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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.

We couldn’t do this 10-years ago, thanks IDX

March 20, 2009 By Doug Francis

Yes, virtually instantaneous gratification... understood by so few. It's not a secret, it's IDX! Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Video Blogs Tagged With: idx, merrifield, mls, MRIS

Home information disclosure on DougFrancisHomes

March 19, 2009 By Doug Francis

© Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Listings provided by MRIS from various brokers who participate in IDX (Internet Data Exchange). Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Source: RE/MAX.com Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: MRIS, re/max.com

5614 Sedgwick Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 Sold – 2009

March 18, 2009 By Doug Francis

SOLD in 2009 | Peacefully located in the back of the neighborhood within a short walk of Lake Accotink - a Fairfax treasure. Updated baths, granite kitchen counters, new carpet, oak hardwood floors, huge deck overlooking the largest yard you will see today! Huge lower level rec room with berber carpet.Catch the bus to the Pentagon, # 17B at the Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Lake Accotink, Pentagon, Springfield

Skimming the bottom in home prices?

March 17, 2009 By Doug Francis

Heard any good economic news today? But wait, the Dow and Nasdaq have jumped up, and it is exciting to watch CNBC's Erin Burnett discuss stocks on the floor of the exchange again. But then the truth hits again when you see that your retirement plan is still down 46% from a year and a half ago. Head down, blinders on! Okay, imagine that you are Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bottom, buyer's market, real estate

Home search sites are all over, but gimme some help…

March 16, 2009 By Doug Francis

There are MLS home search sites all over, but the new Homesdatabase.com looks really sharp and easy to use. And my blog adds more too. Should I just add this link to the blog? These are my thoughts on IDX too, as I try to decide to pay for IDX or link to the free site that my clients already seem to like? I understand that finding the house is Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Video Blogs Tagged With: home search, homesdatabase.com, trulia, Vienna, zillow

My insider’s tip to refinancing your mortgage… in Virginia

March 15, 2009 By Doug Francis

Saving money is always why people want to start the hassle of refinancing. And with today's fixed rates around 5%, I get calls and e-mails from past real estate clients with questions about their options all the time. It is nice to be considered their go-to guy when it comes to real estate questions, and now you too shall know the big refinancing Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: lender, mortgage, Refinance, tax

Considering buying a foreclosure?

March 12, 2009 By Doug Francis

You may not think about it when you see the sweet price on this Fairfax foreclosure. But the people have been living there probably mad as heck and taking it out on the house. So what is the potential problem if they flushed a little extra goop like cement into the sewer lateral? Trouble! And the paperwork the bank is going to send will strip Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Video Blogs Tagged With: buyer, Fairfax, foreclosure, negotiating, video

Fannie and Freddie loans are more expensive April 1

March 11, 2009 By Doug Francis

The L.A. Times recently published a piece discussing how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were raising fees, and toughening credit rules depending on FICO credit scores. So start watching for "delivery fees" if you are putting down less than 30%. That's not a typo! below 700, add 1.5% 700-720, add .75% 721-739, add .25% Meaning, if you Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: delivery fee, discount points, economic stimulus, Fannie Mae, FICO, Freddie Mac, mortgage

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– Scott and Jennie

About Doug Francis

I am a Realtor with TTR Sotheby's International Realty® just outside Washington D.C. in Northern Virginia. I have been a full-time Realtor licensed in Virginia since 1991, and cover a big territory specializing in the Vienna real estate market and custom homes for sale.

I have unique knowledge of digital real estate marketing, and my marketing starts here. My clients have been attracted to my results-oriented strategy for years, and I am accepting new clients for 2023 right now.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to contact me at 703-304-6827 or email me at doug@dougfrancis.com anytime!

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