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Howard County Home Sale Statistics – Use the data to help you with your search for homes in Howard.

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Here are the latest home sale statistics for Howard County Maryland through February 2012.

The Howard County market seems to be moving in a healthy direction.

We hope that you will find this information useful in your home search.  If you would like to receive instant email notifications when properties come on the market that meet your search criteria, please contact us.  This tool will be invaluable for finding the right property.  Let us help you in your search for homes in Howard County Maryland.

Some noteable stats from the attached graph:

INVENTORY IS DOWN!  DEMAND IS UP!  SETTLEMENTS ARE UP! AVERAGE SALES PRICES DOWN!

This is a great time to by a house in Howard County.  Let us guide you in the right direction.  Call or email us today and set up our free buyer consulation. 

Manchester, Maryland is a GREAT Small Town!!

Manchester, Maryland is a rural commuting town where residents travel to work in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area.   Manchester is located within the Piedmont Plateau, west of the coastal lowlands of the Chesapeake Bay.

The housing opportunities in this small town have so much to offer.  Here are just some of the highlights of the homes for sale in Manchester, Maryland: 

• Beauty & privacy
• Large parcels of land
• Full basements
• Wood floors
• Crown molding

Showing properties 1 - 10 of 67. See more city of Manchester real estate.
(all data current as of 5/24/2012)

1. $275,000 : 4730 Alesia Rd, Manchester
   
   8 beds, 4 full baths

   Lot size: 2.28 ac
2. $350,000 : 2714 Bachman Rd, Manchester
   
   4 beds, 2 full baths

   Lot size: 3.17 ac
3. $162,000 : 2521 Ebbvale Rd, Manchester
   
   3 beds, 1 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 2.45 ac
4. $300,000 : 2759 Overlook Ct, Manchester
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 8,235 sqft
5. $285,000 : 3560 Sherwin Dr, Manchester
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 14,839 sqft
6. $294,000 : 532 Bachman Valley Rd, Manchester
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 4.37 ac
7. $275,000 : 2805 Bachman Ct, Manchester
   
   4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 7,497 sqft
8. $292,500 : 1918 Deep Run Rd, Manchester
   
   3 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 2,443 sq ft

   Lot size: 3.89 ac
9. $294,990 : 2854 Mahla Ct, Manchester
   
   3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

   Lot size: 13,900 sqft
10. $192,000 : 3411 York St, Manchester
    
    4 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 2,138 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,667 sqft

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Realtors in Maryland and Realtors in Howard County Acknowledged in Best Selling Book

Top Howard County Realtors are talking at the water cooler this week asking if one or the other made the acknowledgement page in Pat Hiban’s new runaway best seller , 6 steps to 7 figures. Hiban racked up over 13,000 in book sales in a mere one month period. “Most people expect a book about a very successful agent to come out of a state like California, in a place like Los Angeles. So it’s refreshing to have a local success story right here and it’s even more refreshing to read my very own name!!” said Holly Vancourt , top agent with the Pat Hiban Real Estate Group.
Here is the list. Are you a top successful agent in Howard County Maryland that may have helped Pat along the way? Maybe your name is here!!!

