Beautiful Cape Cod home sitting on a picturesque 1.8 acres
This home offers three bedroom, two full baths, a great kitchen with an island, nice level yard, covered front porch, back deck not to mention a full basement waiting on your finishing touches.
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake,
Happy New Year! Maybe 2015 will bring some fresh snow with it rather than just freezing temperatures. Be careful what I wish for, right? The cold weather we are having today makes conditions ripe for snowmaking at Wisp, though.
Looking to sightsee this winter? Take a drive to Grantsville, MD to see the historic Casselman River Bridge. While you’re there, enjoy a home cooked meal at Penn Alps and shop at Spruce Forest Artisan Village.
Stage Wisp’s Winter Concert Series has begun and takes place each Friday from 6:00-8:30 at Wispers Bar in the main lodge. The band schedule has not been released but they always have a good lineup. Check their website for more details.
If you sold real estate in 2014, here are some Tax Tips you should read 5 Tax Deductions Sellers Won’t Want to Miss. You can deduct things such as all closing costs, property taxes, improvements and points.
There are quite a few ski-in/out properties available for sale starting in the $200K range:
http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=60723640190. Whether it’s a low maintenance town home or detached family lodge you desire, there are plenty of options.
If you have not yet been setup on our automated email service through our MLS, which sends you listings that meets your parameters as they come on the market, and you wish to be, please notify us of your search criteria and we will take care of it. Enjoy your week!
Weekly updates by Betsy Spiker Holcomb of Taylor-Made vacations and Sales. Lights, camera, action! The snow guns are on in preparation for Wisp Resort’s official opening day – this Saturday, December 13th. The up-and-down weather we’ve had has made it quite challenging to open but the colder temperatures this week along with the dusting of fresh snow we’re getting should make for well-groomed trails. The picture below was taken from our office window. You can see that they are also preparing a base for the snow tubing area. It is indeed time to wax your skis & snowboards and give your lungs a fresh workout in the crisp, cool air!
Deep Creek was recently featured in the Baltimore Sun. The article touched on the real estate market, the history of the area, what to do and why to visit. Another interesting tidbit I learned today from the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce is that our county has had the highest increase in visitors across the state for 2012 & 2013 year, beating out Ocean City and Baltimore. http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/chesapeake-home/ph-mg-cl-deep-creek-20141119-story.html
There are a few fun things going on in the town of Oakland this weekend:
December 12th & 13th. There will be a tree lighting ceremony on Friday, December 12th at the gazebo on 2nd Street at 6:00 pm. Come out and join us for sleigh rides, carols, a petting zoo, store specials and see Santa! Santa will be downtown until 8:00 pm. He will make an appearance at the tree lighting and will make his way to Nola’s Salon. The festivities will continue on Saturday from 11:00 am-2:00 pm. Art’s images will be taking pictures of children with Santa again this year and orders will be taken if you wish to purchase them. The Food Drive will be taking place on Second Street until noon. Brenda’s Body Shop will be performing at 10:45 am at the gazebo.
Saturday, December 13th and 20th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Oakland B&O Museum. This is for children ages 4-8. The children are invited to come in their pajamas. They will take part in a craft, milk and cookies & meet with Santa! There is limited space for this event. Please call Michelle Ross at 301-334-2691 for reservations. We also invite parents to tour the station and enjoy some treats while your children are in the classroom (North Pole!).
Photo courtesy of G.C. Chamber of Commerce
The November Real Estate stats have been released and you can see that solds & contracts are up compared to the 5-year average and the average days on market (DOM) is down. These 3 indicators all point to a healthy climate for both buyers and sellers. 2014 is finishing up strong and what we’ve seen over the last year is an environment where sellers are getting a fair price for their properties (when compared to today’s value) and buyers have been able to negotiate to a number where they feel comfortable settling. For more detailed statistics on a particular segment of the market just shoot me an email, text or call.
Our Featured Listing is a home we recently introduced to the market in a well-established and liked community in the central part of the lake known as The Pinnacle. This contemporary home is perched on a hillside offering views of the lake as well as a Dock Slip nearby. It’s a 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home with a loft area overlooking the great room, bedrooms on all 3 levels, two family rooms, two fireplaces, a beautiful deck, large patio, detached garage, beautiful landscaping and a great yard! Click here to view the visual tour: http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1734802.html.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and be sure to make plans to visit the mountains soon!
