Also provided are demographics for the various schools and school districts.

For detailed information about the schools in Maryland you can start at the following web site:

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE

For detailed information about the schools in Caroline County Maryland you can start at the following web site:

http://cl.k12.md.us/

To determine the specific schools for a particular address in Caroline County Maryland, you can contact the Board Office at (410)-479-1460

Come meet me this Saturday at the Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely Maryland for the "Tails and Trails Dog Walk". I will be a vendor there at the event waiting to talk to you about real estate! First-time homebuyers...you still have time to buy and settle to receive your $8000 tax credit. Aso I will answer any questions you may have about short sales and what a "certified default resolution specialist" is and how we can help you to possibly avoid foreclosure. I will be there from 10 am-2 pm. So, bring your doggie and come visit us.

http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/event_calendar.html?req=calendar/event&eventUniqID=16259-0--&year=2009&month=10

Now is a great time to buy a house, with inventory at an all time high, home prices way down, and excellent interest rates. Looking at home sale stats in Caroline County for the first six months of the past three years (January through June of each year) sales have declined consistently, from 158 in 2007, to 118 in 2008 (- 40), to 102 in 2009 (-56). That's a drop of over 35.4 % in sales in 2009 compared to the same six month period in 2007.

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In the first eight months of 2008, one hundred fifty seven (157) homes were sold in Caroline County, Maryland. That compares to two hundred twenty four (224) homes sold during the same period in 2007 and to three hundred four (304) homes sold during the same period in 2006. So, that equates to a drop of about 29.9% from 2007 to 2008 and about 48.4% from 2006 to 2008. That's huge for each of the last two years!

When will home sales pick up again? Interest rates are still very good. The absorption rate for homes in Caroline County, Maryland, reveals that with 502 homes on the market there is over a 25 month supply of homes to be sold even if no more homes come on the market in the next 25 months. Wow. Given that there "will be" additional homes listed in the coming months you obviously get the picture that there is an abundance of homes on the market in Caroline County and thus . . . it's still a Buyer's Market. Home prices have dropped significantly and seem to still be on a slow downward spiral in Caroline County, MD. That will be a topic for my next blog.

Call me or email me if you have questions about these home sale stats or if you would like additional information about the home sale market in general on the eastern shore of Maryland.

Military personnel moving to the area who will be stationed on the western shore of Maryland or those who already are stationed there may find it advantageous to buy a home on the eastern shore of Maryland and commute to the western shore given the cost differential in homes. Again, home prices on the eastern shore and more specifically in Caroline County, MD, will be the topic of my next blog.

* Stats obtained from MRIS MLS data only. There may have been additional sales between private individuals which were not included in the MLS data and thus not included in my stats above.