February 7, 2012

4587 Derring Lane, Fairfax Virginia SOLD!

doug

SOLD and Settled @ $429,900 in April 2010! … look at the interior photos! This home is not asking a 3rd party for approval! Not a foreclosure either… super clean and ready to settle by the end of the year! Mint condition town home located close to Fair Oaks, Fairfax, and some of the best [...]

Upcoming Changes to Conforming Loan Limits

Sweth

UPDATE: For 2011 Conforming Loan limits for Northern Virginia, click here. Original Post: This is a post of special interest to many of us in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. I was in a NVAR Finance Forum meeting discussing the Economic Summit and Sweth started to talk about the upcoming expiration of the current $ [...]

Tell me about the crime rate in Fairfax County?

jerry mcguire

Last weekend I met with an interested buyer to discuss a listing of mine, and he looked me in the eye and asked me, “how is the crime rate in the neighborhood?” I can understand his reason for asking the question because I certainly would not want to move my wife and children into a [...]

A sick home seller strategy…

blue guy

This is an angle that many real estate agents have yet to discuss with their seller clients because it may sound a little harsh. Some subjects like current market activity, reductions in asking or list price, keeping the house clean, proper staging, repainting, repairing, de-cluttering, re-carpeting, curb appeal, sanitizing, lighting, scenting, offering closing cost assistance [...]