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National News Bulletin•Oil in the Gulf

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•Afghanistan

Good Stuff• 92.5% of Marylander’s are

employed• Maryland was #1 in the nation in

job creation with 35,000 jobs.• 92.9% of Anne Arundel Co is

employed• Avg. of unemployment rate is 9.5%

for the 372 largest Metros in US• Baltimore #77 at 7.2%

Good News in Anne Arundel

• Nation’s largest Intelligence CenterNSA & Ft. Meade

• Number 1 in MD defense contract awardsNorthrop Grummond, ARINC, Lockheed Martin

• BRAC

Maryland• Ranked second in technology and

science• First in SAT and ACT scores• 5th in concentration of technology jobs• JHU#1 in world is our largest private

employer in MD- 38,000• Others Giant, Helix health, Home Depot,

Northrup Grummond, Univ. MD Medical• Gov’t employees 470,000+

There’s More• Maryland wealthiest state in the

union 2009• Top 75 Wealthiest cities in the US

includes Potomac, Gaithersburg, Annapolis

• AA is the 62nd of 3141 counties in household income in US

There’s More• 9 Counties of Top 100 Median

Income per Capita are in MD #10 Howard #13 Montgomery#32 Calvert #57 Charles#62 Anne Arundel #73 Frederick#98 Harford #99 Queen Anne

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQYmmC0_jao

Higher priced homes are selling$500K to $1M UC

Jan.- 1 Feb. -7 Mar – 12Apr – 47May – 67June - 22

Higher priced homes are selling$1M + UC

Jan.- 0 Feb. -0 Mar – 1Apr – 7May – 15June - 6

Showings• May 1-31st

700 showings/22.5 per day

• June 1-9257 showings 28.5 per day

StatsPending Sales April/ May 2009 = 1135New listings - 1945Pending SalesApril/May 2010 = 1234New Listings - 2166

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