February 4, 2012

Virginia Homeowners to get new appliance rebates

Doug's new fridge

Virginia home owners who are about to buy new appliances need to pay attention to a program going into effect on April 28th, 2010. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (who knew?) has been allotted $7.45 million to provide rebates to Virginia residents who purchase specific “Energy Star” appliances to replace qualifying older [...]

Earth Day in Vienna, VA 2010

Southern Hawthorne Tree, Vienna VA

The 40th Earth Day arrived today and the weather is truly spectacular in Northern Virginia. This year the focus across the board is on energy efficiency and replacing older appliances with Energy Star qualified appliances like A/C or heating systems, hot water heaters or refrigerators. Like I wrote last week, the Commonwealth of Virginia has [...]

Buying a Home with an Older HVAC Unit?

Considering buying a home with a central air conditioning or a heat pump system now that another Northern Virginia summer is approaching? Well it is essential that you know that as of January 1, 2010, manufacturers aren’t going to build any new systems using R-22 refrigerant or any new spare parts for those existing systems [...]

First-time home buyer credit of $8,000 set to expire!

time

Yes, time is running out for the $8,000 first time home buyer credit! This economic stimulus plan for the nation’s real estate market has certainly been appreciated by people people, like me. Not to sound selfish, but any real estate agent will tell you that there are clients who have been “on the fence”,  waiting [...]