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The Crestview area of Bethesda is a community that has it all! With access to the downtown areas of Bethesda and DC so close, this neighborhood continues to attract professionals who work in those locations and require top notch schools as well as proximity to work locations.
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Available Homes for Sale in Crestview
- $585,000 :: 4924 Crescent St, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
2 beds, 1 bath
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 5,000 sq ft
Added: 08/07/10, Last Updated: 08/30/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7408625
Tract: Crestview
As is Estate sale, Beautiful 1939 Colonial on landscaped generous lot. This home is in very good move in condition but could use cosmetics(paint) and some up dating if desired. Walk to Friendship heights Metro and shops!Located on quiet neighborhood street.
Listed with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com!
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Homes Sold in Crestview
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4620 Bayard Blvd MC7332902- Preview of Bethesda Homes for Sale
I personally preview every home for sale in Crestview so that when buyers are looking for homes with certain features I know right away what might work well for them. Because I see so many of the listings in the area I can also help sellers understand why one home might have commanded more than another. While we can look at many, many pictures of homes on line there is nothing like being physically present in a house to understand how it will work as someone’s home.
If you would like me to put my neighborhood expertise and experience for real estate in Crestview to work for you, contact me!
4620 Bayard Blvd, Bethesda MD 20816
MC7332902 – $619,000
I've previewed all the homes for sale in Crestview, a neighborhood of Bethesda homes for sale and wouldn't you know it, this one is as cute as can be.
If you are looking for a home in the Westbrook Elementary School district that is walking distance to the Friendship Heights metro area this is it. In terrific shape and completely ready for move in.
These homes are not large but for a first time home buyer or a small house with no condo fees you just can't beat this location. Only two bedrooms but with finished space in the basement area, there is some room to spread out. There are two very similar homes for $619,000 on the market and another at $629,000 which just went under contract. Four others homes on Bayard are under contract after short stints on market! Happening place with homes going under contract quickly this spring.
The backyard area is super – flat and so usable and perfect for outdoor entertaining.
I'll mention this street as one with small homes and good pricing and several of my friends who started out over there will get a little misty eyed at remembering how much they loved the area.
The neighborhoods are terrific and the Westbrook elementary school is a big draw for families. Coming this month is the new Whole Foods. Between being able to walk to metro, restaurants, cinema, shop and get great food there is ample reason to move to this fantastic neighborhood!
If you are interested in what kind of offer to make for this home (MC7287296), contact me and we can discuss the comps and what price is supported by the recent sales and the current condition of the home.
I focus my work extensively in this area of Bethesda so I've developed a lot of expertise in the home values in Bethesda, neighborhoods, school systems and local amenities.
Homes for Sale in the Westbrook School District
- $649,000 :: 5303 Wakefield Rd, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
2 beds, 1 full 1 part baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 5,250 sq ft
Added: 05/06/10, Last Updated: 09/01/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7290166
Tract: Greenacres
Great house! Expanded,colonial w/large ent foyer w/custom built-ins, renov. kitch w/maple, granite,ss appliances,HB. Sunroom w/frpl, great rm w/living, dining, & frpl opens to deck. 2BRs, 1BA up. Recently finished LL rec rm/gym+ laundry, storage/utility area. Fenced back yard w/deck,patio,mature plantings. Convenient to shops, hiking/biking trails, playgrounds, pools & Metro.
Listed with Evers & Company Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $1,425,000 :: 5113 Dalecarlia Dr, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
5 beds, 3 full 1 part baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 9,385 sq ft
Added: 03/18/10, Last Updated: 09/01/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7283799
Tract: Westmoreland Hills
The price of this listing was last reduced on 8/23/2010 by 2%
STATELY SUN-FILLED 5 BR 3 1/2 BA BRICK COLONIAL ON 9,000 SQ.FT.LOT ON A BEAUTIFUL STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.LARGE LIVING ROOM W/FIREPLACE, DINING ROOM W/FRENCH DOORS TO PATIO/BACK YARD, DEN, LARGE FAMILY ROOM/KITCHEN WITH DOOR TO PATIO/YARD, POWDER ROOM.FINISHED LL WITH BEDROOM AND FULL BATH.LOVELY ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS THRU OUT. LOADS OF CLOSETS! ATTACHED ONE CAR GARAGE.
