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Every Little Boy LOVES a Fire Truck.

Are you planning your weekend of activities for the weekend in Howard County Maryland?

Drew Holden the Fire fighterIf, like me, you have a 2 year old who either wants to be a Fire Fighter or a Train Engineer, then be sure to stop by the

2008

HOWARD COUNTY FIRE EXPO

Sunday October 19th

11am-3pm

Oakland Mills High School

9410 Kilimanjaro Rd, Columbia. MD

Activities will include a Car Fire Demo, Auto Rescue Demo, Kids Fire Course, Fire Extinguishers, Haz Mat Display, Face Painting, Moon Bounce, Dunking Booth, Food and much more.

Drew Holden driving

Drew Holden Firefighter

Drew Holden Rings the bell

Hopefully there will be plenty of Fire Trucks to Climb on!

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team

410-480-3398

410-750-8781(FX)

443-418-7668(cell)

E-mail: Ellie@LNF.com

http://www.elliesteam.com/

We redefine the essence of service

Active Rain- So powerful it brings friends and families back together.

A warm and fuzzy tale about the power of Active Rain

I was out and about showing homes on Friday in Columbia, Maryland. Once all the showings were complete and I had said farewell to my clients I checked my phone for any activity. My rule of thumb is that I put my PDA phone on vibrate and leave it in the car while showing homes. (I always carry a smaller phone with me on showings for basic safety reasons)

Along with three missed calls was a number with a different area code that I did not recognize on the call log. I checked my voice mail to get any messages.

The mystery number was a friend and co-worker of yester-year who I had not spoken to or seen since 1992 when he left Daytona Beach and headed to Colorado. I subsequently left the beach in 1997 and moved to Maryland.

He had googled the words "Team Glug" and lo and behold a blog that I had posted back in January of 2007 had popped up.

To Blog or not to Blog?

Two words that will probably mean NOTHING to 99.9999999% of the population, but something we have in common.

He read my blog, was tickled pink to find out that I, a self proclaimed (back in my twenties I must add) non-maternal person was now completely in love with a handsome 2 year old little boy.

Ellie McIntire and Drew

I called him immediately and it was like the past 16 years were just yesterday. We caught up on family and friends and talked for over an hour until his phone battery started to beep.

Thanks Active rain for putting a big smile on my face.

Residential Home Resale statistics for Carroll County- September 2008

Real Estate Trend Indicator

Carroll County Seal

Carroll County, MD
From: 09/01/2008 to 09/30/2008

Carroll County Housing stats

Residential
Unit Sales
Number of Bedrooms

Active Listings

Time on Market

Price Class

2
Or Less


3

4
or More

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

Residential

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

Under $100,000

0

0

0

0

1

4

2

4

1 -30 Days

21

$100,000 - 149,999

0

3

0

2

0

17

11

0

31-60 Days

13

$150,000 - 199,999

2

8

4

0

0

41

18

1

61 - 90 Days

14

$200,000 - 249,999

3

16

0

3

0

94

26

1

91-120 Days

11

$250,000 - 299,999

1

15

6

4

0

182

5

0

Over 120 Days

52

$300,000 - 349,999

1

4

6

0

0

170

7

0

Total

111

$350,000 - 399,999

0

3

10

0

0

165

7

0

$400,000 - 449,999

0

1

6

1

0

91

2

0

Type of Financing
of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

$450,000 - 499,999

0

1

3

0

0

100

0

0

$500,000 - 599,999

0

0

6

0

0

127

0

0

Conventional

38

$600,000 - 699,999

0

0

0

0

0

93

0

0

FHA

47

$700,000 - 799,999

0

0

0

0

0

51

0

0

VA

6

$800,000 - 899,999

0

0

0

0

0

27

0

0

Assumption

4

$900,000 - 999,999

0

0

0

0

0

18

0

0

Cash

13

$1,000,000 - 2,499,999

0

0

1

0

0

26

0

0

Owner Finance

1

$2,500,000 - 4,999,999

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

All Other

2

$5,000,000 & Over

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Unreported

0

Totals

7

51

42

10

1

1208

78

6

Total

111

Grand Totals

111 1292
2008 2007 % Change
Total Sold Dollar Volume: $ 33,315,700 $ 36,151,625 - 7.84 %
Average Sold Price: $ 300,141 $ 361,516 - 16.98 %
Median Sold Price: $ 280,000 $ 332,000 - 15.66 %
Total Units Sold: 111 100 11.00 %
Average Days on Market: 173 131 32.06 %
Average List Price for Solds: $ 336,496 $ 387,339 - 13.13 %
Avg Sale Price as a
percentage of Avg List Price:
89.20 % 93.33 %
Total Number of NEW listings
taken for the month: 251

