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Real Estate Realities
By Stephen Adams

5 Reasons You want and need a Realtor

Why not go it alone?  Here's why | 0 comments ›› more ...

Non-Conventional Septic Site Systems - In or Out?

onsite septic systems provide environmentally safe and cost effective treatment services | 0 comments ›› more ...

Stats and DAAR Golfs for Charities

may I have your attention for a moment?  The economy. | 0 comments ›› more ...

New Housing Law Benefits Home Buyers

it's easy to understand that the advantages of purchasing now are at the highest in many years | 0 comments ›› more ...

Loudoun Housing Funding Specifically

Loudoun County offers first trust and down payment/closing costs financing programs to assist low to moderate income first-time homebuyers. | 0 comments ›› more ...

VHDA - 2009 Funding Allocations

Remember Chess? "Check!" on Double Whammy | 0 comments ›› more ...

Attention Buyers...Motivations and Myths (Part 1 of 2)

This is parts 1 of a 2 part “mini-series” that is devoted to all who are contemplating whether or not to buy a house. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Attention Buyers...or Prospective Buyers (Part 2 of 2)

Funny thing about timing. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Loudoun Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament - June 16

a wonderful opportunity to support housing needs efforts in our community | 0 comments ›› more ...

Fannie Mae, Keys to Recovery - Great News!

a behemoth undertaking by one part of the jigsaw puzzle that will ultimately help to get all of us through the current housing predicament. | 1 comment ›› more ...

2008 Food Bank Drive

a regional food drive to support local food banks | 0 comments ›› more ...

The New FHA - Temporarily, we think

The fact is that mortgage money is as available today as it was a year ago and loans are being made this very moment with little or no money down.  And, no, platinum credit isn’t required. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Loudoun County Rebuilding Together

It always feels good to give back to the community :)  We had a great time this past weekend.  The following is our official release to the public: | 0 comments ›› more ...

To Short Sale Or Not...Just Let Go

This strategy is becoming more utilized and talked about, though it can take several months for a deal to close after the highest offer is accepted | 0 comments ›› more ...

Looking At The Numbers-Today, 04/18/08

What’s happening locally is what needs to be told, and you decide for yourself. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Buyer Preferences

Though many families have exclaimed to have found “the perfect house” for them over the years, I’ve learned that there truly is no such thing.  This is especially true when more than one person lives there. | 0 comments ›› more ...

A Valuable Resource

to assist home-owners and consumers to either keep themselves from making a wrong choice in loans or to help keep owners from being foreclosed on | 0 comments ›› more ...

Christmas In April

make a difference in the life of a local family living in Western Loudoun County | 0 comments ›› more ...

So When Is the Perfect Time to Buy a House?

Timing might not be right for everybody | 0 comments ›› more ...

Conforming Limits, Rate Cuts, Volatility and Perspective

the maze that the Financial Market, Housing Sector and consumer confidence finds itself in | 0 comments ›› more ...

Loudoun Stats

there is indeed activity in today’s housing market in Loudoun County | 0 comments ›› more ...

And The Cycle Turns

by the time you think you have “timed everything just right,” the turnaround could very well have happened. | 0 comments ›› more ...

So You Want To Sell A Home?

There are some steps you can take yourself without necessarily waiting for a staging company to tell you. | 0 comments ›› more ...

5 Things To Do Before Selling

If you are highly motivated to sell, and for the right reasons..., then now might be the right time to do it. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Grantors Tax Declared Unconstitutional

...we truly felt that the hardship experienced by many owners throughout the region due to decreased values of many homes in many neighborhoods didn’t need to “have salt added to the wound” (especially if they already had to bring money to the table to settle) in ... | 0 comments ›› more ...

A Moment To Reflect...and 10 Steps to Prepare for Homeownership

...many Realtors are and have been going through quite a challenging time over the last couple of years (and if they haven’t been, kudos to them – they are definitely in the minority). | 0 comments ›› more ...

Stimulus Bill will help

That should help some homeowners and buyers out.  Yes, you say, but the median price has been dropping!  Okay, it isn’t a cure all, but something is better than nothing. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Foreclosures Can Be Avoided

A growing number of borrowers with hybrid ARMs and other nontraditional forms of loans are seeing monthly payments jump beyond their means. With overall credit markets tightening, refinancing can be difficult but there is hope.  When monthly payments become too much, the first thing to do ... | 0 comments ›› more ...

The Importance of Buyers Agency

Why representation is a wise decision | 0 comments ›› more ...

The Optimist, The Pessimist and the Realist

I've worn all three hats in my life as well | 0 comments ›› more ...

A Buyers Market?

Has the Green Flag been waved yet? | 0 comments ›› more ...

The New Property Disclosure/Disclaimer Form

As my son sleeps on my arm today, I’d like to share another new part of the contract to purchase a home this year.  It’s just a quick update for both buyers and sellers regarding the new Disclosure Statement. | 0 comments ›› more ...

Grantor’s Tax

Earlier last year, the newly passed Grantor’s Tax, which increases the tax to sell a home in Northern Virginia by 500 percent, came into effect on January 1 of this year. | 0 comments ›› more ...

What a Glorious Time to Live and Thrive in NoVa!

Here we are, 2008. Northern Virginia housing prices are down in some places by as much as 40 percent compared to just a couple years ago. | 0 comments ›› more ...