Westlake Village?????? (Bowie, St. Charles, Clinton: short sales, crimes, home)

[lscalder]

Originally Posted by fjennell

I am sure that you would not be happy if the area of the county within the beltway pushed the criminals into Bowie or Upper Marlboro so Charles County residents are not happy that crime is reaching them. It's really not right to say you are glad they are leaving the county if they are going to another county that borders yours. It would be nice if the laws and police activity were stronger everywhere and therefore we could try to lower the crime in all areas.

Bowie and Upper Marlboro is too expensive and both have very active police force. Its sad to say but PG county is not the first and will not be the last to increase tax,cost of living which will push out the criminals.
Montogmery county,FairFax,Northern VA and DC have all done this.
Why is it a big issue if PG county does it?

Charles County and PG county are 10-15 minutes by car. Most criminals do not drive to commit a crime. They would rather walk.
Most criminals commit crimes in their own neighborhood.

[fjennell]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Bowie and Upper Marlboro is too expensive and both have very active police force. Its sad to say but PG county is not the first and will not be the last to increase tax,cost of living which will push out the criminals.
Montogmery county,FairFax,Northern VA and DC have all done this.
Why is it a big issue if PG county does it?

Charles County and PG county are 10-15 minutes by car. Most criminals do not drive to commit a crime. They would rather walk.
Most criminals commit crimes in their own neighborhood.

You are very mistaken here. Over 90% of the crimes committed in Charles are from people living in PG or DC. They don't have a problem driving at all.

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[quote=fjennell;4158376]You are very mistaken here. Over 90% of the crimes committed in Charles are from people living in PG or DC. They don't have a problem driving at all.[/QUOTE

Do you have any evidence of this? Or are you just making up a story?
I think you just made up a story/number.

I can tell you this majority of the crimes in Pg County happened on the border of PG and DC. If you notice on your crime map the areas with crimes are areas that are within walking distance of DC.

DC and PG County are both pushing out criminals by increasing property tax and cost of living while Charles County remains very cheap to live.
You can get a twonhome in Charles County in a decent area for under 200k.
You can never get that in both DC and PG county.

[fjennell]

[quote=lscalder;4159666]

Originally Posted by fjennell

You are very mistaken here. Over 90% of the crimes committed in Charles are from people living in PG or DC. They don't have a problem driving at all.[/QUOTE

Do you have any evidence of this? Or are you just making up a story?
I think you just made up a story/number.

I can tell you this majority of the crimes in Pg County happened on the border of PG and DC. If you notice on your crime map the areas with crimes are areas that are within walking distance of DC.

DC and PG County are both pushing out criminals by increasing property tax and cost of living while Charles County remains very cheap to live.
You can get a twonhome in Charles County in a decent area for under 200k.
You can never get that in both DC and PG county.

While I don't personally have proof of that - I know several cops, a prosecutor and my friend works dispatch in the county and I am going off what they tell me as well as reading the crime reports and seeing "so and so from Bowie, DC, etc. arrested for whatever" You cannot get a decent townhouse for under 200 - Actually if you see any for that price, they are not in good areas, but I am not sure where you are going with this argument - you say that you cannot live this cheaply anywhere in PG or DC, yet the crime there is still higher than Charles. I guess you are trying to say the crime spilling into Charles wouldn't be so if it was more expensive, but then what about the crime that still widely exists in PG even though the cost is higher? My point was to simply say pushing crime to other counties is not the answer - it should be to make doing a crime less appealing, tougher laws, etc. Drunk driving still exists but as the laws have gotten so much stricter over the years, it has decreased. People realize that it's not worth it. There will always be crime, but seeing it decrease everywhere would be ideal, not just push it somewhere else and let them deal with it. Also, if you check real estate the same type of townhouses (older ones - only 2 story without a garage) that are going for mid 200's in Charles are going for the same thing in Upper Marlboro. If you search houses between 300k-400k in Bowie there are 209 - the same search for Waldorf is 287. The pricing is about the same. On houses between 700k and 1 million, all of PG has 117 listed and all of Charles only has 56 listed, but PG has way more people, therefore more housing than Charles. So really the pricing is not that much different, looking at the county as a whole. Of course both counties have areas that are much more expensive.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Bowie and Upper Marlboro is too expensive and both have very active police force. Its sad to say but PG county is not the first and will not be the last to increase tax,cost of living which will push out the criminals.
Montogmery county,FairFax,Northern VA and DC have all done this.
Why is it a big issue if PG county does it?

