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Cold Weather Organizing Ideas to Keep Your Home Cozy
With chilly weather keeping you indoors more often, there’s no better time to ensure that you are organized and enjoying your home to its fullest. Organizing for the cold weather not only keeps your home orderly and calm, but strategic organizing can keep your home at its coziest.
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Top Items to Buy for Your First Home
Becoming a first-time homeowner is an exciting transition. If you lived in a rental before owning your first home, you may assume you already have all the necessities you will need for life as a homeowner. However, there are going to be a few things you should put on your shopping list. Don’t get caught without these items you will need for your first home.
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3 Simple and Affordable Tricks to Enhance Your Home's Style
One of the silver linings of this year’s pandemic restrictions is that a lot of us have gotten more skilled at handling home improvement on our own.
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5 Budget-Friendly Home Upgrades You Can Complete in a Weekend
Just because you have a budget and short span of free time on the weekends doesn’t mean you can’t make some impactful changes in your home. Even the smallest changes can make a difference.
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Why It's Important to Insulate Pipes
Insulating the pipes that carry water into your home could help you use less energy and prevent damage to your house. This simple home improvement is typically inexpensive, but it could result in significant savings, especially if: your pipes are exposed to cold temperatures; they have to carry water over long distances; your family uses a lot of water; you live in a humid area; or you use expensive heating fuel.
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How New Curtains Could Lower Your Utility Bills
High utility bills are a problem for many homeowners. If you are paying more than you would like for heating and air conditioning, you may be able to save money simply by installing new curtains.
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Traditional vs Open Floor Plans: Which One Is Right for You
For years, open concepts have been touted as more conducive to modern living, yet traditional floor plans certainly have their own benefits, particularly for those who are spending lots of time at home. If you’re trying to determine which is right for you, read on to find out what each one has to offer.
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Sell Your Home Using All Five Senses
One of the best ways to get your home ready to sell is to remember to use the appeal of all five senses in your marketing.
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Helping Your Child Connect With Nature
Amid growing environmental concerns at a time when group activity is curtailed, encouraging your child to bond with nature can achieve two important goals, researchers say.
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The Perfect Pancake for Your Valentine
Finding something unique and special to do on Valentine’s Day for your significant other can be a challenge. Every year, the day to celebrate love rolls around and every year it may seem like you’re out of ideas. Many people feel the same way.
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Why 2021 is the Year to Be Passionate
Reflecting the current trend toward streamlining and simplifying, Sherwin Williams has introduced its pick for the 2021 Color of the Year: “Passionate”.
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Hiring an Interior Designer
Don’t call them decorators! Interior designers are trained, degreed and licensed professionals who do far more than choose curtains. Their job is to transform the interior of your home to make it more functional and beautiful. Here are some perks to hiring an interior designer.
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South Carroll Food Pantry
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate collected food and personal items for the South Carroll Food Pantry.
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Help Us to Fill the Pantry
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Doc Palmer Recognized as Melvin Jones Fellow
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Help Us to Fill the Pantry
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FHA Issues Measures to Protect Homeownership Security for Borrowers Impacted By COVID-19
The Federal Housing Administration (The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) issued a series of waivers of provisions in its "Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1" that would normally require in-person contact between mortgage servicers and borrowers, including seniors with FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion (HECM) reverse mortgages.
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Is It Wise to Refinance Now
Over the summer of 2020, refinances of existing mortgages rose over 200 percent, according to Realtor.com. Driven by the lowest interest rates and the highest home prices in recent history, many homeowners are opting to skip the frustrations of moving in favor of lowering their current monthly mortgage payments.
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Mortgage applications increased 8.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Jan. 29, 2021.
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How to Figure Out if You're Ready to Buy Your First Home
Don’t rush into buying a home unless you’re sure that you’re ready. Here are some things you should do to prepare.
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FHA Extends Forbearance Deadline for Struggling Borrowers
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently announced that it will execute the Biden Administration's request to extend the deadline for borrowers with FHA-insured mortgages who are struggling financially due to COVID-19 to request and receive mortgage payment forbearance from their mortgage servicer.
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Due to skyrocketing unemployment rates in the face of the pandemic, countless Americans have experienced economic struggles.
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January Top Producers
The Eldersburg office of Long & Foster Real Estate congratulates its top producing agents and teams for the month of January 2021.
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December Top Producers
The Eldersburg office of Long & Foster Real Estate congratulates its top producing agents and teams for the month of December 2020.
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November Top Producers
The Eldersburg office of Long & Foster Real Estate congratulates its top producing agents and teams for the month of November 2020. As an office, sales volume was up 81% and the number of units sold was up 24% compared to November 2019. Year-to-date sales volume is up 17% and number of units sold is up 6% compared to 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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October Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of October 2020. As an office, our sales volume was up 52% and our number of units sold was up 34% vs. October 2019. Year-to-date our sales volume is up 13% and our number of units sold is up 5% vs. 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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September Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of October 2020. As an office, our sales volume was up 52% and our number of units sold was up 34% vs. October 2019. Year-to-date our sales volume is up 13% and our number of units sold is up 5% vs. 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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August Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of August 2020. #eldersburgtopproducers
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Prosperity Home Mortgage
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Sage Title
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Long and Foster Insurance
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2019 Award Winners
We Congratulate and Celebrate Our 2019 Office Award Winners!
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2018 Award Winners
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2017 Award Winners
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June Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of June 2020. June sales were amazing. As an office our sales volume was up 39% and the number of units sold was up 21% vs. June 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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May Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of May 2020. Less affected by the closings due to the Covid-19 pandemic we had in April, as an office our sales volume was only down 8% and the number of units sold was down 3% vs. May 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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April Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of April 2020. Affected by the closings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as an office our sales volume was down 28% and the number of units sold was down 25% vs. April 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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March Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of March 2020. Affected by the closings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as an office our sales volume was down 28% and the number of units sold was down 25% vs. March 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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February Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of March 2020. Affected by the closings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as an office our sales volume was down 28% and the number of units sold was down 25% vs. March 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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January Top Producers
The Eldersburg Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. congratulates our Top Producers for the month of January 2020. As an office our sales volume was up 37% and the number of units was up 26% vs. January 2019. #eldersburgtopproducers
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