http://thesilverbee.com Your real estate BUZZ for Silver Spring, Maryland Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:29:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With over 90% of home buyers searching online for a new home your home must make a great first impression. The first impression is a lasting impression!  In a buyers market sellers compete with sellers.  If buyers are not impressed what they see online they will move on to the next listing. Ready, Set, Stage! works with you ... http://thesilverbee.com/2010/09/04/that-one-thing-you-might-be-missing-to-set-you-above-the-rest/ 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 ... http://thesilverbee.com/2010/07/02/4th-of-july-weekend-2010-in-silver-spring-and-takoma-park-maryland/ With school out and the mercury rising, a neighborhood swimming pool is the perfect place to while away the hot, humid summer days in Silver Spring, Maryland. Community spirit, the roar of the crowd and the excitement of youthful competition all combine at a neighborhood swim meet. What better way to spend a summer ... http://thesilverbee.com/2010/06/15/kids-cranky-you-are-frazzled-join-a-silver-spring-neighborhood-swim-club/ Energy Efficient Tax Credits - 2009 The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act expands your tax deductible opportunites to make energy efficient home improvements in 2009 and 2010.  If you make any of the following improvements, you can possibly recover up to 30% of the costs: - Exterior Windows and Doors - Storm ... http://thesilverbee.com/2010/02/17/2009-2010-tax-tips-for-your-silver-spring-real-estate/ The 2010 Resolution Breaking, Ultimate Sugar High (Coma Inducing) Candy Store has opened in the Old Building that I last remember as being an Army Recruiting Station: 8408 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Downtown 20910 The smell inside the shop is intoxicating.  They make the candy in the building, fresh, no preservatives.  You can ... http://thesilverbee.com/2010/01/13/dc-candy-icon-sets-up-shop-in-downtown-silver-spring/ Most of East Silver Spring still has "normal sized" older houses.  The few McMansions or new infill construction that we do have REALLY stand out.  One example on Easley street is the "McMansion with no windows"  It started out as a small bungalow home built in 1928 between 2 other similar ... http://thesilverbee.com/2009/12/14/mcmansion-watch-in-east-silver-spring-from-condemned-to-almost-done/ The U.S. government recently extended and expanded the homebuyer tax credit.  The $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit that was scheduled to expire December 1, 2009, will continue in effect until April 30, 2010.  In addition, beginning December 1, 2009, many current homeowners will qualify for a $6,500 tax credit if they've lived ... http://thesilverbee.com/2009/11/19/good-news-for-all-homebuyers-not-just-first-timers/ If you love the drums and a marching band, (like this man) come see a local competition of high school drum lines! Held at the football stadium at Northwood High School - 919 University Blvd W, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20902 (near the intersection with Arcola Ave.) this Saturday, November 14th, 2009 The 3rd Annual ... http://thesilverbee.com/2009/11/12/cant-wait-for-the-silver-spring-parade-a-preview-and-fall-fest-event-at-northwood-hs-this-weekend/ Somewhere in Silver Spring . . . . the skeleton house was my pick for the best Halloween Display I saw this year.  My photos do not do it justice because they are taken in the daytime.  There are skulls mounted on the gutters with fire spewing out of them (at night) like ... http://thesilverbee.com/2009/11/11/goodbye-halloween-time-to-think-about-turkey/  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 . . . . . ... http://thesilverbee.com/2009/06/17/silver-spring-takoma-park-real-estate-market-crystal-ball/