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A few days ago, I found out that KB Homes was pulling out of their Martin's Chase community in Loudoun County. Since then, a fellow Loudoun County real estate agent, Heather Elias reports on her blog, LoCo Real Estate Musings that Equity Homes and Basheer & Edgemoore are also on the way out the d...

KB Homes is pulling out of it Martin's Chase community in Loudoun County, as well as the entire mid-Atlantic region due to poor market performance. KB Homes said the move will help it hold on to cash reserves and ride out the housing crash.The builder has 5 communities in the mid-Atlantic region ...

A final walk-through inspection is important to all buyers because it's your last chance to inspect the property before closing. The whole point of the walk-through inspection is to protect yourself and your future property from sellers that may not have lived up to the terms of the contract. If ...

Many agents are advertising their listings here on Active Rain. Is Active Rain the forum to do so? I don't think so. I think that it just clutters things up and makes us look even more like just sales people and not real estate consultants and professionals, as we should be.Consumers are here to ...

Friday, April 4, 2008 marked the first ever BloggerCon at the Dulles Association of Realtors (DAAR) in Leesburg, Virginia. Our host was Ben Martin, Director of Communication and New Media, Virginia Association of Realtors. There were almost 30 Realtors from around the area, including southern Vir...

On March 28, 2008, five Realtor bloggers from across Virginia, including myself, had the priviledge of having lunch and a candid conversation with Dr. Lawrence Yun, NAR's Chief Economist. The lunch was put together by Scott Brunner, CEO of the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR). Those in atte...

Here's the latest data regarding foreclosure filings in Loudoun County as well as the rest of the state and nationally (via VAR's Commonwealth Online):Home foreclosures dropped in the majority of the Washington, D.C. area and across the country, from January to February.The one-month decrease com...

River Creek is a planned community in Loudoun County located 30 miles west of Washington, DC and north of Leesburg at the where Goose Creek and the Potomac River come together. River Creek is recognized as the first gated country club community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. River Cre...

Belmont Greene is a neighborhood development in Ashburn, Virginia located inbetween Belmont Ridge Road and Claiborne Parkway about 35 miles west of Washington, DC. The development is situated adjacent to Stone Bridge High School and Trailside Park. The Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail runs ...

The $1M+ home market in Ashburn and Leesburg is a tough one (at least for sellers) and is much different than the rest of the real estate market in Loudoun County. At this price point, the buyer pool is much smaller. And the amount of inventory heavily outweighs the amount of demand making it muc...