"Market in a Minute" A Summary of Market Conditions CONTRACTS: October 2009 contract activity was up 23.8% from October 2008 in the immediate Northern Virginia area; was also up 23.8% in Loudoun County, but was down 31.3% in Prince William County. The number of available homes on the market is do
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11/18/2009
I share a great article from ShortSaleChampion.com....commonsense reigns supreme! In the course of my speaking to and networking with short sale practitioners in numerous markets across the nation I regularly encounter those who have a completely false impression with respect to who owes which
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11/18/2009
I decided to short sell my own house in December....hardship created by practically being unemployed last year and some medical bills. Ok...I had several conversations with WaMu to try to modify the mortgage beginning in October. Their response was "you can't afford to live in that house". I s
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05/01/2009
There is only one way to solve the current mess...with 4,000,000 homes currently on the market, as opposed to 2,000,000 last year, and another 2,000,000 Alt A and Option mortgages getting ready to reset this year....the lenders are performing "work outs" with their customers. These work outs curr
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01/04/2009
November 21, 2008 Real Estate Outlook: Housing In Recoveryby Kenneth R. Harney With all the turbulence and losses in stocks and bad economic news in the headlines lately, you can easily lose perspective on what's really going on in the real estate sector. For exampl
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11/21/2008
We live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and if there ever was a 'good thing' about the future, the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States will not only add more consumer confidence...but that alone is adding 18,000 jobs to our neighborhoods! That doesn't mea
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11/20/2008
Hi, this is new for me...so give me a break! I am a full-time real estate professional working with buyers and sellers in the "close to DC" counties of Fairfax, Arlington, cities of Alexandria and Falls Church. I live in the Kingstowne area and my office is in Arlington, so I get around! Regard
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03/18/2008
