Arlington, VA Regional Real Estate Blog

So, you are looking to buy, renovate or build this year or in the near future, some things to consider when you go to re-sell your home down the line: floor plan, do you have the traditional living room and kitchen?  These two rooms are going by the wayside, to larger open floor plans that integr...

In an effort to fix-up ones home before the spring market, if you are considering selling, doing touch-ups is important to help your home show its best, thus helping get top dollar for it.  The Washington Post recently included an article about How to paint your cabinets. Our kitchen cabinets are...

As the spring real estate market picks up, it is important for both buyers and sellers to understand Real Estate agency and who represents who in a real estate transaction.  Buyer agency has increased in the past decade plus, where the buyer brings an agent to the transaction that represents them...

Mortgage rates inched up to close the week, though rates are still at a historically low levels, which is a good thing for buyers as the spring real estate market approaches. Realty Times published the update about the mortgage rates for this week below. Freddie Mac today released the results of ...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival, partners and friends, gathered today to announce plans for the 2011 Festival and the predicted peak blooming period of the cherry blossoms - MARCH 29 – APRIL 3! This year’s Festival boasts nearly 400 free events and performances surrounding traditional and co...

GCAAR released its February housing report for Washington DC.  For condos and co-ops the total number of listings is down from the 2010 numbers, the number of contracts is up from February 2010 and settlements overall are up from their 2010 numbers.  The median sales price is down from 2010, the ...

NVAR has released their monthly sales stats for February.  February overall in Arlington, from a year ago has shown gains, both in terms of sales price and number of properties on the market and sold.  Condo sales price is up from $365,403 to $445,512 on avgerage.  Single family detached homes is...

  The Park Princess, located at 1245 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, may well be one Washington D.C.'s ugliest condo buildings, has been dethroned.  Not by a less appealing condominium (though some developers are trying hard), but by owners, who no longer felt the name suited the associatio...

Buying a home for the first time or for the fifth time is still a stressful event.  Getting an agent to assist you with the process is one way to help reduce your stress and know the transaction will go as well as possible.  As the spring market begins, it is important, especially for buyers to u...

Silver Spring will be getting a new apartment complex. Last week, Priderock Capital Partners LLC and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners broke ground on apartments at 8021 Georgia Avenue, a nine-story complex that will offer 210 units and two levels of underground parking. The complex will be compri...