This home sold in 2012 -- True move-in condition! New on the Fairfax real real estate market, this end unit town home has undergone extensive updating over the past two years. Now we all appreciate having a nice kitchen and this one has been updated top to bottom.... like the 18 x 18 tile floor, dovetail cabinetry, stainless steel Continue Reading
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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.
A Trove of (mls)information
It might as well be said by someone, so why not me? Everyone looking to buy a home is using the Internet. 100% = everyone. Whew, that feels good. After reading this morning’s real estate article in The Washington Post where they regurgitated a National Association of Realtors statistic that only 90% of buyers are using the Internet, I Continue Reading
5 Things Realtors need to know about Phil Dunphy
Phil Dunphy might not be on your radar screen, but for the millions of people who watch Modern Family on ABC every week, he's the new REALTOR characture. Commission Impossible The producers have captured the essence of today's very hip real estate agent who is always chasing the sale, using technology like an iPad, using Facebook, shrink Continue Reading
Understanding inventory pressure
Really, what's the deal? Have you been looking at homes recently only to find that the listing you saw on Trulia.com Wednesday afternoon is now under-contract? Well, that's an issue in some areas for many buyers engaged in Northern Virginia real estate going into Fall 2013. But this three year chart for the entire Northern Virginia real Continue Reading
Luxury Home Builders betting on Vienna Virginia
(written in 2011) While having lunch at Panera last week, I spotted a local home builder who I first met at my daughter's pre-school years ago and called him over to chat. After a brief introduction to the crew at my table, he launched into the number of builders who are now aggressively working the Vienna Virginia real estate market. His count Continue Reading
An Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Vienna, VA
Over the weekend when I took my dog into the new Petco in Vienna, VA to browse for some new puppy toys, we literally walked right into my first encounter with a car charging station. I have probably walked by this little power station a dozen times without noticing it, but I am sure that anyone living in Vienna or passing through in an electric Continue Reading
Let’s Review those Closing Costs Again
Update: Today's Washington Post (2/12) has a revised advertisement from the credit union that was the subject of this blog post, stating that they will pay $10,000 toward closing costs. Not the $100,000 that they previously advertised. ORIGINAL POST: When a real estate client came to me all pumped up because his Credit Union was offering to Continue Reading
The Real Estate Brochure, too basic?
Recently, when a client was interested in putting together an offer on a particular house we had seen, he asked me if I had picked up a brochure. "No I didn't. Did you?" Since neither of us had one I decided to contact the listing agent to ask her to email one over to me so I could note any updates or recent improvements to the house. It Continue Reading
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