Image by richardmasoner via Flickr To post on Craigslist or not to post on Craigslist is a tough question? Before you get all up in arms over my hesitation, know that I just posted a rental listing there because I know that Northern Virginia renters use Craigslist to find apartments all the time… and they love the freedom of it. In the Continue Reading
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Two level Vienna condo @ $1,795 | RENTED
TOO Late - RENTED 11/12/09 This two level condo is in Vienna - Tysons Corner, Virginia and is available immediately. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 parking passes, super clean 10 year-old unit close to SAIC and Booz|Allen|Hamilton, Freddie Mac, (yes, I know there are others) , Harris Teeter, restaurants and shopping. Located at 1502 Northern Neck Continue Reading
Is the economy really feeble?
I was in Ashburn Village over the weekend showing some homes when my clients asked what a home would have sold for just a couple of years ago? In my opinion it would have been close to $775,000 two or three years ago, but the home sellers were asking $575,000 on that cold Sunday in October. Now that's huge. But it is an honest result of a feeble Continue Reading
Your Maryland lockbox doesn’t work in Virginia
In the past two weeks, I have shown up at two vacant homes in Fairfax, Virginia with clients wanting to take a look-see, only to find that the SentriLock lock-boxes did not work. You know, SentriLock's are the little blue boxes on the front door handles of homes for sale. In the Washington D.C. metro area, we have Realtor Associations in Continue Reading
Plumbing nightmares… pumpkin pulp!
Should I be flattered to be considered a voice for plumbers across America? Well here is this week's tip from Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Service: ~ watch the pumpkin pulp and seeds ~ It seems that while we are enjoying pumpkin pies upstairs in the dining room with the family, the pulp that we shoved down the garbage disposal is coating Continue Reading
McLean Home Sales Stats, Hyper Local Sept ’09
Yes, I get tons of free data too but here we go, hyper-local real estate sales numbers: they aren't pretty! Numbers for 22101: Total Units Sold in September 2009, 40 vs. 18 in 2008 (up 122.22%) Average Sold Price in September 2009, $866,373 vs. $924,386 in 2008 (down 6.28%) In the $700,000 to $799,999 range, 4 sold with 16 active Continue Reading
Vienna Home Sales Stats | Hyper-Local Sept. 2009
I know that most of you are bombarded with September real estate sales data (it's in every free paper at my house), but I always like to keep the info simple and "hyper-local", and the Vienna home market is sloshing along trying to maintain a level of normalcy. If you are a seller with a home priced over $800,000 then you will be excited to Continue Reading
It’s Fire Prevention Week, Virginia!
It was a cold, late fall morning as I read the Washington Post about ten years ago. The Metro Section had an article about a couple escaping a burning home on Dominion Way in Falls Church... I took a sip of coffee. "Dominion Way, don't I have clients on that street?", I thought. "Right, I should call Scott and Jeannie to see if they saw Continue Reading
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