When I am out there "in the field", I like to listen to responses I get from other agents and questions that I get from current home buyers. Frankly, you should know that sellers are expecting an offer and to negotiate. So, my buyer agent tip is to plan ahead and prepare an offer that is easily negotiable. Realtors in Northern Virginia now Continue Reading
How many home search apps are you using to find your next house?
Anyone using a home search app these days probably has two that send status updates and new listing alerts. Believe it or not, long before Zillow, Trulia or Realtor.com, there was a way for me to automatically email new listings to my clients ~ way back in 2001! Yes, in the early 2000's my hip Gen-X clients were showing up with printouts from Continue Reading
Pick Your Dates
When you sit down and put together your real estate plan, selecting specific dates will be as critical as determining an offer price. For starters... business days might include Saturdays and it's also smart to check the Courthouse calender. So, you're a home buyer Settlement Date Contract Date Contingency Dates Ratification Continue Reading
New Home Trends
You can study sites like Houzz.com all day long for new home trends, but nothing is more educational than working with clients and getting into a couple hundred new homes over the past year. That number may not seem like a lot to people who live in a subdivision built by one builder, like a typical Toll Brothers community where the same model is Continue Reading
Finding a great lot in Vienna
Welcome to the big leagues! The other day I was touring a new home in Vienna built on an infill or tear-down lot. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and I was on my way back from Home Depot when I spotted the open-house, so, I popped in. The builder was there greeting visitors and I briefly overheard a customer talking to him about searching for Continue Reading
Vienna Bus 432 to the Silver Line
Over 1,000 homes in Vienna Virginia now have convenient access to the Silver Line thanks to Fairfax Connector Bus 432 which is running at rush hour through Town. It runs five times in the morning and evening, about every forty minutes, and drops commuters off at the new Spring Hill Metro Station along Route 7. You can use your SmarTrip card or Continue Reading
Vienna Real Estate Trends ~ Summer 2014
(See updated chart below) After listening to Janet Yellen discuss Fed policy and views on the health of the economy, I took a fresh look at what the Vienna real estate stats were showing me. Now, ever since I took statistics at Boston University, I understand that interpreting those numbers is in the eye of the fortune teller expert Continue Reading
What’s wrong with that survey?
A couple of years ago I wrote about missing house surveys since mortgage lenders aren't requiring them anymore. And, you know what, it still bugs me that they don't care about the property you are buying. They don't care, but you should. If you are thinking about buying a house then know I feel seeing a survey is about as mandatory as having Continue Reading
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