When an agent in my office asked me to check on a vacant house in Arlington Virginia that she had on the market a few years ago, I opened the front door and knew something was incredibly wrong. I heard water gushing downstairs. There must have been six inches of water on the floor, and I could see water shooting out of a burst water pipe. Continue Reading
Answers | Online Real Estate Jargon
Like most real estate "shoppers" across the country, my clients here in Northern Virginia use smartphone apps from Zillow, Redfin and Trulia to keep tabs on the market. It all comes down to which one works best, but often they have a two or three real estate apps so they don't miss anything. The most common questions I get are to help explain a Continue Reading
My Read on Spring 2013
The phone rang and it was Craig in Texas who has been getting daily email updates from me, "Doug, what's going on in your market up there?" Again, my phone rang and it was Pat in L.A., "so Doug, based on our research things look a little "heated" over there in those Vienna real estate prices. What are your thoughts?" "Hey Doug, it's Mark from Continue Reading
Flash-Sales Hit Vienna Real Estate
With all the media regurgitating the stale news that "real estate inventory is low", it's time everyone understands what it is like being a home buyer these days. It can suck! For example, yesterday a new listing popped up in Vienna Woods that seemed too good to be true. So, after they finished work, I met some clients at the house for a Continue Reading
Want to Know what Home Sellers Want from you?
The real estate market in Northern Virginia has been very competitive recently. And if you are a home buyer here, then you know it's actually Über-Competitive. It is easy to understand that anyone selling their home wants the highest price, but I thought I should share some strategic buyer tips that will help your offer be even more Continue Reading
Deciding to buy a lot
Anyone deciding to buy a lot to build a new home on really needs to consider some important factors which may seem daughting to a novice. If at the end of this article you decide this is the case, you may want to consider looking at some of the builder "spec" inventory that I see across Northern Virginia. Sorry folks, that "spec" inventory is going Continue Reading
Public Schools and Real Estate
If you have a child in Fairfax County Public Schools then you might have a different perspective than what people believe when reading Zillow school profiles. For example, the student population has surged in Fairfax County exceeding the projections given to the School Board just last year, and those temporary classroom trailers seem to have become Continue Reading
An Easy Real Estate Tip
If you are like most hopeful real estate buyers in Northern Virginia, you are probably noticing that there aren't many nice homes out there to buy right now. Not to bore you with more real estate stats, but from Vienna to Ashburn, it's slim pickins out there! You are not alone. I just read an article from Redfin's CEO on TechCrunch about how Continue Reading
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