Charles County and PG county are 10-15 minutes by car. Most criminals do not drive to commit a crime. They would rather walk.
Most criminals commit crimes in their own neighborhood.

First let me say that absolutely everything in this post is wrong!How many crooks do you know that steal a TV and walk home with it,and when they take a car or a bike or jewelry they just walk it home???OK, second ,you must not drive yourself becuase Charles way more then 10 -150 mins away from Bowie.

[Giantone]

[quote=lscalder;4159666]

Originally Posted by fjennell

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DC and PG County are both pushing out criminals by increasing property tax and cost of living while Charles County remains very cheap to live.
You can get a twonhome in Charles County in a decent area for under 200k.
You can never get that in both DC and PG county.

Wrong ,it is cheaper in P.G.....there coming to Charles to get away from the crime and for the schools.

[lscalder]

[quote=Giantone;4164667]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Wrong ,it is cheaper in P.G.....there coming to Charles to get away from the crime and for the schools.

No you are wrong.

PG county have higher property tax then Charles County.
The prices for homes are higher then Charles County.

[Giantone]

[quote=lscalder;4165042]

Originally Posted by Giantone

No you are wrong.

PG county have higher property tax then Charles County.
The prices for homes are higher then Charles County.

Nope.

[fjennell]

Housing Outlook 2006
Prince George's County

By Krissah Williams
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006; Page R30

Despite steep housing price increases last year, Prince George's County remains the most affordable jurisdiction in the region.

Prices in the county rose 29 percent in 2005, on a par with the neighboring District of Columbia. The median sales price was $287,000, up from $223,000 the previous year, according to a Washington Post analysis based on state sales records for single-family houses and townhouses. In comparison, prices increased 20 percent from 2003 to 2004, and 10 percent from 2002 to 2003.

Upper Marlboro's Zip code 20772, a suburban community in central Prince George's, did the most volume, accounting for 1,046 of the 12,538 houses sold in the county. The median sale price in that Zip was $292,000.

Also from the post:
Regional Property Values
Charles County, Maryland
Home prices in Charles County fell slightly last year, while the number of transactions dropped sharply.

The county's median home price dropped 1 percent, to $325,000, from $329,900 in 2006, according to a Washington Post analysis based on state sales records for single-family houses and townhouses. Condominium sales were not included.
In recent years, Charles County has attracted people who want to move up to better homes but were priced out of Montgomery County and Northern Virginia. "I have seen . . . in the last five years that Charles County has become part" of the Washington area, said Boyce, who has worked in the area for two decades.

WOW LOOKS LIKE THEY WEREN'T RUNNING FROM PG COUNTY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!

Also see link below for complete tax rate. Real (real estate) taxes in all of PG county are cheaper than Charles.
SDAT: Property Tax Rates

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Here is the entire article. This article is old any ways.

If you notice the article was before the National Harbor and othe rmajor project in Pg County.

Here is the Link:Prince George's County bond rating upgraded to top - Forbes.com (broken link)

Prince George's County bond rating upgraded to top
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Prince George's County officials say a Wall Street bond rating agency has upgraded the county's bonds to the top rating, a move that will likely make it easier and cheaper for the county to borrow money.

County Executive Jack Johnson said Tuesday that Standard & Poor's gave the county a AAA rating after meeting with county officials three weeks ago.

A high bond rating usually means governments pay lower interest rates on the bonds they issue. Johnson says the new rating will be applied to $110 million in general obligation bonds to be sold this week.

Johnson says the rating is a sign of the economic health of Prince George's, built in part on big projects such as the $4 billion National Harbor development on the Potomac River.




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Prince George's County

By Krissah Williams
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006; Page R30

Despite steep housing price increases last year, Prince George's County remains the most affordable jurisdiction in the region.

Prices in the county rose 29 percent in 2005, on a par with the neighboring District of Columbia. The median sales price was $287,000, up from $223,000 the previous year, according to a Washington Post analysis based on state sales records for single-family houses and townhouses. In comparison, prices increased 20 percent from 2003 to 2004, and 10 percent from 2002 to 2003.


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Maryland: Anne Arundel County Calvert County Charles County Frederick County Howard County Montgomery County Prince George's County

Virginia: Alexandria Arlington Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County

Condos: Regional

All Homes: Regional


Area Housing Outlook: 2006
The Post's annual Housing Outlook provides in-depth analysis of area housing trends, with additional online-only features.

