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7624 Talbot Run, Mount Airy, MD 21771

Tucked Way back off the Road inside 6.11 Acres of Woods, this custom, freshly painted two-story home is ready for its next chapter. Gleaming hardwood floors throughout main & upper levels. Living room (Great Room!) entry features a wood-burning fireplace. Super Spacious Country Kitchen & Dining with Atrium to future deck. Main level primary bedroom with full bath and walk-in closet. Main level laundry with front loading washer & dryer. Upper Landing is perfect for a study nook! 3 spacious bedrooms and full bath complete the upper level space. Full unfinished basement with a level walk-out and pellet stove. 2 Car side entry garage. Propane Forced Air Heat and Central Air. And yes, there is cable/internet available all the way out here!

Who Pays the Agents Now?

Who Pays the Agents Now?

Mount Airy Real Estate by Maureen Nichols, REALTOR®
Team Bonnie and Maureen of RE/MAX Realty Plus

Other than our wonderful volunteers, does anyone “work” for free?

Career paths differ, as does how workers get paid, be it by hourly wage, annual salary, by the job or by commission – a percent of a sale. The majority of Real Estate Agents (we are REALTORS® only if we are a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, the state association and a local association – what is known as a three-way agreement) are independent contractors and get paid by commission.

When there are two parties to a sale – a buyer and a seller – who pays the commission? In Maryland, the seller sets the sales price and negotiates the commission rate via a contract with their “listing” agent. Our standardized listing contracts – since the beginning of Buyer Agency in 1991 – have been provided by the legal division of Maryland REALTORS® and have broken out how the negotiated commission is going to be paid out. As a seller in our neck of the woods, you fill in ALL the blanks – the total commission and then how much of that total is going to your listing agent, how much is going to the buyer’s agent and, if applicable, how much goes to a sub-agent.

Did this change on August 14, 2024? Not really. Our standardized contract changed a little bit – basically making bold print out of check boxes and fill-in-the-blanks to make sure sellers absolutely, positively know that commission is negotiable.

Did Buyer Agency rules change on August 14, 2024? Not really. We have ALWAYS!!!! been required to have a signed Buyer Agency Contract with a buyer in order to legally represent them. Without one – we might be with the buyer, but we’re working for a seller we’ve never met and that is a fact. With one, that buyer understands that if we are not getting paid by the seller, it is the buyer’s responsibility to pay us. The revised standardized contract now shows this in bold print, with a fill-in-the-blank amount, making sure buyers absolutely, positively know that we get paid to work for them and how much we get paid.

Well, but, here’s the next question: Who pays the commission now? Things “changed” on August 14th to comply with a settlement agreement the National Association of REALTORS® negotiated. This agreement did not include rules concerning who pays what or how much who pays, it concerns only how compensation (commission) is disclosed and how it is advertised. Does this change things? Not really.

Going forward, buyers and sellers will hopefully have a clearer understanding of who is paying what to who and their own monetary obligations – if any – to their agent. But this agent doesn’t see any huge upsets in our industry or any substantial changes to the commission structure – because it works and it works well. It allows for all parties to have representation and for all workers to get paid from the proceeds of the sale; the sale price the buyer is paying… So now I’ll ask: Who “really” pays the commission?

For more information, especially to understand the value REALTORS® bring to the table for both buyers and sellers, check out: marylandhomeownership.com

Advantages of seller-paid commission for sellers and buyers:

  • Increased buyer interest: When sellers cover the commission, the property becomes more attractive to a broader range of buyers.
  • Potential for higher selling price: Bigger pool of buyers, higher sale price
  • Faster sale of property: Remove the extra financial burden on buyers, quicker sale, less time on market.
  • Enhanced seller reputation: Sellers who cover commission costs are often viewed as more motivated and cooperative
  • Simplified negotiation process: With commission costs off the table, negotiations can focus squarely on the property’s price

1011 Jousting Way, Mount Airy, MD 21771

Welcome to this Delightful ‘Howard’ Model in Wildwood Park, the Desirable 62+ Community in Mount Airy. Upon entering, you’ll Notice the Gleaming Hardwood Floors; Spacious Living & Dining Room Combo; Table Space Kitchen; Primary Bedroom w/Bath; Additional Bedroom on Main Level has Door to Rear Deck overlooking Common Space; Hall Bath and Laundry Closet; The Lower Level has a Large Family Room with Walk-out, 3rd Bedroom & Full Bath; an XL Storage Area; The Home does have Solar Panels (Seller Owned) that Provide an Energy Efficient Lifestyle. The Minimal HOA covers Lawn Care & Snow Removal; Super Close to the Mount Airy Senior Center, Library and All the Mount Airy Amenities! You’ll Love this home. One Year Cinch Home Warranty Provided. House shows very well, but is being Sold Strictly AS-IS

