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Home Seller just isn’t negotiating!

Image by bulldog1 via Flickr One of the hardest parts of buying a home is making an offer. Really, it isn’t easy to come up with the right offer, and I always tell my Northern Virginia real estate clients that their initial offer should be their “ideal scenario” from the start. Offer price, determined after looking at recent sales and condition of the home Closing or Settlement... [Read more]

Buying a Virginia Home with a Septic System

Image via Wikipedia There are many Northern Virginia homes that have septic fields on the property designed to allow wastewater to be absorbed into the ground. Terminology is tricky here as a septic field is a septic system, and are also known as Wastewater Systems as defined in 2010 by the Virginia Department of Health. So, this year the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation requiring... [Read more]

Town of Vienna Real Estate Tax Rate 2010-2011

The Vienna, Virginia Town Council adopted a new budget on June 7th for fiscal year 2011. Town of Vienna Real Estate 2011 fiscal year tax rate shall be $0.2448 per every $100 of assessed value. The town’s real estate tax rate will be 24.48 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Town of Vienna homeowners also pay Fairfax County real estate tax of $1.09 per $100 of assessed valuation and homeowners... [Read more]

That’s One Hot House!

A Dual Zone AC System We just survived our first super-hot summer weekend in Northern Virginia and it is only mid-June! With temperatures in the 90°’s and humidity running at 70%+, this is the time of year that home owners start to see their central AC units crash. I always recommend to my clients after they buy a home to look into service contracts with local Heating and Cooling contractors... [Read more]

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