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Upper Marlboro's Zip code 20772, a suburban community in central Prince George's, did the most volume, accounting for 1,046 of the 12,538 houses sold in the county. The median sale price in that Zip was $292,000.

Capitol Heights' Zip code 20743, in an older urban part of central Prince George's, was the second most active, with 932 houses sold with a median price of $184,125. It was followed closely by Fort Washington's Zip code 20744, where 848 houses sold for a median price of $306,500.

Donald L. Frederick, a Re/Max 100 agent based in Camp Springs, explained that those areas draw a mix of first-time buyers looking for affordable homes in Prince George's, where prices are lower than in the rest of the Washington region, and others looking for investment property.

"I have never seen so many people outside of Prince George's looking to buy homes here," said Frederick, who has been selling real estate in the county for 31 years.

He said Fort Washington has became a particular draw because construction had recently begun on the nearby National Harbor development, which will include restaurants, stores, hotels and a convention center. House prices in that part of the county rose 25 percent last year.

Capitol Heights, Zip code 20743, was the least expensive part of the county, which real estate agents said explains the high number of sales there. That area has consistently been one of the most affordable in the region, but even there house prices are climbing. Between 2004 and 2005 the median sales price in Capitol Heights rose 27 percent, to $184,125 -- still, one of a scant number of Zip codes in the region where the median price remains below $200,000.

The county's most expensive Zip code technically was the portion of Silver Spring's 20904 that is in Prince George's, where one house sold for $799,000. However, with just one sale, that is statistically insignificant. Next was Glenn Dale's Zip code 20769, where 98 houses sold for a median price of $424,000.

On the whole, the number of houses sold in the county decreased 5 percent. David E. Maclin, an agent with Realty Executives in Upper Marlboro and president of the Prince George's County Association of Realtors, said that is a result of people "holding on to their property and utilizing the equity in their property. It becomes an investment. People are adding on to their house [by] putting another level in," rather than shopping for a larger, more expensive house elsewhere.


Second article:
CHARLES COUNTY REAL ESTATE OFFERS SOME WONDERFUL RESALE HOMES IN WALDORF, LA PLATA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THIS CONVENIENT AND AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COUNTY.

Resale homes in Charles County are a major resource of homes in the Southern Maryland real estate market. Charles County new home permits may take 6 months or more to be issed by the Charles County. Builders often deliver a home in a year or more following contract. Many families can't wait that long for a home. Getting the children enrolled in school often means that a resale home will offer good opportunities today rather than waiting for a home to be built.

From the day you write your offer on a resale home, settlement and OCCUPANCY is usually only 30-60 days away. New homes will take from 6-18 months to deliver with the average being 8 months. Short terms rentals are expensive and temporary means 12 months rent for most apartments. Buying a resale home in Waldorf, White Plains, La Plata or other locations in Charles County may make a lot of sense for you.




Above are examples of wonderful resale homes sold recently. Resales are
a wonderful option for all home buyers.

The market, or inventory, is constantly changing in Charles County real estate.

First Quarter 2008 shows about 1228 Detached Single Family Homes offered for sale.

The average price for single family homes is $448,500, down about $20,000 from end of 2007.

The highest priced home offered for sale in Charles County is $3,500,000, down from $3,900,000 for a home built Circa 1639 on 84 acres. The home has over 10,000 square feet with 8 bedrooms, 9 Baths, several out buildings and was updated in 2000.

The least expensive home offered for sale is priced at $133,000 for a 47 year old Rambler on about 1/2 an acre. 3 bedrooms and 1 bath offer a good opportunity for a first time home buyer.




Homes of this style and size in Waldorf are priced from about $299,900 to about $450,000 with the average of about $350,000. Split level homes are popular because they offer several levels for family members and are in the affordable price ranges for first time home buyers and VA home buyers. Prices in Waldorf have come down about $30,000 on the average from the same time in 2006.

Other popular home styles in Waldorf are the split foyer, colonials and ramblers. Newer homes are primarily two story colonial style with bedrooms on the upper level. There are few home constructed in Waldorf due to the high ground water levels and custom.

Homes in Charles County are affordable compared to homes in Prince George's County or homes in Anne Arundel. The county offers wonderful shopping opportunities, popular public schools and an easy commute to Washington, D.C.