Since I’m a huge fan of lists, I wanted to create an accurate list of the “best” places to buy in MoCo. In order to make this list accurate I asked local realtor, Jonathan Fox, to help me break down the county’s “best” areas and include a few up and coming areas that he thinks are due for a dramatic increase in price over the coming years. Here’s what he had to say:

So as a long time realtor and resident of Montgomery County I am often asked where the “best” opportunities and areas to buy houses are located, and what our future real estate markets in MoCo will ultimately look like. In this piece I will do my best to break it down for you.


One of our Twitter followers informed us of a rumor swirling around Olney about the possibility of Sakura closing and being replaced with an IHOP. For what it’s worth, I called Sakura last night and the manager told me that this is not true.

K-Mart and Payless in the Kentlands will both close by the end of this summer.
http://www.mymcmedia.org/closings-and-changes-at-kentlands-square-shopping-center-in-gaithersburg-photos/


Hometown Holidays Music Festival (featuring Taste of Rockville) is going down on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 and 28). Free music, inexpensive and great tasting food, and so much more at Rockville Town Square.

Quince Orchard High School alum, Darnell Leslie, has signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent.


A local developer is in preliminary talks with Regal Cinemas about bringing them back to Bethesda.

Nancy Shay, an English resource teacher at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, has been named the 2017/2018 MCPS teacher of the year by the Marian Greenblatt Education Fund.


Guitar Center opens their second MoCo location at Ellsworth Place in Silver Spring this week (there’s one in Rockville).

After a delay of a few months, Nespresso has opened in Montgomery Mall.