Impact of boundary study on real estate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

...because they were prohibited from moving in.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/09/project-breaking-down-mocos-history-of-housing-discrimination/

[Anonymous]

Moco is going down in general due to fed cuts and higher taxes than VA. The competitive magnets used to be a plus but no more

[Anonymous]

With one kid going to MS and another to ES, it is delaying our purchase decision as nice homes are falling into school zones(3 out of 4 options) that we are not interested.

[Anonymous]

With all the changes that Taylor is driving through, I suspect that our academic outcomes will suffer, and our MD report card results will reflect this. And that will drive down real estate prices in various locations throughout the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

...because they were prohibited from moving in.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/09/project-breaking-down-mocos-history-of-housing-discrimination/

Are you dense? It’s been nearly 50 years since this was practiced. Of course there previously was exclusionary zoning before that for the entire county. The point is, that hasn’t been the case for last 50 years which is why there has been a significant demographic shift in many areas of the county. And in the others, none of those policies apply because the practices have been illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We’re zoned for QO currently and also in all of the newest proposed boundary options, so the boundary changes might not impact us negatively at all, but the proposed regions for special programs puts us in a very weak region and will cost us access to Poolesville, which is a very unwelcome change. I’m not sure if/how soon that might impact real estate prices in our neighborhood. It makes me nervous, but I’m planning to sell before the changes go into effect, so hoping there won’t be much of a price drop.

Poolesville?
You should move because if you think Poolesville was ever a good option you have no idea what a good HS is.

Pretty sure the magnet program at Poolesville is pretty darn good. It does not seem like the OP was talking about the regular school environment there.

Sure only in the reality of the minds of the dumb parents. People need to understand the history of magnet programs. Poolesville magnet isn't any better than other traditional HS experience in MOCO. It's a joke. Love that parents think their darlings are so smart for getting in.

Magnet programs are to racially balance schools nothing more.

It’s amusing that you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about, but call other people dumb. I have two kids in high school, one at our local school and one in a criteria based magnet program at Poolesville. There’s a huge difference between the two experiences. The town of Poolesville is largely white and low FARMs rate. It’s rural and has a small population. It was turned into a nearly whole school magnet to fill the school, not to reduce the school’s poverty rate or make the school racially balanced. It’s not all that racially balanced now.

[Anonymous]

We went through previous boom and bust in the early 2000s.

One thing people used to say is that a home is more of a place that you live and not an investment.

So you can't really look at rising and dropping property values.

Maybe it's because we kind of got in at a good time, any potential decline in price would be annoying but not end of the world for us.

Schools were the number one factor for us and we saw the price differential in similar homes zoned for different schools.

What is the issue for us, is feeling that our area was unfairly designated to be rezoned to a school that we didn't choose and we did decide to pay for the extra for the area we moved into. If we knew things would've happened the way they were being proposed, we would've just bought in a couple of neighbhorhoods over for a lot cheaper for the same schools our area would be going into.

So how it currently affects us, is that while we did consider moving somewhere where we thought would be less likely impacted by the boundary changes, I don't think anything is definite until the final proposals are made and accepted. It would feel kind of dumb to buy into somewhere else just to find that area would get rezoned too. And I'm kind of surprised of people still buying into some areas that are proposed to be rezoned. But at the same time those listings only mention the current school assignments as a major selling point too. So don't know if the buyers knew what they might be buying into or if it's not a factor for them.

So we're currently in a holding pattern. If it's a really big deal to us, we'll just look to move. It's an annoyance and a nuisance and our first choice would be not to move. But there were factors for us in choosing to move and where we moved to the last time around. And we'll do the same again if we feel like those factors aren't met due to any changes with boundaries. So aren't really stressed about them.

But think that there's a lot to be said about just renting if things are always subject to change like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not worried about it at all.

100%. Many of us have always known that the school is not conveyed with the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moco is going down in general due to fed cuts and higher taxes than VA. The competitive magnets used to be a plus but no more

LOL no read the history of Magnet schools and what they were actually for and how they are funded.

MOCO is fine. MAGA / Moms4liberty are a problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

...because they were prohibited from moving in.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/09/project-breaking-down-mocos-history-of-housing-discrimination/

Montgomery County was 90% black in the 1890’s.

[Anonymous]

We are zoned to Wootton and houses across the street are zoned to RM. Same price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are zoned to Wootton and houses across the street are zoned to RM. Same price.

We are zoned to QO and houses across the street are also zoned to QO - different prices - all SFH built around the same time. Different ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not worried about it at all.

100%. Many of us have always known that the school is not conveyed with the house.

May be. For others, school could be the big deciding factor among others for buying a particular house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

...because they were prohibited from moving in.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/09/project-breaking-down-mocos-history-of-housing-discrimination/

Montgomery County was 90% black in the 1890’s.

The article says 36% but I agree 90% sounds much more salacious. Let’s us 110% to drive the point home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it does go down it is because your home value is as high as it is due to a history of redlining, segregation and exclusionary zoning aimed specifically at excluding Black, Indigenous and other people of color from your neighborhoods.

MoCo was nearly 100% white in the era post-Civil rights. There hasn't been redlining or exclusionary zoning or segregation since POCs started moving into the County. But please proceed with your ignorance.

...because they were prohibited from moving in.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/12/09/project-breaking-down-mocos-history-of-housing-discrimination/

Are you dense? It’s been nearly 50 years since this was practiced. Of course there previously was exclusionary zoning before that for the entire county. The point is, that hasn’t been the case for last 50 years which is why there has been a significant demographic shift in many areas of the county. And in the others, none of those policies apply because the practices have been illegal.

50 years is not that long ago.