All About Buying A Home In Fort Washington, Maryland = Simply The Best!

All About Buying A Home In Fort Washington, Maryland = Simply The Best!

If you want to buy a home in Fort Washington, MD, you are making one of the wisest decisions in purchasing a home. You have heard the old adage that when looking to purchase real estate, it’s all about location, location, location.

Well, picture buying a home in Fort Washington, MD if you like Entertainment! Fort Washington is anywhere from a 2 minute drive to a 20 minute drive to the government hub of jobs - Washington, DC. It makes for an easy commute to and from your place of employment. Even though every major city has their gridlock issues, Fort Washington, MD has done a lot to circumvent the traffic issues. Within the past 5-10 years, they have widened the major highway, Indian Head, to 3 lanes and made exit and entry to Washington DC extremely easy. It made me (almost) want to drive to work when I was working for the good ole government.

Buying a Home in Fort Washington, MD has been extremely attractive because Prince Georges Country recently announced their “Down Payment On Your Dream” Program where First Time Homebuyers can receive down payment and closing costs assistance when purchasing a vacant foreclosed property in Prince Georges County. Certain criteria should be met such as household income and it must be in an eligible zip code. (Based on the map I saw, that would be most of Prince Georges County, including Fort Washington, MD)

All in all, if you are ready to purchase a home in Fort Washington, MD then this may be the perfect opportunity for you. Don’t forget that First Time Home Buyers are still eligible for the $8,000 tax credit to purchase a home in Fort Washington, MD. I have never seen a more perfect mix of opportunities for first time home buyers to take advantage of incentives laid out by the Federal government on the National, State and Local levels than now.