Listed with Washington Fine Properties LLC
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $1,549,000 :: 4703 Overbrook Rd, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
6 beds, 5 full 1 part baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 6,500 sq ft
Added: 05/08/10, Last Updated: 09/01/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7333276
Tract: Brookdale
The price of this listing was last reduced on 7/18/2010 by 3%
Almost new home (4 yr old) in Bethesda w/ quick access to Friendship Heights Metro/shopping. Fantastic layout with great attention to detail make this 6 bdrm, 5-1/2 bath house a must see! Offers covered front porch, oversized 2-car garage, 9 ft+ ceilings, Viking appliances, granite, 1st flr Library w/ built-ins, Open Dining Rm & Living Rm w/ FP
Listed with Gibbons Realty
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $625,000 :: 4906 Glen Cove Pkwy, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
3 beds, 2 baths
Home size: 1,996 sq ft
Lot Size: 5,445 sq ft
Added: 06/18/10, Last Updated: 08/31/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7418422
Tract: Glen Cove
Classic home with two additions in great Bethesda location, near bus routes, Frdship Heights Metro, swim club, Crescent Trail, neighborhood school. Large kitchen with updates. Lovely large LR w new windows overlooking garden. Sep DR. 3 BRs up. Refin HW floors, fresh paint. Unfin BA w potential add'l BA & rec rm. Property has been cared for but sold as-is. New Price!Offers Welcome!
Listed with Evers & Company Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $1,029,000 :: 4425 Chalfont Pl, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
4 beds, 4 full 1 part baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 6,291 sq ft
Added: 06/25/10, Last Updated: 08/23/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7373158
Tract: Westmoreland Hills
The price of this listing was last reduced on 7/14/2010 by 4%
Large Williamsburg colonial with large 1st floor MBR with adjoining sitting room/study, generous LR with fp, Sep DR, low-maint yard w/ patio backing to open space, large kitchen with separate breakfast area, fin LL with 1-car garage, 3 large BRs on 2nd, incl a second MBR. Gas heating. Overlook HOA includes pool membership. Adjacent to Crescent Trail. Best buy in 20816!
Listed with Burr Residential Properties
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $1,695,000 :: 5127 Newport Ave, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
6 beds, 5 full 1 part baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 9,831 sq ft
Added: 05/17/10, Last Updated: 08/17/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7338746
Tract: Brookdale
HOUSE IS UP! AN ENCHANTRESS!!4 FIN LEVELS! Great opp'ty & loc:STUDIO Z DESIGN,WALK 2 Friendship Hgts METRO,SHOPS.GREAT LOTS W REAL W/O BAST, LEVEL FRONT & REAR GARDENS (w/o bsmt) Min's 2 all:Downtown DC, NVA,270,Westbrook Elem, Westland,BCC Internat'l Bacc.5127 NEWPORT UP MAY 15.READY 8/1. QUALITY, OPEN,AIRY,GREAT LIGHT, ALL MOD CON'S AND A REAL DELIGHT. SUPERB VIEWS.KITCHEN/MBA OPTIONS!
Listed with WC & AN Miller Realtors, A Long & Foster Company
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $4,700 :: 5210 Western Ave, Chevy Chase MD, 20815 -
5 beds, 3 baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 6,000 sq ft
Added: 07/17/10, Last Updated: 08/17/10
Property Type: Residential for Rent, Detached for Rent
MLS Number: MC7411711
Tract: Brookdale
TERRIFIC LOC! 3 BLKS Frdship Hgts Metro,all shopping, new Whole Foods,2 comm'y centers. 10-15 min 2 everything: city, 270,495,NoVa,parks,playdrds,trails, Westbrook El. w on site pre/after school.GREAT LITE,FLOW,VERSATILITY: LR,DR,FR adj TSK, SR,mudrm,PROF'L OFFICE/BR. 45 FT DECK/PORCH,quiet garden rear! GREAT MBR w cath clg,2 huge w/in closets + 1. BCC High w Internat'l Bacc, 1 of top in US.
Listed with WC & AN Miller Realtors, A Long & Foster Company
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com! - $999,900 :: 5141 Massachusetts Ave Ne, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
6 beds, 3 full 2 part baths
Home size: 4,600 sq ft
Lot Size: 15,199 sq ft
Added: 05/21/10, Last Updated: 08/16/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7344105
Tract: Westmoreland Hills
The price of this listing was last reduced on 8/13/2010 by 9%
classic 1938 vintage stone and brick 6 bedroom home with 3 full and 2 half baths, 2 fireplaces, hardwood on main and 2 upper levels plus a slate roof . beautiful moldings and arches. It's perched on a hill far back from the street and just steps to Westmoreland circle-an easy commute to D.C.
Listed with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com!
Home Values in Crestview
Homes Sold in Crestview
Buyer is Looking for a Deal…
I had a conversation recently with someone who has diligently researched all the property sales, knows the tax records and has put offers in and on homes for sale in Glen Cove Bethesda and looked homes for sale in Crestview Bethesda.
As with many buyers today her desire is to get a good deal and to that end she used a limited service brokerage that rebates a commission to the buyer, but she realized that it wouldn't be a successful strategy. In a competitive environment for well priced homes a buyer agent who writes a contract and then does no further negotiation is unlikely to be successful for their client.
She also wrote an offer with the listing agent of a home but had that offer handed back to her. No counter. Just handed back.
So she called me because she can see by my blog that I'm pretty familiar with this corridor. What did I think?
Well….