A big thank you to my first mentor Erv Norgren for setting me in the right direction from the very beginning. Thank you Howard Brinton for making me a “Star” and introducing me to so many mentors. If it were not for Dr. Fred Grosse, I would not be where I am today.Thank you Dr. Fred for sharing all of your wisdom in such life- changing ways.
This project began as a book about team manage- ment, evolved into one about selling more houses, and then actualized into its current format.Through all the evolutions and changes both Jay Papasan and Jonas Koffler of Rellek Publishing Partners were there for the ups and downs.You never refused a call or an email. Every piece of advice you gave me was dead-on. I may not have liked it at the time, but in retrospect I am so grateful for all the advice and suggestions you put into this book.This project would never have made it beyond the first word if not for both of you.
I appreciate the support and encouragement of Gary Keller, whose belief in me has never faltered.
Thank you to my co-workers: Janice Mattson, Mike Sloan, Charlotte Savoy, Erica Carte, Laura Scott, Jason Vondersmith, Joselyn Buonocore, Samina Chowdhury, Anita Mohamed, Shazia Rajan, John Scott, Mike Cline,
Mary Tompkins, Fran Terry, Lisa O’Neil, Rosie Silva, Josh Moulton, HollyVancourt, Olugbenga Adewunmi, Melissa Volkmann, Lesya Kuzyak, Jason Jannati, Dave Orso, Kathy Cale, Fran Terry, Eric Black, Allison O’Hanlon, Meg O’Hanlon, Jennifer Cruz, Molly Chatkewitz, Scott Kapinos, Rosa Valenziano, Jennifer Scicchitano, Jennifer Poston, Michelle Langan, Priscilla Berry, Brian Duvall, Jeff Tittle, Valarie Fitzgerald, Holly Van Court, Tim and Emily Higgins, Rick Cantore, Adrian Luna, Colleen Horwitz, Jennifer Greenberg, Jennifer Marietta Kain, Jane Benfer, Shelly German, C.J. Bittner, Frank Baker, Joe Deaner, Lois Leahy, Neil Miller, Alex Karaveselis, Les- lie Rock, Pam Stevens, Dan Sobus, Emerick Peace, Pat Long, Lisa Parks, Bill Burris, Dave Conord, Dave Therien, Wendy Hess, Debbie Baxter, Jessica Butz, and any and all teammates and coworkers in my past and present.
To Michael Maher, Stefan Swanepoel, Buddy West, Bill Cates, Willie Jolley, Chad Goldwasser, Steve Kan- tor, Mark Schwaiger, Russell Shaw, Judy Markowitz, Chantel Ray, Thomasina Hood Tatterson, John Fickel, Traci Corn, Heather Jefferson,Tina Rhode, Patrick Stra- cuzzi, Paul Reutershan,Tim and Julie Harris, Mat Miller, Kevin Small, Rick Muniz, Chris Guldi, Marlene Rogers, Jennifer and Scott Hashisaki, Craig Proctor, Brian Buffini,
Barbara Corcoran, Floyd Wickman, Dianna Kokoszka, Alexis McGee, Ben Kinney, Bob Corcoran: Thank you each for your help in your own special way.
To my Mom and Dad, Art and Ann Hiban: Thank you for enjoying this ride with me.
To my biggest fans, my daughters, Heather and Kayli: Thanks for keeping me humble.
Last but not least, to my beautiful bride, Kim, for stay- ing curious and always believing in me and my endeavors.

Local Realtor hits New York Times Best Seller List!

This Post written by Jason Vondersmith

I would be remiss in my duties as a top agent on Pat Hiban and Mike Sloan’s team if I did not write a post today about Pat’s new international Best Seller

4 years ago , Pat set out to give back to the realtor community that has propelled him to high levels of success by writing a book sharing all of his secrets. As part of this new generation of realtors I felt it my responsibility to say Thank You to Pat.

It is inspiring to watch not only someone who sets goals but someone who actually follows said goals to fruition, no matter what obstacles come into his or her path.

Watch this one minute video:

New York Times Best Seller!

Here are the facts:

It has been a long time if not EVER that an agent on the field, a soldier in the game has written a book sharing his secrets and made it on the New York Times Best Seller List!!

Congrats Pat and Thanks for raising the standard of greatness in our industry!!

Books available on Amazon.com or wherever books are sold!!

http://www.amazon.com/Steps-Figures-Professionals-Building-Creating/dp/1608321746/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Jason Vondersmith

October 19th, 2011

Inventory Spikes in Howard County as Sales Slip

The Howard County Board of Realtors released it’s March and Year to Date Numbers showing a spike in sellers putting their homes up for sale to over 1,000 active listings. Although said numbers exceeded the 1k benchmark they still show a drop of 9% compared to the inventory this time last year.

