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4th of July Weekend 2010 in Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Maryland

July 2nd, 2010 Categories: Silver Spring Neighborhoods, Takoma Park Real Estate, silver spring real estate

Friday
Kick off the weekend tonight by attending a good “old fashioned” amateur wooden-bat summer baseball game. It’s a home game for the T-Bolts ( Silver Spring – Takoma Thunderbolts) vs the Southern Maryland Nationals.

Tonight is Hawaiian Shirt Night.

Gates and Concession open at 6:00 pm. The game starts at 7 pm at the Montgomery Blair Baseball Stadium, Silver Spring, MD. The Stadium is located at Montgomery Blair High School, 51 East University Blvd., in the Four Corners area.
Admission is only $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for kids under 18.
Youth baseball and softball players in uniform and children under 5 get in FREE

Saturday
On Saturday don’t miss the now very popular Fenton Street Market as the place to be on Saturdays. From 9am to 3 pm on Saturdays a vacant parking lot at the corner of Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue at the edge of Downtown Silver Spring transforms into a small business festival. Local artists, craftspeople, entrepreneurs and collectors exhibit their wares. There are different special events and a scavenger hunt every weekend, each weekend gets more interesting than the last at the Fenton Street Market.

Sunday July 4th
On Sunday enjoy what people living in Silver Spring and Takoma Park have have been enjoying for the past 120 years, the 121st annual Takoma Park 4th of July Celebration.

Parade

The parade starts at 10:00 am at Carroll & Ethan Allen Avenues, follows Carroll Avenue towards DC, crosses over to Maple Avenue along Carroll Street, then returns along Maple Avenue.

Evening Program and Fireworks

Takoma Park Middle School – 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, Md 20912

Starts at 7:00pm

Concerts with Rizzy “King of Harmony”, Acro-Airs and Takoma Park Community Bands
Announement of Parade Winners
Patriotic Songs and the National Anthem
Drawing for Raffle Prizes

Fireworks at 9:30 pm by Bay fireworks!

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The Silver Spring Real Estate Market’s Crystal Ball

June 17th, 2009 Categories: Home Sellers, Homebuyer, Silver Spring Neighborhoods, Takoma Park Real Estate, silver spring real estate

The Real Estate Market in Silver Spring and Takoma Park continues to pick up momentum. The question is, have we hit bottom and are we heading out of this or is this just a short upswing before the bottom really falls out?
I wish I had a Crystal Ball but . . . . . “Those that live by the Crystal Ball eat glass”!

My suggestion right now would be that if you are wanting to buy, jump in now. You can’t go wrong. If you are selling or need to sell, sell now and price your home to move fast. If this is a short upswing then you don’t want to miss your chance to sell now during an upswing. How long of a window might we have? This is another question that is begging for a Crystal Ball.  I would guess that we might see a better market for at least the next 60 days. The problem longer term could be interest rate increases or the increase in inventory of foreclosed homes. Either of these could have a negative impact. My suggestion is NOT to watch national trends, but focus mostly on what you see taking place in our community. This will certainly give you the best perspective on our market.

To get your own “Real Time” Market Trend Statistics for any zip code or property type in Silver Spring and or Takoma Park Check out:   www.SilverSpringStats.com

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Enough Already with Real Estate – We’re Launching Pigs!

January 26th, 2009 Categories: Takoma Park Real Estate, silver spring real estate

Tired of hearing about the housing market Doom and Gloom? While the economic news is universally negative, there is some good news in the Silver Spring Real Estate Market:

We closed on 5 Silver Spring Properties in December through the middle of January. In the last 2 weeks showings on listings have tripled since the previous month. We’ve recently been involved in 4 multiple contract situations (multiple buyers making offers on the same house), who would have thought in this “terrible” market? We have 5 ready, willing and able buyers that we’re helping to find Silver Spring Homes for.

Interest rates are the lowest they have been since 1955! I think the market will still struggle on in 2009 and we may still be a ways from the bottom but in reality, it’s not as bad as it is being made out to be.

If you listen to the news, watch TV, surf the net or read the paper, you would think houses are selling only when pigs fly!

From now on the Silver Spring Team will be launching pigs.

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Silver Spring’s Pretty Older Sister

November 13th, 2008 Categories: Takoma Park Real Estate, silver spring real estate

Takoma Park, or “Granola Park” as some locals call it now, was the first planned suburban community of Washington, DC. Founded in 1883, by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert, Takoma Park was developed along a branch of the B & O railroad. It was originally conceived as a “summer resort” area, as a healthful clean-water alternative to Washington, DC’s malarial swamps. With a population of 18,000 it rests along the upper northeast boundary of D.C. and strattles Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland.

B.F. Gilbert named his community TAKOMA, an Indian word meaning “High Up – Near Heaven”. Takoma Park has it’s own city government, police department, library and is served by Montgomery County Schools.

Religion and politics has shaped the Takoma Park community. From the early 1900’s to 1990, Takoma Park was the world headquarters of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Two of the church’s institutions remain today, The Washington Adventist Hospital, and Columbia Union College. The coming of metro service to Takoma Park has made it a perfect ”bedroom community” for young professionals. It is a 15 minute commute to the middle of Downtown D.C. by Metro from the Takoma Station on the Red Line.

Takoma Park is a friendly “laid back”, independent, small town with liberal politics. The residents are politically active and have put in place a number of progressive measures such as the declaration of a nuclear-free zone and legal recognition of non-marital partnerships.

In the historic district you will find grand old Victorians, Bungalows, American Four Squares and other old timey styles, along tree-lined streets.

The Old Town offers an eclectic, funky mix of small, locally owned specialty shops and small restaurants, cafes and a very popular FOOD COOP. From the end of April to mid December there is a farmers market every Sunday in the center of town. To celebrate July 4th, the town puts on its own parade and its own fireworks display.

Takoma Park Real Estate

So far in this year of 2008 there have been 100 sales of single family detached homes in Takoma Park, sales prices range from a low of $200,000 for a three bedroom one bath brick colonial in need of total renovation to a high of $1,005,000 for a completely restored 7 Bedroom, 5 1/2 Bath Victorian. The median price for a single family home in Takoma Park in 2008 is $429,700.

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