Top Home Improvements to help Sell Your Home Fast this spring!

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What are the top home improvements that you can make to help your home sale fast this spring without breaking the bank? Having sold Real Estate in the Fairfax and Loudoun county areas for many years I find that these easy (and cheap) home improvements will greatly help you sell your home this spring. Outside In Curb appeal is hugely important in this highly competitive real estate market. It’s that first impression that can mean so much to those picky buyers. The wintertime is an … [Read more...]

An Argument for Buying a Home

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As an active Real Estate Broker I tend to find myself in a lot of very interesting conversations about the pros the cons of owning a home. Recently I read a New York Times story titled House Prices Hit New Post-Bubble Low as More Rent. The jest of the story is that more and more people are choosing to rent rather then buy there next home. Although I think the housing numbers in the story speak for themselves, I do think there can be a good argument for why you should consider buying rather then … [Read more...]

2010 End of Year Real Estate Trends

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GOOOOOD BYE 2010! And what A year it has been for Northern VA Real Estate! Rather then feed you a bunch of raw data and let you figure out what it all the means or worse yet just give you a bunch antidotal examples of where Real Estate was and is heading. I thought I would share 4 local Real Estate trends with the corresponding data that I “think” speaks to what happened in our local Real Estate market in 2010 and where I believe Real Estate will be in 2011. One quick item before you dive … [Read more...]

Why Buy Title Insurance When Buying Your Next Home

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Did you buy your last home without Title Insurance? Many homeowners think to themselves, “great another junk fee” when faced with the line item for Title Insurance at closing. After all, Title insurance can sometimes add several hundred or even thousand dollars to the bottom-line of a settlement. My clients almost without exception ask me at closing if they should buy this sometimes expense policy. After all, what are the chances that an American Indian tribe, or a long lost relative, or … [Read more...]

2010 Mid–Year Housing Report for the Northern Va DC Metro Area

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The latest 2010 Mid Year housing report from MRIS paints a very rosy outlook for the DC metro and Northern Va real estate markets. Here are a few of the highlights from this quarters housing report: Inventory—The number of units for sale (single family, townhouses, and condos) continue to be very low. Currently the Washington DC area has less then 5 months worth of units. In some areas like Loudoun County, Fairfax County, and Falls Church have less then 4.5% months of inventory. Six months … [Read more...]

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