Realities of Real Estate: Long view on short sales: Experience counts 

In last week’s column, we talked about short sales and foreclosures, or together what’s commonly referred to as distressed sales. Although the volume of these transactions is thankfully declining, they still represent a significant number of home sales. During 2012, more than half of all the properties sold in Prince George’s County were either a foreclosure or short sale; in Baltimore city, it was one in three.