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From my friend & preferred lender partner:  Trish Richard, Senior Loan Officer, Home First Mortgage, 703-549-3400,  trish@mortgagefool.com We've seen FHA become a less attractive option since the monthly mortgage insurance increased in April.   We're seeing a resurgence in the My Community progra...
05/16/2011
Ahhhh, the official real estate market statistics we have been waiting for:  Contract Activity in Northern Virginia is up 35.5% over the same week last year!   While I'm sure my Buyer clients are already aware of this since they are seeing properties receive multiple offers & sell in 24 hours, I'...
05/10/2011
In the past few weeks I have represented  two separate Buyers who have written offers on a property only to be told by the Selling agent that the Seller will not hear offers for several days.  In both instances, my buyer has found a better property and decided not to submit the offer that home af...
04/19/2011
We, as Realtors,  say this everyday but it is rare I see the media understand what we mean.  Buyers & Sellers need to know market trends in THEIR area and not rely on national media coverage.  Today I have discovered the following article running wild through the social media outlets.  It would t...
03/30/2011
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I showed a home that had just gone on the market the same day to a buyer client.  When we arrived around 6pm that evening there was another agent showing the home.  We waited for him to finish up then I showed my client.  As we were leaving another agent arrived to show his client.  From the numb...
03/25/2011
About a week ago I decided to try the Droid.  I knew there would be a learning curve as there always is when you move from one platform to another.  And true to form, the Droid was no exception.  While the Droid is a fabulous smartphone, the truth is it slowed me down.  To turn the Droid on requi...
03/21/2011
Well, after months of whining about how awful my Blackberry is, I finally broke down and bought a Droid 2.  For several days I was bouncing between the feeling of sheer panic to sheer madness.  Friends & colleagues talked me off the ledge many times and after a bunch 'o threats to return this dre...
03/16/2011
I just received an email notice from Zillow that the Zestimate value for a property I recently sold had decreased 2.8%.  The Zestimate now reflects a price in the $670's range.  The actual sales price (and VA appraisal) was 8+/-% higher.  Why am I posting this?  Well, for all of the consumers out...
03/12/2011
Just read an interesting article in today's Washington Post.  They are offering a website for buyers to take/download photos of a home that they have considered buying but didn't because of one reason or another.  They want the buyer to upload the photo  of the reason why they do not want to buy ...
02/19/2011
Interesting ALERT. Firesheep is a new tool that makes it incredibly easy for someone to hack into your accounts when you are using a wireless hotspot. Try to use https:// sights only while surfing hotspots. Learn more by reading this article. http://www.pcworld.com/article/209333/how_to_hijack_fa...
02/19/2011
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