Ibi Sofillas

Adventist HealthCare is continuing to move forward with its plans for a full-service hospital and medical campus in Clarksburg, MD. It unveiled the architectural rendering for the proposed campus, which can be seen on www.clarksburghospital.com/news

The project has received key environmental, transportation, and land-use approvals from Montgomery County, and is under review by the Maryland Health Care Commission.

Last month, eleven upcounty state legislators signed a joint letter to the Commission, urging approval of the Clarksburg project.

Stay tuned....

Currently, there is one home listed for sale in the Catawba Manor neighborhood of Clarksburg, MD. It is a 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath detached colonial listed at $425,000 and has been on the market for 18 days.

One home in the neighborhood is listed for rent at $2,500 per month, and one is under contract after having been on the market for 13 days.

So far this year, one home in Catawba Manor has sold and closed. It is a 4 bedroom 4 1/2 bath detached colonial that was a bank foreclosure. It was listed at $370,000 and received multiple offers, eventually selling for $400,800.

For further details on homes for sale in Clarksburg, Maryland you can log onto www.ClarksburgLovelyHomes.com or you can call or email me anytime.

The fourth annual Life Is Good pumpkin festival is set for this Saturday, October 10 at Clarksburg Town Center, starting at 1:00 p.m. and continuing until 8:00 p.m.

The celebration will include pumpkin carving, games, music, and food and proceeds from the event will benefit the Life Is Good Kid Foundation.

Look for the festival at the intersection of Public House Road and Ebenezer Chapel Drive in Clarksburg, Maryland. Rain date is October 11.

See you there!

As of this morning, there are five homes for sale in the Clarksburg Heights neighborhood of Clarksburg, MD.

They range in price from $339,000 for a 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath townhouse on Havenworth, to $580,000 for a detached colonial on Fair Garden.

Four homes in Clarksburg Heights have sold and closed so far in 2009. The least expensive was a townhouse that sold for $307,000, and the most expensive was a detached home on Fair Garden that sold for $415,500.

For updated details on the real estate market in Clarksburg, Maryland, you can log onto http://www.ClarksburgLovelyHomes.com anytime.

The total dollar value of homes sold in Clarksburg, Maryland last month was $8,006,028, which is a 2.4 percent increase over sales during the same month last year.

The median sold price of homes was down 4.47 percent, and the number of homes sold increased by 11.76 percent.

The average days on the market for homes dropped by 31.11 percent, indicating that homes in August 2009 sold substantially faster than those in August of 2008. Who would have thought!

For an instant update on the real estate market, you can log onto www.ClarksburgLovelyHomes.com anytime.