New Carrollton, MD

Potential Home Buyers save this date, January 29, 2011 Are you looking to buy a home? Searching on Google, Craigslist, Bing, Trulia and more to find the answers to the home buying process. Next Saturday Prince George's County Association of Realtors will host a free Home Buyer Seminar

Interested in buying a home?

Now is the time to get your degree from HIP Services’ Free Homebuyer University

This 8-hour homebuyer workshop will arm you with the knowledge and confidence to jump into the real estate market and make the right choices for you.

Workshop topics will include:

· Getting your financial ducks in a row

· How much house can I afford? (And do I want as much house as I can afford?)

· Will the bank say YES?

· Don’t lose your shirt – how to avoid predatory lenders

· How do I buy a foreclosed property and do I want one?

· Where to find free down payment money…sort of

· The daunting closing documents and procedures

· I got my dream house – now what??

· Am I in to stay? How to avoid foreclosure

Location and Time:

Prince George’s County Association of Realtors

8400 Corporate Drive, Suite 225

Landover, MD 20784

Saturday January 29, 2011

9am to 5pm

**Lunch will be served**

MATERIALS: You will receive a valuable workbook filled with information, examples and resources for buyers.

DEGREE AWARDED: Upon completing the 8-hour class, you will receive a “Certificate of Completion” which is a prerequisite to applying for many downpayment/closing cost assistance programs, including the American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI), Prince George’s County Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and MMProgram (CDA).

REGISTER: To register for the workshop, have your client contact Cherelle Silue at 301-699-8031.

AR members show your support for great school in their efforts to obtain new Dell computers. The school has entered into the second round of competition for $20,000 in new Dell computers for the school. Despite limited funding the school continually ranks in academics and progressing a large number of college enrollees.

New Hope Academy of Landover Hills, Maryland New Hope Academy is a Maryland certified / accredited international school in Prince George's County, MD (near Washington, D.C.) dedicated to academic excellence, personal attention, and character-building. The school has entered into the second round of the competition for $20,000 in new computers. Please give your support! It has outstanding results (top 10% nationally) with children, many of whom have unique learning needs not met in the public schools.

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Information via Trulia regarding New Carrollton, MD home sales

The median sales price for homes in New Carrollton MD for Apr 10 to Jun 10 was $205,000. This represents an increase of 1.8%, or $3,620, compared to the prior quarter and a decrease of 14.6% compared to the prior year. Sales prices have depreciated 22.1% over the last 5 years in New Carrollton.

The average listing price for New Carrollton homes for sale on Trulia was $208,356 for the week ending Jul 21, which represents a decline of 1.1%, or $2,300, compared to the prior week and a decline of 1.6%, or $3,489, compared to the week ending Jun 30. Average price per square foot for New Carrollton MD was $146, a decrease of 19.8% compared to the same period last year.