3126 Windwood Farms Ct, Oakton VA The Video Tour

OFF THE MARKET A new video tour of this home in Oakton that is now ready for you. Okay, maybe too many suggestions and comments about the wallpaper, but this home has great potential. And like they always say in real estate, location, location, location… it’s 1.5 miles to the Vienna Metro. Yes, it’s from [...]

My pre-season playbook for the fall real estate market

jim zorn

I met with some folks the other evening to discuss buying their first home, and here are some thoughts that rang through my head as we reviewed numbers, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit, and the current real estate market in Northern Virginia. Yes, pre-season camp is starting for the Redskins and, like coach [...]

Yes, more new mortgage application rules… July 30th!

new-rules

There are some new guidelines that are being implemented by the Federal Reserve starting July 30th, 2009 as reported in The Washington Post over the weekend. Any agent who sells homes (listing agents, pay attention) better get familiar with them or your deals may get delayed at a moments notice, or learn the hard way [...]

The 3 basic factors in buying a home

elimination

I have found that buying a home is a simple process of elimination. Having observed this process a few hundred times with buyer clients, I have unscientifically concluded that there are three basic factors at work. Location Price Style Location is the classic “buzz word” that people throw out when they are talking about real [...]

Figuring out the Vienna Home Market… May 2009

With all you read about the housing market, buying a Vienna home in 22182 appears to be a better bet right now. But if you are a seller with a home priced over $800,000 then you will be sobered. I just looked over resale data from MRIS of the Vienna zip codes ( 22180-22182)  for [...]