Pending sales dropped to 240 compared with 288 total this time last year, also a 9% drop.

The year to date settlements are down 11% for March and a total of 10% year to date.

Howard County stood out as one of only a few counties in the State to see such negative numbers. Many other counties have felt a serious surge of activity with regards to pending sales and settlements so far this year. Click here to read a blog I did as a guest for the Baltimore Sun that explains this in my opinion. So far it’s had 27 comments both in agreement and in opposition.

December and Yearly Housing Statistics for Howard County, Maryland

The Howard County Board of Realtors released the  2010 final numbers for the year and the ending results for December.

Compared to December of last year the number of homes ended 10% higher. Just like last year, as you can see from the graph above the inventory plummeted as folks removed their homes from MLS for the holidays. By 12-31-10 , 988 homes remained for sale whereas last year only 849 remained at the new year.

The price range over a million dollars spiked during the last month of they with six homes selling over a million whereas last year produced a mere two home sales.

The total number of settled homes was uncanny compared to 2009 with there only being 54 more homes  sold.

2,360 single family houses went to settlement in 2010 and 2306 did in 2009.

Howard County Housing Statistics-November 2010

Howard County Board of Realtors posted their November 2010 statistics today.

Housing inventory dropped significantly to pre fall levels yet when compared to 2009  there are more homes for sale today this time of year than last year.

Contracts were up 10% for the month but down 3% year to date.

The average sales price remains about $10,000 higher than 2009 at $433,854.

October 2010 Howard County Housing Statistics

Howard County Market Statistics show that 92 % of  all sales in the county YTD were under $699,000.00.  There have only been 12 sales over 1.25 million in the last year, that’s just about one per month.

The most listings active listings last month fell between $300,000 and $40o,000.

The average sales price is up from $423,000 to $434,000.

Inventory soared 20% compared to last October.

Contracts are down 2o.3%

Maryland State Statistics show some interesting changes as well. The average sales price throughout Maryland only went down about one half of one percent.

Maryland Housing Statistics released for entire state

Maryland Housing Statistics were released this week revealing a downward trend in both settled and pending homes and an increase in active listings. Currently there are about 1,400 less pending contracts in the state of Maryland as there were in September of 2009. There are about 500 more compared to September of 2008 however. The active listing inventory crept up to 46,457 homes compared to 44,204 in 09 and 51,021 in 2008.

Many experts are expecting this inventory level to significantly decrease as active foreclosure listings are pulled off the market for review during the current robo signer debacle within the mortgage banking industry. Just yesterday 109 listings were pulled from MLS that were foreclosures actively for sale the day before. Of course these homes are not going to disappear forever. Inevitably they will hit the market again, most likely in a few months when the reviews of processes and files are complete by  the auditors. Since typically from November 15th to January 15th is an unwritten moratorium period for the foreclosure industry (it’s simply ugly and creates bad press to evict someone around the holidays) this time frame will start early in light of what’s happening and a huge wave of foreclosures will hit the market next spring. It is already expected that 2011 will see a minimum of double the amount of foreclosures put up for sale so now it is my prediction that an inventory wave of tsunami type proportions will come down on our market this spring and shoot the falling inventory levels to record highs. What does this mean to the consumer? If your a seller…..sell now!!! There will be less competition in the coming months. If your a buyer….wait till spring cause a buyer’s market awaits.

Howard County Housing Statistics-August 2010

The numbers for August were released this week. Click here. Listing inventory finally took a dip after 7 straight months of increases. New contracts overall dropped 10.5% but year to date contracts are still up by 2.2%.

Settlements in the 800k-900k price range plummeted from 6 last August to only 2 this August but again the year to to date settlements in the same price range are equal both years at 21 total settlements.

4th Quarter 2010 will be one of the most watched quarters in recent history as the markets will react or not react to the expiration of the tax credit , the constant drop in interest rates and the piling on of more and more foreclosures onto the market inventory.