Over 1,000 homes in Vienna Virginia now have convenient access to the Silver Line thanks to Fairfax Connector Bus 432 which is running at rush hour through Town. It runs five times in the morning and evening, about every forty minutes, and drops commuters off at the new Spring Hill Metro Station along Route 7. You can use your SmarTrip card or Continue Reading
Local Stories
The following is an archive of my articles about builders, strategies, home inspections, financing, painting, staging, tips, and skills. Start reading and you can search the archive anytime.
New homes need home inspections too
Your new house may be built by the best custom builder in Vienna and it may be your second or third house, but know that it is still important to include in your purchase contract the option to have a home inspector take a look at your new house a couple of weeks before going to closing. It's important. Really. In an ideal world, you should Continue Reading
Vienna Real Estate Trends ~ Summer 2014
(See updated chart below) After listening to Janet Yellen discuss Fed policy and views on the health of the economy, I took a fresh look at what the Vienna real estate stats were showing me. Now, ever since I took statistics at Boston University, I understand that interpreting those numbers is in the eye of the fortune teller expert Continue Reading
What’s wrong with that survey?
A couple of years ago I wrote about missing house surveys since mortgage lenders aren't requiring them anymore. And, you know what, it still bugs me that they don't care about the property you are buying. They don't care, but you should. If you are thinking about buying a house then know I feel seeing a survey is about as mandatory as having Continue Reading
Reading at Patrick Henry Library
Even though I'm not teaching school these days, but rather staying home with my own kids, as summer approaches I still find myself worrying about reading. "Huh?" you ask. Yes, you read that correctly: I worry about reading over the summer. It's not uncommon that children who make extraordinary gains in reading ability over a school year Continue Reading
Home Buyer Due Diligence
Virginia is one of those states where home buyers bear the responsibility to investigate a property to their satisfaction before they buy it. You may have heard of caveat emptor before, which means let the buyer beware. So, it is very important for you to know as much about the property as quickly as possible. One line in the Northern Continue Reading
Going Diesel
Okay, it's official. I have gone diesel. Way back in January, I put on my schedule replacement of my long-time business companion... my SAAB. Beside the fact SAAB went out of business and repairs were getting a tad expensive, what I really wanted to improve was my gas mileage. Yes, real estate agents still drive from place to place and the Continue Reading
The Driving Cost of Housing
There are many subjects that I discuss with home buyers when we first discuss their plans. One factor that everyone looking at Vienna real estate needs to calculate is transportation costs. This Northern Virginia area was designed around an "automobile plan" where you had to drive to the shopping center or to work like most of suburban Continue Reading
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