Pristine 5 BR lake access home ready to move into. Super location–walk to restaurant, walk to marina for boat rentals and just a short drive on primary roads to McHenry and Wisp for unlimited activities.
Completely furnished and accessorized with 4 baths, family room, pool table, hot tub and filtered water views. This property would be an ideal full time or vacation home, plenty of room to enjoy friends and family.
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Hat & Glove Drive-Market Stats. Winter kickoffs here at the lake! Locals would say that last Thursday night’s light accumulation was our first official snow for the 2014 season. The Whistling Swans echo the same. They almost always arrive with the first snow and once again they didn’t disappoint. Wisp also turned on the snowguns on Saturday to blow off the dust and excite ski enthusiasts like myself!
In just a little more than a month, another year will be in the books. There’s so much to be thankful for – our health, our family, our friends, our clients, this beautiful area for which we have the privilege to call home and so much more. It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life not giving ourselves the opportunity to stop and smell the roses. My children have taught me to take it all in because it doesn’t take long before they’ll be grown up and I’ll be saying “where’d that time go”? Happy Thanksgiving from The Holcomb’s!
Our local Board of Realtors takes on several community projects each year, one of them being Helping Heat the Heads and Hands. The goal is to provide hat & glove sets to the children of Garrett County. It’s easy…buy a hat & coordinating-sized gloves and enclose in a Ziploc with the size written on the outside and drop off to a collection site by December 1st. We have a drop-off box in our Long & Foster Deep Creek Lake office located at 23789 Garrett Highway, McHenry, MD.
On the Real Estate front, the numbers for October 2014 show that demand is up and supply is down. Our Sold & Contracts/Pending Sales are up versus the same time last year and Inventory is down. It’s pretty typical to see inventory go down in the fall/winter and back up again in the spring/summer.
These 15 properties have had a price reduction in the last 30 days. And our Featured Listing is a contemporary home at Deep Creek Lake in McHenry that is in the heart of it all. The price has been reduced by $14K to $275,000. This is a lot of house for the $, complete with a garage! Please check our website for additional real estate information or email me with questions. Enjoy the upcoming holiday with your family!
Contemporary lake view home on 1.52 acres with four master bedrooms, two fireplaces (one wood, one gas), two family rooms and great deck space!
Established rental with $26K+ in rental income in 2013. Furnished and move-in ready with an open floor plan.
Fire pit and hot tub on rear side and access to DCL via Waterfront Greens. Other amenities include 9-hole golf course, tennis court and bass pond.
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Art and Wine Festival. It’s hard to believe that Labor Day has come and gone. This also means that some of our ice cream shops will be closing up for the year or going to fall hours. It was only right that Griffin get one ice cream cone of his own before the season endedJ. And believe it or not, Jensen has been in the real estate business since day 6 of his life. He’s a seasoned veteran now, using a smartphone and all, at the ripe ole age of 11 weeks!
Boating on the lake after Labor Day can be a real reward for very little traffic and still good water temperatures. The lakefront restaurants will not pull their docks until after Autumn Glory so there’s plenty of time to dine by boat.
Coming up this weekend…the Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival. Details can be found on their website and below. This is a wonderful event that benefits two great organizations – HART for Animals and GLAF (Garrett Lakes Arts Festival).
Date: September 5, 2014 – September 7, 2014
Website: www.deepcreekwinefest.com
Event Description: The festival includes wine, regional artists, children’s area, silent auction, live music and lots more!
Friday: Wine Pairing Dinners at Participating Restaurants
Saturday: Art & Wine Festival Noon – 6 pm. Rain or Shine. Garrett County Fairgrounds
Sunday: Sunday brunch at area restaurants
Also, be sure to mark your calendar for the 2014 World Championships Canoe/Slalom Race from September 17-21 at ASCI & the 47th Annual Autumn Glory Festival from October 8-12 in Oakland.
