Modern Luxury Bethesda Home - The Video
Bethesda Real Estate Video Series - Modern Style... "The Hampden House" - A luxury Bethesda Modern home at 5104 Hampden Lane. If a pictures worth 1000 words, what's a video worth? Even one produced by me :-) Enjoy!
5104 Hampden Lane ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on April 13, 2011 in Main
Is Washington DC Seduction City USA For International Real Estate Investors?
...Actually even Better!...
DC Noted as 2nd Best Places in The World For International Real Estate Investment
More good news for some segments of the DC real estate market? Yep!
DC joins NYC (who nudged us out of the number 1) in being ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on January 5, 2011 in Main
DC Real Estate Market Rises Above Doom & Gloom
Washington DC Metro Real Estate Market Shows Growth While National Housing Prices Continue to Slip.
I think it's safe to say, as a WHOLE, the national housing market is still "hurting". In fact yesterday's S&P/Case-Shiller ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on December 29, 2010 in Main
Guess What DC? We're Rich...And Smart!
DC Metro Area Is "Money / Education Central"
Guess what? We’re rich and smart! That is, according to the Census data and reported in the post this morning, The DC Metro area is among the nations richest and most educated.Although ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on December 15, 2010 in Main
Potomac MD Real Estate Profie: Avenel
Potomac, MD Real estate profile: Avenel in Potomac, MD (and a little piece of Bethesda, MD too): Avenel, MD is one of the more special communities in the close in the Greater Bethesda area. This luxury Potomac neighborhood is probably ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on November 6, 2009 in Main
Updated & Renovated NW DC Charmer - Just Reduced!
1351 Jefferson Street NW / Washington DC
Sometimes a picture's worth 1000 words, isn't it? This 16th Street Heights charmer has gone through a total transformation - from "shell", to showpiece. I'll highlight some of these ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on March 27, 2009 in Main
The Sullyfication of America
Pardon this "aside" from DC Metro Area real estate but just wanted to share some quick thoughts. You were getting tired of the market reports anyway!
In the 11th grade I was taught one of my favorite terms – the ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on February 4, 2009 in Main
Google's Most Meaningful Results
I think it’s probably happened to all of us…at least if you’re over 30 years old. You go thru your daily life and then every once in a while, you have that “aha” moment when you recognize the importance and ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on November 19, 2008 in Main
Telluride Film Festival 2008
(NOTE: I wrote this shortly after returning from The Telluride Film Festival this past September…don’t know why it’s taken me so long to post it…but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy these movies)
Many of ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on November 7, 2008 in Main
Joining the Move Towards Locally Grown Organic Foods
A cousin from Massachusetts spent the night with us last weekend. She was in Washington for a conference and it was a fun excuse to catch up. We talked about family, politics, movies and literature, and good wine and food.
One of the ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on November 6, 2008 in Main
Happy Birthday Esme!
Regular readers will know how grateful we are that clients sometimes turn into wonderful friends. We definitely feel that Esme (and her parents) are in this category.
Esme turns five years old today…so let’s make sure that we ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on February 28, 2008 in Main
Do you Freecycle?
Last February, my son/partner and I were invited to have dinner with some clients. They had just moved into a wonderful Bethesda Maryland home from their Capitol Hill Townhome and we were privileged to have been involved in both transactions....
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on January 12, 2008 in Main
Maryland Homestead Tax Credit | New Process for Eligibility
As most homeowners are aware, in the State of Maryland property taxes cannot go up more than 10% per year for owners in homes that are their primary residence. When you buy a house, you indicate whether or not you intend to occupy the house ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on January 9, 2008 in Main
5th Birthdays & The Dramatic Kensington, MD Home
I’d like to take a moment to wish a very happy 5th birthday to our friend and one of our all-time favorite clients, Henry. I had the pleasure of marketing Henry’s (and his wonderful parent’s – and, actually, at that time ...
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Posted by Gretchen Koitz on November 19, 2007 in Main