Arlington, VA Regional Real Estate Blog

Realty Times recently published an article about understanding your credit score.  Understanding your credit score is important especially when considering purchasing a home, since the banks look at your scores to help determine if they will lend you money to purchase your new home.  The scores a...

Realty Times recently came out with an article with some pointers for home owners on ways to improve your homes value, especially if you are thinking about putting your home on the market in the near future, these are some tips to please consider and follow, they really will help.  Especially as ...

As the spring housing market nears, many sellers are starting to touch-up the needed items to help their house show its best to attract buyers and a contract.  This recent Q&A in the Washington Post talks about one of these home improvement touch-up items that sellers need to think about doing be...

Realty Times recently published an article about unmarried couples who purchse property, what are their various rights.  The article is also helpful since it talks about the different types of home ownership, which is important to know before settlement so one know what time of ownership gets rec...

  Why not buy a home? Interest rates are at near record lows, there are sellers willing to sell, and builders who are starting to put more product out onto the market, or is it time to move up in size, has the family grown why not purchase a home this spring?  Sellers in some areas of the country...

  As written about on Realtor.org the Homebuilders are prediciting there might be a sales comeback in 2011, however we have all heard this before in the previous couple of years.  What makes this year different than the past couple in terms of the market rebounding and new sales increasing? I hav...

Bethesda Row is set to grow in size starting this summer, as the two above ground parking lots will become new buildings with underground parking as well as re-routing the Captial Cresent Trail.Stonebridge Associates and PN Hoffman, which were selected by the county to joint-venture the project, ...

Realty Times runs an article in which they write about different HOA issues that people have and write in about in a Q& A format. There is one that I found timely since I just had a client ask about having their information published in the building directory, which I understand not everyone want...

Realty Times just published an article talking about if now is the time to purchase a home or not?  Isn't that the million dollar question?  The economy seems to be on the up-swing, the joblessness rate went down and interest rates are staying near historical lows, so why not buy now?  Consumer c...

Home buyers, with interest rates around 5% or below for a 30 yr fixed rate and Washington DC extending its First-Time Home Buyers tax credit, why not buy now?  If not, what is stopping you? There are many good lenders out there and if you have a decent credit score or even a middle of the road on...