Home loan modifications are a joke in your town! As a licensed Real Estate Broker working in the Northern Va area I have spent a good deal of time over the last 4 years working with distressed homeowners. Over and over again, I hear the same horror stories from homeowners who are stuck between a [...]
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Is the New HAFA Program good for you part II
Is the New HAFA Program good for you? Need more information on Short Sales in your area? Call me for a confidential interview today! Chuck Rifae Serving all of your Ashburn, Leesburg, Mclean and Loudoun County area Real Estate needs!
Oaklawn in Leesburg a Pulte Community
The new Oaklawn project is a 165 acre mixed use project that will bring both urban low maintenance town homes and a walkable feel to Leesburg. The project which is very similar the Goose Creek project just a few miles away in Ashburn tries to combine both a residential feel and commercial development to one development. [...]
Is the New HAFA Short Sale Program good for you?
Is the new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA) good for you? If the thought of foreclosure or Short Sale has ever crossed your mind then you will want to know more about the new HAFA program rules. Let’s start with a quick definition of a Short Sale. In brief, a Short Sale is when [...]
Snapshot of Residential Real Estate Sales Around the Northern Va Area
Here is a quick snap shot of recent residential sales in our local area over all the last 30 days or less. Less than $300,000 $300,000 to $499,999 $500,000 to $699,999 More Than $700,000 Ashburn $200,000 Ashburn Farms 45050 BRAE TER #201 2 bd 2 ba 2 DOM Foreclosure $305,000 Ashburn Farms 20601 Preakness Ct [...]
The Secrets of Successfully Marketing and Selling of Your Home in a Challenging Market
We all know that the housing market has changed? Right… So, why are we seeing some homes go under contract in what seems like minutes while others languish for months on end. Here are just a few tips to help you when listing your home for sale. Pricing Strategy: You wouldn’t dream of starting a [...]
4 Reasons You Should Buy Your First Home NOW!
Okay, by now you have heard it time and time again. BUY NOW DON’T WAIT! But why should you buy your first home now? Why is it different this time around? And how can you be sure we are at the bottom of the housing market? Reason number 1: $8,000 First Time Buyer Tax Credit. [...]
What Have We Learned From Toyota’s Massive Fail!
What happens when one the World’s best-known customer focused company’s is found out to be.. well, not really as customer focused, as we once believed? How’s about finding out that the same company is so overconfident and arrogant about its product that they allowed a flaw to possibly injury or kill their customers? So what can [...]
snOMG 2010 Wrap-Up
As we struggle to dig ourselves out of the great blizzard of 2010( I think we actually set a record in the Ashburn- Leesburg area )I thought I would take a break from Real Estate and share some entertaining moments from this years storm! The ultimate bunny suit( note; no back door..deal breaker for me;0)! And the [...]
Neighborhood Spotlight: Goose Creek Village Ashburn Va
If you have ever driven past Ashburn Farms heading towards Belmont Ridge Rd you have then certainly seen( and have been caught in) all the construction in that area. The project you are seeing (or stuck in) is called Goose Creek Village. Named of course for the majestic Goose Creek that broader the development. The project was first [...]





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