The Betsy Spiker Holcomb Team’s featured Listings are: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=59209301005, all of which have had wonderful price reductions in the last week. And, here are the other properties from the MLS that have recently incurred a price change: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=59209329875.
The seasons are about to change, making it an opportune time to seek out a property that meets your needs before our inventory decreases for the winter. Let us know if we can answer any questions you have. Enjoy your week!
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Baby Holcomb-May Sales Stats. Deep Creek Lake. There has been quite a bit of excitement and joy in the Holcomb household this week! We welcomed Jensen Layne Holcomb to the family on Saturday, June 14th at 4:34PM. Weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces and 21” in length, the 4th of the Holcomb boys is settling in just fineJ. Older brother, 18-month old Griffin, is adjusting pretty well and is ready for Jensen to walk, talk and play ball!
Deep Creek 2014 Tickets on Sale
MCHENRY, MD / DEEP CREEK LAKE –Deep Creek 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championship tickets are on sale now. There are limited quantities so get yours today. There are also a very limited quantity of mountaintop parking passes available only with the purchase of All Session tickets. All others will park in Satellite locations at the Wisp Resort and Garrett County Fairgrounds. A free shuttle service will be provided.
Tickets are available at the following locations: Garrett County Chamber of Commerce in McHenry, Wisp Resort, Railey Mountain Lake Vacations, Deep Creek Realty- Coldwell Banker, Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations, Long & Foster Deep Creek Resort, as well as on the website www.deepcreek2014.com. Deep Creek 2014 will also have tickets available for sale at their booth at various World Championship Summer events, including the McHenry Highland Festival this Saturday, June 7. Deep Creek 2014 official gear is also available on the website www.deepcreek2014.com.
Deep Creek 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships will not only provide four days of thrilling Olympic level competition with athletes representing over 35 countries, but also a Whitewater “Festival” on the mountaintop including food, beverage and merchandise vendors, children’s play area, Adventure Sports Institute exhibition activities, Center for Adventure and Experiential Learning Whitewater Exhibit and Education, bands, entertainment and more! Come out to be a part of this historical World Championship being held in the United States for only the second time in the history of the sport. 25 years ago the Whitewater World Championships were held on Garrett County’s own Savage River. The concept for the Adventure Sports Center International was drawn up on a napkin on the banks of the Savage. ASCI can now boast being the World’s only Mountaintop re-circulating whitewater course.
Deep Creek 2014 is the event production company and host organization presenting the 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, the largest inbound sporting event to the United States in 2014, at Adventure Sports Center International in Garrett County, Maryland from September 17 – 21, 2014. The 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships will bring tremendous international focus to Maryland’s scenic western-most county with 300 athletes from over 35 international countries competing and over 21.5 million international broadcast television viewers around the world, including three NBC Sports post production broadcasts. Over 20,000 spectators are expected in Garrett County to watch the event and the events planned throughout the summer leading up to the competition. The teams and athletes will be arriving in the region during the Labor Day weekend and will be onsite through the end of the World Championships on September 21. A total of over $20 million dollars is anticipated in regional economic impact. The 2013 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic, Deep Creek, MD hosts the 2014 World Championships and the 2015 Championships will be held in London, England.
The Spiker Team’s Featured Listings for the week are: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=58061350068
The diagrams below illustrate how the MLS data from May 2014 compares to the 5-year May average. Feel free to ask any questions. Enjoy your weekend!
Fabulous, level lakefront complete with a sandy shoreline! This cozy and quaint cottage is situated on 107′ of pristine lakefront on a private peninsula near the dam.
Property affords fantastic lake views, with very little obstruction. This property will soon enjoy the benefits of public utilities via the Western Conveyance Project . Gradually sloping lake bed makes for easy walks into the water.
Adjacent home site also available for $469,900 (205 Penelacre Lane, Oakland, MD). This would give you almost an acre of ground suitable for one or two waterfront homes.
Newly renovated home in Kings Hill Estates with beautiful finishes – 5″ oak floors, hickory cabinets, under cabinet lighting, new light fixtures, electric fireplace and stainless appliances.
Low maintenance vinyl sided exterior and a large rear deck. This property offers enough yard to enjoy but not too much to maintain! One-car attached garage plus a basement with potential for finishing.
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