2601 Carrington Way, Frederick, MD

Beautiful Brick Front – End Unit Townhome in Whittier Pond! Entry Level features a foyer, front facing bedroom with attached roughed in bathroom with plumbing (currently used as a storage room), a laundry room, and an extra large family room w/ gas fireplace and backyard access through the slider to the fenced rear yard. Second Level boasts 9′ ceilings, a super spacious living room with side bay window with beautiful wooden shutters and 2 over-sized front windows, an eat-in kitchen w/ island, pantry, dining room, and access to the wrap around trex deck. Upper Level offers the primary bedroom with garden bath & stall shower, walk in closet, 2 additional bedrooms and a full hall bath. Natural Gas HVAC replaced in 2019! Whole house just painted and new flooring – carpet, padding & LVP throughout!

4798 Mid Lynn Ct., Monrovia, MD

NOT A Drive By!! MUST come Inside!! Check out the Floor Plan & Room Dimensions! Tucked away at the end of the Culdesac in a Lovely Monrovia Neighborhood, this Over-sized Rancher boasts so much living space: Spacious Foyer, Entry Level Powder Room, a Great Room for Living & Dining with Cathedral Ceiling, Fireplace and Hardwood Floors, an Updated Maple & Quartz Kitchen with Breakfast Room & Side Exit to the Outside Living Space with Patios & Pond! 3 Bedrooms and 2 Full Baths! Go Up to the Loft – an extra space for games, hobbies, sleepovers and more! PLUS the Lower with two real bedrooms (both have full size windows!) and a level walk out, with Full Bath, Walk in Closet, Rec Room, Laundry and Direct Exit to 2 Car Garage. Roof was replaced in 2021! Windows, Siding, Kitchen, Recessed Lights, Updated Baths, Wood Floors, LVP, New Carpet, Neutral colors – almost every inch of this house has been lovingly tended, replaced and/or updated by the current owners. 1 Year Cinch Warranty provided, too!

6927 Woodbine Rd, Woodbine, MD

Stunning Custom Built 2600+ sf Ranch Home featuring a Natural Stone & Brick Facade, Covered Front & Back Porches, 3 Car Attached Side Load Garage with Custom Doors and a 28×16 Ready-to-Finish space above. Around the back, within a vinyl-clad fenced acre, you’ll find a gorgeous In-Ground, Heated Gunite Pool with Diving Board. Complementing the Home is a 40×60 Outbuilding with 16′ Ceilings and a 2nd Floor Work Space (40×35) accompanied by a 40×60 parking pad (or future lean-to!) The outbuilding has 100 Amp service, water hydrant, a woodstove for heat, a window unit for AC and a rough-in for an elevator shaft! All situated on 8.2 beautiful, level and private acres! Inside the home: 9′ Ceilings, Tigerwood Flooring throughout living areas, Spacious Foyer, Coffered Ceiling in Great Room boasting a two-sided gas fireplace and a level exit to back Porch & Pool area. Formal Dining Room with Tray Ceiling and the two-sided fireplace. Gourmet Granite & Stainless Kitchen with Island & Pantry open to Great Room and Breakfast Room. Primary Suite features an exit to the Patio and Pool area, an incredible custom designed bath with barrel-style soaking tub flanked by columns, tile flooring, two separate Granite Vanities, a Walk-in Shower plus a 15×7 walk-in Closet. Main level laundry. Constant Pressure Water Tank; 2 Hot Water Heaters; Geo-thermal Heat Pump. Along with 9′ Ceilings, the Lower Level offers a rough-in for Wet Bar, Bathroom and Fireplace, a full Egress Window to one side and Slider Walk-up to the other side. There is also a cold/safe room in the lower level. And!!!! HORSES ARE WELCOME! No HOA, No covenants & restrictions. The outbuilding and land has so much space and so many potential uses – whatever your hobby is!

804 Candy Apple Ave, Mount Airy, MD

Welcome to Wildwood Park, a Wonderful 62+ Community in Mount Airy, and the Popular Frederick Model Floor Plan; This 2-Story Home is Absolutely Lovely and Boasts the Following Amenities: Delightful Front Porch; Attached One-Car Garage w/Attic Storage; Gleaming Hardwood Floors on the Main Level; Large Living Room opens to Dining Room & Sunroom w/Atrium Door to Rear Patio and Yard; Upgraded Kitchen has Stainless Appliances, Corian Counters and Oak Cabinets; 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths; Main Level Primary Bedroom w/Walk-in Closet & Bath, Additional Main Level Bedroom, Laundry Closet & Powder Room; There’s Plenty of Room on the Upper Level too, with the 3rd Bedroom, Full Bath, Linen Closet and Large Finished Storage Room, that could be an Office or a Craft Room. The Modest HOA Covers Snow Removal and Lawn Care; Super Convenient Location, Close to Shopping, Restaurants, the Library and the Very Active Mount Airy Senior Center.

