As you walk through the Winterfest of Lights, you will be greeted by many new displays and an enhanced configuration. The Winterfest Entrance Pavilion will welcome you with open arms, setting the stage for the exciting spectacle that awaits. Follow the illuminated path through thousands of sparkling holiday lights and immerse yourself in the charm of animated light displays that line the paved park paths. Take a moment to enjoy the season with a cup of hot chocolate, capture cherished memories with Santa Claus in a festive photo, try your hand at delightful family crafts, and explore u ..read more

In a majority of West Ocean City home sale transactions, the homebuyer is the one ordering a home inspection. This often makes a homeowner wonder why they should be concerned with the inspection process seeing that the information is seemingly most beneficial to the buyer.  It is however good for a West Ocean City home seller to know about the inspection process and how some actions they take can impact the success of their home sale. It is also good to know what to expect in the inspection process and that though a right to inspection was waived during the highly competitive pandemic rea ..read more

When selling a home in West Ocean City Maryland it is a good strategy to know what home buyers are currently looking for in a Maryland home. Having desirable features and updates in your home can help to appeal to buyers and get a home sold more quickly. What buyers are looking for changes with time. For example, buyers 50 years ago were not looking for the same features that buyers are today. An avocado green fridge for example is not going to be at the top of any buyers list right now. One of the home feature categories with a large growth in interest currently is energy efficiency. Here are ..read more

No matter how well you care for your West Ocean City area home or how new it is, a home is going to have some sort of issue when you list it for sale and it undergoes a professional inspection. Most issues can be solved pretty easily and do not hinder the selling process, but what if your home has structural issues? These are a bit more serious. What is Structural Damage? Structural damage is any form of concern in a home that puts the overall safety and integrity of the building at risk. Often structural issues in residential homes come in the form of foundation shifting or cracks, sagging ro ..read more

Owning a home on the beach in Ocean City or one very near to it is a dream come true. Spending most of your time enjoying the sand and surf right at your doorstep is amazing. What is not so dreamy is trying to keep the sand from frequent beach trips out of your Ocean City beach home.  Here are Some Tips and Techniques to Keep the Sand Out of Your Beach House Make Use of Your Outdoor Faucet Installing an outdoor shower to utilize before coming into your Ocean City beach home from the beach would be the ideal and convenient way to keep sand outside. If you are unable to do this making it ea ..read more

There are many homes in the Ocean City Maryland area that have beautiful hardwood floors. Hardwood floors have become more popular over the last couple of decades with Ocean City homeowners and homeowners everywhere.  Hardwood floors are popular for many reasons some of the most common reasons include that they have easy cleaning, and they do not hold onto pounds of dirt and dust as compared to carpet. But perhaps the most popular reason hardwood floors are seen as desirable in homes is that when well cared for they are beautiful and can last for several lifetimes. Hardwood floors do come ..read more

If you are getting your Ocean City or area home ready to sell you want to make sure that it is in top condition and shows all the best attributes of the property to receive the highest offer possible in a shorter amount of time. One of the biggest turn off's that many homebuyers have shared in several homebuyer surveys is when a home has a peculiar smell. An unpleasant smell on a property in a walk-through can communicate several negative things about a home for sale that a West Ocean City home seller will not want a potential buyer to think about their home. It could even result in a pot ..read more

With mortgage interest rates increasing all across the country not just in Maryland, potential buyers are looking for different options from the traditional 30 yr fixed rate conventional mortgage to be able to make the purchase of a home more affordable.  Rates have climbed from around 3 and a half percent to over 7% in just one year. This creates a significant increase in a West Ocean City buyer's monthly mortgage payments. This has brought more focus on considering an adjustable-rate mortgage which was almost completely ignored by home buyers over the last decade in America. As conventi ..read more

As you shop for homes in the West Ocean City area you may find that homes of the same square footage and very comparable features come with almost double the price tag when they are located right on the water. Some homes in certain waterfront locales may even be more. Why is this?  It all Boils Down to the Classic Law of Supply and Demand The rule or law of supply and demand applies to anything available for purchase.  Basically, anything that is in high demand but there is a small supply is going to become more desirable and wanted. This increases the demand and as such increases th ..read more

The kitchen in your West Ocean City home will be one of the most important and observed areas of the home by potential buyers when you list it for sale. This is one of the most important areas of your home to make sure is pristinely clean and staged.  Tips for Staging a Kitchen in Your West OC Home Getting cabinets ready to sell There are three major surfaces when it comes to the kitchen; the floor, the countertop, and the cabinets. All of these items take up a large surface area of the kitchen and make a huge impact on the overall look of the room. The kitchen cabinets are perhaps the mo ..read more