First off she needs an advocate. Going from limited service agent to listing agent to listing agent is not an effective strategy. There are so many moving parts to a real estate transaction that can fail that without someone to help you through the rough patches, it's really pretty difficult to ever get a home to settled. Finding a house is the easiest thing on earth. Search around the hundreds of sites that display houses and pick something you like. Seriously, this is the least complicated part of what I do.
Figuring out what to offer on a home starts the tricky process. In this case, she had researched the sales and decided that since nothing she saw sold above assessed value that she would only offer that. Trouble is, the home is worth more than its assessed value. Is it worth the current offer price? Probably not at 38 days on market but surely it's not worth less than smaller homes in the same area that are going under contract for MORE than what she wanted to offer on this property.
So why did the listing agent even write an offer that was $125K below asking? Because with an offer in hand she could go back to anyone else who might be interested in the property and try to get them to write an offer. Without revealing any details, it's just an offer and the other party has no way to know what it is, except it exists. If they want to get the house then they need to get something in writing. Or perhaps she thought her clients would be willing to find a way to meet. But unfortunately too many sellers just get angry and can't see past what they consider a true waste of their time.
And why did the sellers not counter? Who knows? But contrary to what the buyer believes they are not desperate to sell, even though she heard the listing agent say they were moving away and needed to sell this home. But let's just say they were…. If they reduced the price to the correct market range they could sell the home quickly and for far more than the exceptionally low offer the buyer put in front of them. No need to take such a low ball.
This is the fatal error I see over and over with buyers.
Why would they take your low offer when they can just reduce the price to the correct market value and get far far more than you offered?
Our market is shifting gears, with less inventory to sell and a spring market in full swing. Homes that are priced well are selling quickly and especially in those areas where there is Metro access, walk to shopping and the fun areas of Friendship Heights.
So what I think is she was more about how to get a deal than she was about getting a house. And it's too bad. Take that energy and channel it with someone who can guide you a bit better and you'll likely actually have a house not a string of contract writing exercises.
I'm happy to help her but she has to be willing to let me do so…
Homes for Sale in Crestview and Glen Cove
The walk scores for these properties are fabulous!
- $585,000 :: 4924 Crescent St, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
2 beds, 1 bath
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 5,000 sq ft
Added: 08/07/10, Last Updated: 08/30/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7408625
Tract: Crestview
As is Estate sale, Beautiful 1939 Colonial on landscaped generous lot. This home is in very good move in condition but could use cosmetics(paint) and some up dating if desired. Walk to Friendship heights Metro and shops!Located on quiet neighborhood street.
Listed with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com!
- $625,000 :: 4906 Glen Cove Pkwy, Bethesda MD, 20816 -
3 beds, 2 baths
Home size: 1,996 sq ft
Lot Size: 5,445 sq ft
Added: 06/18/10, Last Updated: 08/31/10
Property Type: Residential for Sale, Detached for Sale
MLS Number: MC7418422
Tract: Glen Cove
Classic home with two additions in great Bethesda location, near bus routes, Frdship Heights Metro, swim club, Crescent Trail, neighborhood school. Large kitchen with updates. Lovely large LR w new windows overlooking garden. Sep DR. 3 BRs up. Refin HW floors, fresh paint. Unfin BA w potential add'l BA & rec rm. Property has been cared for but sold as-is. New Price!Offers Welcome!
Listed with Evers & Company Real Estate, Inc.
Brought to you by Josette Skilling, Long & Foster Real Estate , Inc. Call me today at 301-385-9213, or visit my website at bethesdabuzz.com!
Homes for Sale in Bethesda and Bethesda Real Estate
2009 Year End Sales Summary for Bethesda – 20816
Bethesda Real Estate – Homes for Sale in Bethesda
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ACTIVE LISTINGS in Bethesda – 20816
Price continues to trend upwards in the active listings – or homes for sale in Bethesda – but it has not translated yet to sold prices achieving gains in average or median price. The inventory is still on a downward trend from the past but the days on market are not matching the same trend. The buyer demand is not heavy enough yet to tip the balance into more of a seller’s market.
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Bethesda Real Estate and Bethesda Homes for Sale
December 2009 – 20816 Monthly Stats
SOLD Listings in Bethesda – 20816
December of 2009 was a busy month. The units sold volume was up by 50% as you can see and sales volume was way up as well. A lot of homes went under contract at the end of the year. Median price was flat from 2008 but average sold price was up – seven of the homes sold that month were over $1.1M which improved the average price. In the same time frame last year there were only 3 homes sold over $1M.
The median sold price is still the better statistic to watch for a general trend.
ACTIVE LISTINGS in Bethesda – 20816
Price continues to trend upwards in the active listings but it has not translated yet to sold prices achieving gains in average or median price. The inventory is still on a downward trend from the past but the days on market are not matching the same trend. The buyer demand is not heavy enough yet to tip the balance.
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Bethesda Real Estate and Bethesda Homes for Sale
2009 Yearly Statistics for Bethesda 20816 Neighborhoods
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Bethesda Real Estate and Bethesda Homes for Sale