Never In My Wildest Dreams!

Never In My Wildest Dreams!

Mount Airy Real Estate by Maureen Nichols, REALTOR®
Team Bonnie and Maureen of RE/MAX Realty Plus

When I first started selling real estate in 1989, the office had a full time receptionist who took messages on pink message pads. From our landline or a phone booth, we called in during office hours to retrieve these messages. We entered listing data via teletype devices in three separate MLS systems so our Mount Airy listings would be seen by agents in all directions. I was young and very forward thinking back then. My dad was very “into” computers and tried to share his excitement with his kids, and maybe some of it rubbed off on me. But never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined where we are today with technology!! I could talk forever about how technology has changed throughout the past 35 years – but every single one of us has experienced the advances and has, at one time or another, thought: Never in my wildest dreams!

At a recent Realtor® Association meeting, Justin Matney of Quantum Loophole was our featured speaker. In addition to being a licensed Realtor®, Justin is the Director of Resource Integration at Quantum Loophole.

The Quantum Loophole Campus is over 2100 acres, located in Adamstown, at the former site of East Alcoa, the aluminum smelting plant. This campus is under 30 minutes from Mount Airy, and 20 miles from the Ashburn (VA) interconnection ecosystem. When Justin said approximately 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic travels through the data centers in Loudon County, Virginia, it boggled my mind. Not just America’s internet traffic, the entire world’s internet traffic.

So I thought: It’s a whirring, clanging, brightly-lit, energy-sucking data center in the middle of beautiful southwestern Frederick County – it’s a commercial behemoth with mountains to the west and a river to the south and gorgeous rolling farm fields many commuters from Mount Airy pass through every day. Surely better than a smelting plant, I thought, but it’s still a data center.

There is so much more to this story, however. I listened. Quantum Loophole is a developer of a first-one-of-its kind project – that will indeed be a data center – but one that is working toward building a planned data center community with a negative carbon footprint, with over 600 acres of nature reserve with stream and waterway protection, a wildlife corridor and more. Here is an excerpt from their website: “The Quantum Frederick project is based on efficient design for sustainable power and water use, investments in robust fiber connectivity, a nature-first design aesthetic to protect views and reduce visibility from public roadways, and includes thoughtful preservation of existing historic structures.”

Their 40+/- mile network is planned for the long run, for future generations. They will place more than 235,000 strands of fiber (this is mind-boggling, too!) in this network loop to connect the Frederick campus with Virginia. It’s incredible “stuff” – and it’s happening in our own backyard!

Check them out: https://quantumloophole.com/frederick-maryland/

2207 Fieldbrook Ln, Mount Airy, MD 21771

s: Impeccably kept and beautifully prepared for a new homeowner! Brand New In the Past Two Years: Finished Basement! Primary Bath! Carpet & Paint Throughout! All Appliances! Trex Deck! From the entry, you are greeted with the Front Formal Living or Dining Room facing the front yard, then in the rear you have an open floor plan: A Spacious Island Kitchen with Upgraded Appliances is central to the Rear Morning Room with Vaulted Ceiling. From the Morning Room you can exit to the new Rear Deck (19×16 Trex). Kitchen is also open to the Family Room featuring a Gas Fireplace. Gleaming Hardwoods throughout the main level! The Primary Bedroom boasts a Primary Bath Makeover featuring a Large Ceramic Tiled Stall Shower & Walk in Closet with built-ins. Upper Level Laundry Room! 3 Additional Bedrooms and a Ceramic Tiled Full Hall Bath Complete the Upper Level. The Lower Level features a beautiful finished Recreation Room with Separate Gym Area, a Spacious Storage Room and a separate Utility Room. Location is situated at the back of Sterling Glen with a level & lush yard! There are custom blinds, screens, beautiful wall paint colors, and attention to detail throughout this lovely home. 1 Year Cinch Warranty offers 1 Year Coverage for the new homeowner.
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144.8 Acres, Masser Rd, Frederick, MD

Absolutely gorgeous property! In CREP Program which allows for many uses including equestrian, livestock, grapes, grasses and more. House plus Tenant House allowed – 2 approved conventional perks, one for a 4 Bedroom home, one for a 5 bedroom home. There is one well to serve one house, 245′ deep/20 GPM. 12 Acre are unrestricted. Stream on property, mostly tillable. Please schedule a tour of this beautiful property
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