Total Number of Properties
marked Contract for the month: 79
Total Number of Properties
marked Contingent for the month: 32

Total Number of NEW pendings
(CONTRACTS + CONTINGENTS): 111

Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc

If your interested in relocating and finding a home in Carroll County, Maryland, please contact The Mcintire Team of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team

410-480-3398

410-750-8781(FX)

443-418-7668(cell)

E-mail: Ellie@LNF.com

http://www.elliesteam.com/

We redefine the essence of service

Long and foster ellicott city

Howard County Community Shredding Event- October 18th 2008

Howard County is Earth Friendly

Howard County will be hosting a Shredding Event on Saturday October 18th where County residents may bring their documents (up to three bags or boxes) and watch as they are shredded.

Community paper shredding

Electronic storage devices (such as hard drives, discs, etc.) may also be brought to the event for destruction, but will be destroyed offsite.

For details, please call 410-313-6444 or e-mail any questions to help@howardcountyrecycles.org.


Location is Long Gate Park and Ride, Meadowbrook Park, Ellicott City - 9 am to 1 pm.

Contact: Office of Environmental Services, 410-313-6444

If your interested in relocating and finding a home in Howard County, Maryland, please contact The Mcintire Team of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team

410-480-3398

410-750-8781(FX)

443-418-7668(cell)

E-mail: Ellie@LNF.com

http://www.elliesteam.com/

We redefine the essence of service

Residential Home Resale statistics for Howard County- September 2008

Real Estate Trend Indicator

Howard County, MD

Howard County Maryland


From: 09/01/2008 to 09/30/2008

Howard county home sale statistics

Residential
Unit Sales
Number of Bedrooms

Active Listings

Time on Market

Price Class

2
Or Less


3

4
or More

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

Residential

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

Under $100,000

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

9

1 -30 Days

59

$100,000 - 149,999

0

0

0

2

0

1

19

0

31-60 Days

47

$150,000 - 199,999

0

0

1

4

0

4

53

0

61 - 90 Days

35

$200,000 - 249,999

2

9

2

8

0

75

85

1

91-120 Days

28

$250,000 - 299,999

3

20

8

9

1

172

62

1

Over 120 Days

72

$300,000 - 349,999

1

23

17

4

0

169

43

0

Total

241

$350,000 - 399,999

0

7

9

4

0

143

25

1

$400,000 - 449,999

0

7

12

3

1

132

18

0

Type of Financing
of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

$450,000 - 499,999

0

4

10

1

0

121

26

0

$500,000 - 599,999

0

4

21

2

0

207

23

0

Conventional

128

$600,000 - 699,999

0

0

19

0

0

157

4

0

FHA

72

$700,000 - 799,999

0

1

11

0

0

87

3

0

VA

12

$800,000 - 899,999

0

0

4

0

0

68

2

0

Assumption

11

$900,000 - 999,999

0

0

1

0

0

49

0

0

Cash

12

$1,000,000 - 2,499,999

0

0

3

0

0

164

0

0

Owner Finance

1

$2,500,000 - 4,999,999

0

0

1

0

0

7

0

0

All Other

5

$5,000,000 & Over

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Unreported

0

Totals

6

75

119

38

3

1558

363

12

Total

241

Grand Totals

241 1933
2008 2007 % Change
Total Sold Dollar Volume: $ 104,073,201 $ 80,301,679 29.60 %
Average Sold Price: $ 431,839 $ 418,238 3.25 %
Median Sold Price: $ 355,000 $ 362,500 - 2.07 %
Total Units Sold: 241 192 25.52 %
Average Days on Market: 100 91 9.89 %
Average List Price for Solds: $ 469,816 $ 439,236 6.96 %
Avg Sale Price as a
percentage of Avg List Price:
91.92 % 95.22 %
Total Number of NEW listings
taken for the month: 485

Total Number of Properties
marked Contract for the month: 174
Total Number of Properties
marked Contingent for the month: 47

Total Number of NEW pendings
(CONTRACTS + CONTINGENTS): 221

Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc

If your interested in relocating and finding a home in Howard County, Maryland, please contact The Mcintire Team of Long & Foster Real Estate.

Ellie McIntire

The McIntire Team

410-480-3398

410-750-8781(FX)

443-418-7668(cell)

E-mail: Ellie@LNF.com

http://www.elliesteam.com/

We redefine the essence of service

Long and foster