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Musings From Bel Air: I'm Starting To Take It Personally

01-03-09
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR: Real Estate Agent in Bel Air, MD
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  • Office: (410) 638-6661 x203
  • Mobile: (410) 258-0663
  • Secondary: (800) 975-7895

I really am starting to take this all personally.

Did everyone I sold a property to in the last few years default on their mortgage?For sale in Bel Air, MD

No?

Then...if they haven't defaulted yet, are they about to?

For sale in Bel Air, MD

I'm serious here. It's all too much for a girl to bear. I get a phone call or two each month now with a former client on the other end. Most times these calls are asking for guidance on what to do now that they need to sell their home -- the home they just bought 2 or 3 years ago.

That's not good, because these are not investors; they were in it for the long haul -- or so I thought.

I have to tell them the cold, hard facts about today's world of real estate. They probably owe more on the house than the house is worth.Realtor logo

I'm really tired of saying this over and over again.

I wish I didn't have to.

I've morphed into an HRC (Home Retention Consultant) the latter part of 2008 and I ain't gettin' paid extra for that!

Listen up, guys. If you absolutely, positively have to move (job relocation, no income to pay any mortgage, etc.) then call me to sell your home. I'll start the short sale process poste-haste and hope like hell your lender isn't Countrywide (or Popular or People's First).

But --

If you can stay in your home, please do just that.

Stay and pay (your mortgage, that is) and grow your equity the old-fashioned way -- with time. Maybe a loan modification is in order? I'm well-versed in that process and can certainly help you on your way. That's where the HRC part comes in. The past is just that and the wacko double digit appreciation we enjoyed just a relatively short time ago is gone, gone, gone.

This ain't your Mama's real estate reality, that's for sure.

It's 2009 and guess what?

I'm still standing -- but I'm starting to take it all personally, too.

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Bel Market Snapshot: Week 52!

01-03-09
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR: Real Estate Agent in Bel Air, MD
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  • Office: (410) 638-6661 x203
  • Mobile: (410) 258-0663
  • Secondary: (800) 975-7895

THE LAST WEEK OF 2008 in Bel Air, Maryland...

a total of $2.7 million in real estate was SOLD!

  • 9 Houses SOLD
  • Average Days on the Market (DOM) for houses sold - 159 (OUCH!)
  • Average Sales Price for houses sold - $297,444

week 52 bel air market status

  • Highest Sales Price - $380,000 originally listed at $409,900
  • 19 yr-old BRICK Colonial on 1/4 acre
  • 4 Beds/4 Full
  • 116 DOM

wk 52 lowest bel air market status

  • Lowest Sales Price - $217,500(originally listed at $205,000)
  • 21 yr-old Condo
  • 3 Beds/1 Full, 1 Half Bath
  • 132 DOM

Above data is for week beginning Sunday, December 28th and ending Thursday, December 31st for zip codes 21014 and 21015. Actually, it's not even the entire week since the year ended on a Thursday!

Happy New Year!

Interested in more information on what's happening in Bel Air or looking to buy or sell some real estate of your own? Contact Lanette and let's get started.

Information is obtained from our local MLS and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed.

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Here It Is -- Our Newest Arrival!

01-03-09
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR: Real Estate Agent in Bel Air, MD
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  • Office: (410) 638-6661 x203
  • Mobile: (410) 258-0663
  • Secondary: (800) 975-7895

Since she's 14 years old, we can't exactly say she's the first one born in the New Year, but I think you get the picture.

Let's celebrate Bel Air, MD's newest arrival.

Presenting,

(drum Roll, please...)

Bel Air's

Very First

Listing

Of 2009!

(Ta-Dah...)

Bel Air, Maryland's first listing of 2009

309 Quilting Way in Country Walk

  • Weighing in at whopping 1416 sqft.
  • Brick-Front Townhouse
  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 2 Full/2 Half Baths
  • Finished lower level
  • $249,000

Almost brings a tear to your eye as you remember your first, huh?

Makes you wanna run right out and get your own, don't it?

Makes you lose all sense of grammar (and subject/verb agreement, too), apparently...

Call me if you wanna see it! Call me if you wanna sell one just like it! Call me if you wanna sell one twice the size! Aw heck, just call me...

Happy New Year, Y'all!

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Bel Market Snapshot: Week 51

01-03-09
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR
Lanette Branch, - Bel Air, MD REALTOR: Real Estate Agent in Bel Air, MD
  • view my blog
  • Office: (410) 638-6661 x203
  • Mobile: (410) 258-0663
  • Secondary: (800) 975-7895

LAST WEEK in Bel Air, Maryland...

a total of $.9 million in real estate was SOLD! Not quitE a cool mil', but ,hey -- CHRISTMAS WAS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK, FOLKS!

  • 3 Houses SOLD
  • Average Days on the Market (DOM) for houses sold - 101 (OUCH!)
  • Average Sales Price for houses sold - $307,667

week 51 bel air market status

  • Highest Sales Price - $443,000 originally listed at $549,900
  • 19 yr-old Porch-Front Colonial on slightly less than 2 and 1/4 acres
  • 4 Beds/2 Full, 1 Half Bath
  • 113 DOM

wk 51 lowest bel air market status

  • Lowest Sales Price - $280,000(originally listed at $310,000)
  • 60 yr-old Brick Colonial
  • 3 Beds/3 Bath
  • 23 DOM

Above data is for week beginning Sunday, December 21st and ending Saturday, December 27th for zip codes 21014 and 21015.

Interested in more information on what's happening in Bel Air or looking to buy or sell some real estate of your own? Contact Lanette and let's get started.

Information is obtained from our local MLS and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed.

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BEL AIR HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND RECREATION COUNCIL SCHEDULE

01-02-09
Kelly Willey SHORT SALE Agent HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND REAL ESTATE
Kelly Willey SHORT SALE Agent HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND REAL ESTATE: Real Estate Agent in Bel Air, MD
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  • Office: (410) 879-8080
  • Mobile: (410) 937-5561
  • Secondary: (410) 515-5723

BEL AR RECREATION COUNCIL IN HARFORD COUNTY

Whatever your interests the recreation council has an activity for you and your family. Moms can enjoy aerobics to ballroom dancing, basketball for the Dads and plenty of stuff for the kiddos like karate, baton and drum line.


Check out their full schedule for the winter/spring 2009 sessions and experience all Bel Air has to offer.



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Kelly Willey is your expert in the Baltimore, Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland with over 20 years of experience working with Short Sales, Foreclosures, Pre-Foreclosures, Bank-Owned, REO, HUD owned, VA owned and distressed properties.

Kelly Willey's Web Site

410-879-8080

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