About Talbot County, MD

As of Today there are 53 homes for sale in Oxford MD.

If you are looking to buy, now is the time! Weather you are having to relocate, looking for a second home or just thinking of moving, do not miss out on some great opportunities!

Call me today and I will be glad to help you find that perfect home in Oxford MD or any other home in Talbot County MD.

devismes P. Sharp, Realtor with Benson and Mangold 410-310-4767 or 410-226-0111

My Website www.buytalbotmd.com

If you are in Oxford MD on a Friday Night make sure you stop by the town park, located in the center of town, and watch the Friday Night Sailboat Races. The Friday Night Sailboat Races started tonight, May 1st, 2009 and I believe will run through September. Each Friday night the races start at 6:10pm. Do not miss watching these wonderful races! Just another fun event in Oxford MD!

For more information you may go to their website: OARS

Now that spring has sprung jump in your car and come visit Oxford Maryland, there is lots to do!

Starting May 6th the Farmers Market will be open every Wednesday through October

The Oxford Bellevue Ferry is now open for the season until the end of November

May 23rd and 24th, Memorial Day weekend come to the Oxford Fine Arts Fair

On June 27th come enjoy the Cardboard Boat Races. This Event is a Blast!

July 3rd come see the fireworks which are displayed over the Tred Avon River

The Month of August is filled with Sailing! Weekend of the 7th - 9th and Saturday the 22nd. Do not miss seeing the Log Canoes race! www.tayc.com

September we have more Sailing - the weekend of the 12 & 13th the NASS Hammond memorial Race take place. Racing from Annapolis to Oxford. Come sit in the park and watch the finish of the race!

September 20th there is an Ice Cream Social in the Town Park

October 31st there will be a Halloween Party and Hay Rides

November 14th the Oxford Ladies Auxiliary holds its Annual Antique Sow

Then in December the weekend of the 4th - 6th Christmas on the Creek in Oxford is a wonderful event for the whole family.

As you can see Oxford is a busy little town. Come see what Oxford MD has to offer. You might just want to stay!

Although the weather has not been cooperative, Spring has Sprung in Oxford MD. The Oxford Bellevue Ferry is up and running, Oxford Day is right around the corner, Easter is this weekend and the tourist are arriving. Finally after a long winter, we are now seeing signs of life!

In the past week we have had 5 people walk into the Real Estate office inquiring about Listings. A sign that times are going to change! A sign that things are not as bad as the media says! Now is the time to buy so come to Oxford Md and see what a beautiful town it is.

So I'm looking for a stager to stage my mother's property in Easton Maryland (anybody have a reference). I come across a pretty little website and they have a "Results" section. It claims that they sell properties in an average of 17 days. Mighty impressive.

The spreadsheet says how many days it was on the market and it includes days with staging and days without staging. It frequently claimed that it got 100% of list price.

The Magic of Staging? Or

The Magic of Lying?

I decided to look up the homes they staged. Sure enough, out of the 5 homes that I looked at, 3 were just flat out lies. Selling for 5% below list and the quasi-lies were homes that sold for "list" but with 3% seller subsidy, so really 3% below list (after a large price drop).

I'm not sure if I want to "out" them yet. I will give them a chance to make the correction and/or explain themselves. But if they don't I'll make a great google feed post about them.

So the morale is

1) Don't believe statistics without verifying them (see redf1n post)

2) Nobody can put really numbers to staging. It just works. I wish we could guarantee putting $5k in staging and remodeling will produce $20k, but it just doesn't exist.

Frank

Broker FranklyRealty.com