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Anne Arundel County Maryland

Property Taxes will go up in Anne Arundel County

by Andre on April 25, 2012

Property taxes will go up 3.1 cents under Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold’s proposed $1.2 billion budget. The budget for fiscal 2013, unveiled Monday, does not include furloughs for county workers for the first time in 2 years. Leopold says budget choices were more difficult than in previous years. The county likely will get [...]

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Why have I waited to talk about county executive Leopold

by Andre on March 6, 2012

It’s all over the news about Anne Arundel Co. Executive John R. Leopold. Everybody in the county is talking about it. Normally I bash Mr. Leopold for the way he runs the county. On this one I’ll leave his alone because who am I to judge on his personal life. Now if the county was [...]

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Anne Arundel Co. trash pick up 1 day a week starting June 2012

by Andre on February 16, 2012

The era of two times a week trash collection is coming to an end in Anne Arundel County. Beginning in June, 2012, trash pick-up will be reduced to one day a week. The day where trash and recycling will remain, and the day where trash only was picked up, will be eliminated. Besides the savings, [...]

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Anne Arundel Sheriff: Link Tax Refunds To Warrants

February 2, 2012 Anne Arundel County Maryland

Anne Arundel County residents who have outstanding arrest warrants would see their state tax refunds withheld if the county’s sheriff gets his wish. Sheriff Ronald S. Bateman has asked the county’s legislative delegation to support his proposal. The Capital of Annapolis newspaper reported that the legislation would make Anne Arundel the first Maryland jurisdiction where [...]

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MD public schools ranked no. 1 in the nation

January 12, 2012 Anne Arundel County Maryland

Maryland public schools have been ranked first in the nation for the fourth year in a row by a leading education publication. Education Week gave the state an overall letter grade of a B+ in its annual report, which analyzes state education policies and student achievement. Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia followed Maryland with a [...]

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Ground Rents still in Anne Arundel Co.

November 16, 2011 1st Time Homebuyer

In 2007, Maryland enacted a series of laws intended to protect residential ground tenants from the loss of their homes as a result of failing to pay ground rent and, further, to facilitate the extinguishment and redemption of residential ground rent leases.  An impetus for the legislation was provided by a series of articles appearing [...]

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Anne Arundel County Fair

September 15, 2011 Anne Arundel County Maryland

Yesterday Anne Arundel County started their county fair. It’s a fun place to go here and check it out this weekend. Tweet This Post

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Some say jumbo loans will have little impact on housing I disagree

September 13, 2011 Anne Arundel County Maryland

I found an interesting article about how lowering loan limits will have little impact on housing. Well in Anne Arundel and Howard County where I do a lot of business they are wrong. I think it will force some people to lower the prices of their homes. Or some buyers will look at renting instead [...]

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Back to school tax-free shopping

August 4, 2011 Anne Arundel County Maryland

It’s tax-free shopping time again — traditional back-to-school sales tax exemptions takes place in Virginia from August 5-7, while Maryland’s 6 percent sales tax will be waived between August 14-20. (Of course, you won’t be able to skirt paying tax on high-priced electronics, but tax-free time is always a good time to stock up on [...]

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Is living in Maryland really more expensive than living in other states

June 29, 2011 Anne Arundel County Maryland

This week I found article about how Maryland is less expensive than Texas. So it made me think for a minute when you add in all the costs that each state has they all come out even. It just matters where you want to live. Here are some good examples:   Florida has no state [...]

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