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If you're selling a home and have left it vacant, you should definitely read this post over at RealCentralVA regarding Home Owner's Insurance. Here's an excerpt: "The first thing a homeowner needs to do is call their insurance company before the house becomes vacant to go over the different optio...

Home buyers - don't get burned! Make sure that anything your lender, agent/broker or the seller promises you is listed on the HUD-1 Settlement Statement at closing so it's actually credited it to you. Once you sign off on the HUD-1 and leave the title company's office, you may be stuck not ever ...

Loudoun County's real estate inventory/supply levels are currently well below the national average of 10.9 months. Loudoun currently has 2400 active homes for sale. The number of homes that sell (go under contract) each month is averaging 427 so far this year. This puts the supply of homes in Lo...

The Loudoun County real estate market is looking up! Yes, folks...that's correct. Loudoun County's 2nd quarter 2008 real estate market statistics show a vast improvement over 2nd Qtr 2007. And the first half of 2008 statistics show a vast improvement over the first half of 2007 (post coming soon...

Many of you have heard about Congress's massive federal housing bill and mortgage bailout sections that include two tax provisions/tax credits for "first time" home buyers. The most impactful part of the bill are the two provisions and tax credits for "first time" home buyers. So here's the "ski...

Now that you've got a ratified contract on a new home, you're probably thinking about all the stuff you need to get and buy. New furniture, appliances, carpet, hardwood...there's always something you "must have" for the new place. But your loan will start getting processed and while this is goin...

Forbes recently named the DC metro area including Loudoun County one of the top 10 places in the US to buy foreclosures. Some of the criteria used was prices, inventory levels, hints of stabilization and long-term investment potential. For more on the story, check out my post over at LoudounForec...

The Loudoun County Department of Family Services is offering free homebuyer education workshops called "Homeownership 101". The workshops are focused on helping potential first-time homebuyers in understanding the home-buying process. The workshop is six hours and goes over things such budgeting...

If you're a first time home buyer in Loudoun County, you may want to check out some of the programs available through the county, VHDA and SPARC. Loudoun County offers first trust financing, down payment and closing cost assistance to low to moderate income first-time home buyers through the Virg...

I was out previewing new construction communities in Loudoun County today and stopped by the Pulte Homes Hamlets at Red Cedar Community in Leesburg. Pulte Homes has some great incentives going on in that community right now. One of the incentives is a free totally finished basement including the...