8017 Park Lane

2014 – Sold for $800,000 Represented Seller: Sold pre-market for $800,000 with multiple offers. This house has a special story behind it. The owners were a small family that had got this property for a steal years ago through family ties. While they were able to raise their kids and have a beautiful life here in Bethesda, […]

KWCP is Top Growing Local Real Estate Agency

Woohoo! We're so excited to share with you great news from our 2013 year in review atKeller Williams Capital Properties (KWCP). Last year our office increased our volume of business in the DC and Montgomery County area by a whopping 64%! It's the highest amount of growth out of any other real estate company in this area. I attribute our fantastic growth to our […]

Your Local Real Estate Forecast for 2014

We’ve seen a national housing recovery in the last few months with home prices rising nationwide by 11.2%. Many analysts are predicting that home prices will continue to rise in 2014 but at a slower, steadier pace. KCM's housing predictions for this year are especially optimistic, stating they "strongly believe that home sales will skyrocket with increases of 10-15% in 2014." […]

KW Capital Properties is a Best of Bethesda Top Vote Getter!

In case you haven’t caught the January/February 2014 issues of Bethesda Magazine, we're proud to let you know that Keller Williams Capital Properties is a Best of Bethesda Top Vote Getter in the Real Estate Agency category! The MSM Team is proud to be part of such a great agency that truly cultivates a culture of […]

10 Point Marketing Plan That Gets Your Home Sold!

1.    Make Simple Low Cost Changes to Increase the Salability of Your Home Rely on me to be direct when advising you on what should be done prior to putting your Bethesda Maryland real estate on the market.  I’ll let you know how your home looks from a buyer’s point of view, and what cost effective repairs will […]

Your Job My Job Our Job

8 Reasons a Home Sells The Seller Sets the Price The Agent Brings the Market The Market Sets the Range The Buyer Sets the Value I often think of my job as a 50/50 partnership with clients who are selling real estate in Bethesda, but in reality the job distribution is heavily weighted towards the seller’s […]

Your December 2013 Market Update

What an incredible (and eventful) year it's been! After a year filled with government shutdowns and economic recovery, I think we've come out strong and are ending this year on a great note! The Washington, D.C. metro/Montgomery County area has especially been a fortuitous place to be living. The winter real estate market is expectedly slower with the rush of […]

Why You Should Sell Your Home During the Holidays

Sounds counter-intuitive, right? Selling your home in the winter and during the holidays sounds impractical, maybe even inadvisable. Many homesellers, and even agents, are in line with thinking that it’s better to just wait for after the holidays and until spring to list a home for sale. This sounds like it makes sense, but it’s a mistake for several reasons… […]

Haunting Numbers – What if Ghosts of the Past Return?

The following is a guest post from Nick Pakulla, a loan officer with Talmer Bancorp, Inc. at First Place Bank: With mortgage rates still near all-time lows and predictions that rates will continue edging up in 2014 and beyond, there are significant long-term interest savings for anyone in the market now! There are no tricks hidden in the […]

Where’s the Risk? It’s a Seller’s Market!

The other day a man walked into our MSM Team office in Bethesda with an address written on a wadded up piece of paper. He saw a property down the street and wanted to find out more information on how much it was listing for, how long it had been on market, and information on […]