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Planning to go for an FHA Loan?

February 16, 2011 By Doug Francis

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If you are currently in the market to buy a home and plan on using FHA for your mortgage financing, keep in mind that the annual mortgage insurance will be higher for loans assigned case numbers starting April 18, 2011. Local mortgage guy Todd Marumoto of Intercoastal Mortgage in Fairfax, VA sent me an e-mail update about this increase along Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, FHA financing, mortgage

Will Your Real Estate Offer Make the Cut?

January 13, 2011 By Doug Francis

Side Door Vienna VA

Every home buyer tries to figure out what it will take to buy the home that they have decided to make an offer on. Determining the right price, or how much wiggle room there is, is the bottom line here for everyone from the first time buyer to the savvy investor. If you are sitting at your kitchen table pondering this question, then it is time Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, negotiating, Northern Virginia, real estate, tips

Estimating Title Insurance Costs

November 14, 2010 By Doug Francis

U S Capitol 2012

When I review estimated closing costs with home buyers, we always spend time looking at Title Insurance because it is typically one of the largest expenses on the worksheet. Since most people buying real estate are going to have a mortgage, title insurance is going to be a requirement of the lender if you want them to provide the loan. Title Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, Northern Virginia, real estate, tips, Title insurance in the United States

Home Buying Tips | Low Mortgage Rates

October 17, 2010 By Doug Francis

Image by DougFrancis via Flickr It seems like every week there is an announcement that home mortgage rates are at an "all-time low", but this weekly headline is starting to get a little stale for most home buyers who are locking-in the mortgages as late as possible before going to closing. The "rate float option" gives home buyers the option of Continue Reading

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House Hunting Fiction?

September 28, 2010 By Doug Francis

Frreman House along W & OD Bike Trail Vienna VA

I have joked for years with home buyer clients about watching too many episodes of HGTV's House Hunters, and that our home search isn't going to include a film crew (read an actual client comment). Most of them recall an episode or two, or how they seem to look at three homes and buy one of them paying market price. Well I almost fell over Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Posts, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, doug francis, House Hunter, Northern Virginia, Washington Post

Another Short Sale Road Block

September 3, 2010 By Doug Francis

Yes, even in swanky Vienna, VA there are real estate short-sales. As the process has been allowed to pickle over the last few years, banks have come up with strategies to streamline the process. That sounds like good news but I still have to advise home buyers that these are tricky transactions that will require patience and some hard work. I Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, short-sale, Vienna Virginia

Oil Tank Concerns | Vienna Home Buyers

June 8, 2010 By Doug Francis

Pollard Environmental

Some homes in Vienna VA were built with underground oil tanks to store heating oil, but have been converted over to natural gas heating systems. In cases like this, home buyers need to know if the old oil tank was removed from the property or just abandon in place. An abandon tank will have some documentation as required by the Virginia Department Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: buyer agent, home buyer, real estate, Vienna Virginia

Two Real Estate Markets in One

May 21, 2010 By Doug Francis

Northern Virginia home buyers looking to move to Vienna are witnessing an interesting spring real estate market in May. Well, at least I find it interesting because detached homes in the $530,000 range are seeing one market while the $1,000,000 plus range is seeing another. Last weekend, a RE/MAX Presidential team colleague put a 1960’s Town Continue Reading

Filed Under: Blog, Home Buyer Tips, Living Here Tagged With: buyer agent, home buyer, real estate, Town of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna Farmers Market

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Vienna real estate agent Doug Francis

Everyone has a different reason for moving. Helping people focus and put a life plan together isn’t what most people think of when they hear “Realtor”.

Where you are in life today will be our starting point, from first home, marriage, kids, cross-country relocation, retirement, divorce, to estates. Yes, I’ve helped people navigate happy and difficult times.

All conversations are confidential, and helping my clients achieve their unique goals is my mission.

My background… I’ve been an active licensed agent in Virginia for 25 years, work at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty in McLean, and sell homes in all price ranges. I donate to the Town of Vienna tree replacement fund, participate in a neighborhood citizens association, and try my best to stay in shape.

Let me help you: Email doug@dougfrancis.com or call me at (703) 304-6827 to discuss your plans. Cheers!

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Real Estate Offers | What’s In and What’s Out

Changes in Latitudes Attitudes This story may sound slightly made up, but the 2022 real estate market across Northern Virginia was full of fast-paced drama which is still kind of hard to picture. The brakes weren’t just tapped… they were slammed! Or to create a picture for you, we went from a wild Category 5 […]

“Doug nailed it! Within days, we had three offers, one of which not only met, but far exceeded all of our goals.”
– R. Pollard

“He truly was a partner integrating us unto the community and made it easy for us to take advantage of all Vienna has to offer.”
– A. D’Eredita

“We are so thankful we found Doug to guide us through the complex home selling and buying processes!”
– 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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