Here are a few possibilities:
Blue: Conveys a place of refuge or retreat
Green: Projects health, tranquility, and harmony
Black: Projects strength, power, and authority
Red: Conveys passion, energy, and excitement
Brown: Offers a natural look that can convey warmth, stability, and reliability
Due to the steady price gains home owners have seen, total home owner equity has risen by $760 billion so far this year. Home Owners Add $760 Billion in New Home Equity
Short sales increased 15 percent in the third quarter over the previous quarter, according to RealtyTrac. Short Sales Make Up Bigger Share of Market
Fewer Homes Sold in the Odenton Community This Year, But Prices Held Steady
With 2012 quickly drawing to a close, home prices in Odenton’s Chapel Grove neighborhood appear to have stabilized, although fewer homes will sell in the community this year.
With less than a month left in the year and most housing purchases taking more than 30 days to close, it’s unlikely any of the four remaining Chapel Grove homes currently on the market will be sold before 2012 expires. We can say, then, that average home prices for Chapel Grove will finish up 6 percent over 2011.
A closer look at the numbers, however, shows that average prices for Chapel Grove town homes are down about 1 percent from last year while average prices for detached homes are almost identical. The 6 percent increase stems from the fact that fewer town homes sold in Chapel Grove this year, meaning sales of the community’s more expensive single family homes raised the average home price.
Homes Sold in Odenton’s Chapel Grove Community
2010
2011
2012
No. Homes Sold
14
15
11
No. Town Homes Sold
4
10
6
No. Detached Homes Sold
10
5
5
No. Foreclosures/Short Sales
2
4
2
Avg. Sold Price – All Homes
$546,492
$440,593
$468,363
Avg. Sold Price – Town Homes
$368,600
$358,740
$355,333
Avg. Sold Price – Detached Homes
$617,650
$604,300
$604,000
Avg. Sold/List Price Ratio – Town Homes
100%
98%
98%
Avg. Sold/List Price Ratio – Detached
95%
95%
95%
Avg. Days on Market – All Homes
130
87
119
Avg. Days on Market – Town Homes
46
78
128
Avg. Days on Market – Detached
164
105
109
Although the number of homes sold in Chapel Grove will be lower this year, there are positive signs for the community’s homeowners. For one, after years of dramatic price declines, Chapel Grove home prices appear to have bottomed, at least for the present. Plus, the number of foreclosures and potential short sales in the community appears to have calmed.
Also from a sales perspective, Chapel Grove homeowners continue to get a very respectable portion of the asking price for their properties. Sellers of Chapel Grove town homes got an average 98 percent of their asking price this year, while owners of Chapel Grove detached properties got an average 95 percent of their asking price.
These percentages are considerably greater than what homeowners typically get in other Odenton communities and greater than in most sections of Gambrills, Crofton and Severn.
Some of the Chapel Grove sales numbers do cause concern, however. Homes sold there this year stayed on the market an average 32 days longer than last year. Chapel Grove town homes in particular suffered this chill, extending their stay on the market an average 50 days more than last year and 82 days longer than in 2010.
Currently, there are four homes for sale in Chapel Grove, all single family detached properties. The average asking price for the four homes in $646,000.
Homes Currently for Sale in Chapel Grove
MLS No.
Address
List
Price
BR
BA
FP
Gar
Days on
Market
AA7914616
1303 Waneta Ct.
$610,000
4
2.5
2
2
98
AA7931452
1619 Winesapp Dr.
$610,000
4
3.5
1
2
74
AA7949757
1307 Waneta Ct.
$635,000
4
2.5
1
2
46
AA7966068
1564 Star Stella Dr.
$729,999
5
4.5
1
2
17
Jerry Kline is a Realtor with the Odenton, Md., office of Keller Williams Flagship Realty (1216 Annapolis Rd., Odenton.) For more information on the local real estate market, contact him at (443) 924-7418.
A rise in rental costs all over the country is causing more renters to consider home ownership . . . and more homeowners to buy rental properties as investments. Rents to Keep Rising
One in three real estate professionals recently surveyed said they’ve had problems relating to home appraisals in the last three months, with some saying contracts have even been canceled because the appraisal came in lower than the negotiated sales price. Appraisals: Reflecting Market or Hindering It?
Police have charged a real estate agent from Shelton, Conn., with allegedly stealing a competitor’s for-sale signs from the front lawns of listings. Naughty, naughty. Police Charge Agent With Stealing Signs
Lawyers say the case involves a legal "grey area" surrounding the agent's ‘duty to disclose’ the fact that murders occurred on the property. Realty Firm, Agent Sued for Not Disclosing Home's Dark Past
A jury this week found that owners of Odenton’s Eden Brook condominiums are entitled to a $5.6 million award from the company that built their homes. According to the court ruling, NVR Inc. used inferior materials and shoddy construction practices in building the community, and the firm is responsible for a host of problems that resulted, including leaking windows and defective heat controls.
The Baltimore Sun reported the story on Nov. 20 (http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/wonk/bs-re-jury-gives-odenton-condo-owners-20121120,0,7706483.story)
Eden Brook, located in the Piney Orchard section of Odenton, is a 55-and-older community. The builder, NVR Inc., is a Virginia-based company that does business as Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Fox Ridge Homes.
According to the condo association’s attorney, NVR Inc. must pay the homeowners for defective construction and misrepresentations about the quality of the complex’s construction. The finding comes after more than two dozen Eden Brook residents testified at a five-week trial.
Eden Brook is an eight-building, 224-unit community, one of several 55+ condo groups in the Odenton/Gambrills area.
Jerry Kline is a Realtor with the Odenton, Md., office of Keller Williams Flagship Realty (1216 Annapolis Rd., Odenton.) For more information on the local real estate market, contact him at (443) 924-7418.
Foreclosure discounts have nearly dried up due to low inventory levels, according to the latest housing reports. This is certainly true here in the residential areas surrounding Ft. Meade, Md. Foreclosure Discounts Vanishing
