I firmly believe in the strategy described in the blog below. Overpriced Homes-Sell Slower and For Less If there’s anything we can take away from the plethora of Bank Owned Foreclosures is they certainly know how to price a home to move! I maintain that you almost always shoot yourself in the f
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08/07/2010
Did you hear that great sigh of relief from all of the residents in Gainesville Virginia this week? Finally Route 66 is running EIGHT lanes all the way to Route 29 exit in Gainesville. Yee Ha! What's Next You Ask The project to improve the Route 29/Linton Hall Road interchange when complete will
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07/01/2010
Wow what a ride it has been so far. These short sales are really like a roller coaster ride that you may end up at the top of the loop hanging upside down. They are crazy here in Prince William County VA. One minute they are on and the next day they are off. First trust lender approves short sale
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11/19/2009
Well I think we all new that this administration was going to extend the first time homebuyers tax credit. Senate voted 98-0. It's off to the house. I for one think it is a good thing compared to the $200 million they increased our deficit to bail out the banks and did not do a thing for "Joe the
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11/05/2009
Okay I just do not understand why some listing agents can not follow their sellers instructions. This time it really cost me. My clients, who have a contract on a short sale in Prince William County Virginia and have lost out on another home because it went into foreclosure called me that they wa
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10/24/2009
The one short sale in Gainesville VA that I am referring to is my first short sale listing. The first night after my seller signed the listing agreement, my one short sale in Gainesville VA, was horrible. "I couldn't sleep at all last night" to put it mildly. I spent all night worrying about how
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08/27/2009
This is a remarkable panorama of the inauguration that I just had to share this with the A/R community, you can actually focus in on faces near the back of the crowd- nearly 1/2 mile! For fun, focus on Obama (center stage) and then look behind him. There's Clarence Thomas seemingly asleep, Di
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01/29/2009
It is that time of the year again when pretty much everything in Real Estate is about to come to a screeching halt. Most all of us, Realtors, buyers and sellers included, take a couple weeks off to spend precious time with our families and friends. We will be reminiscing about the past year and
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12/15/2008
Well, it looks like maybe this may be the beginning of the end to the bubble busting party. Mortgage applications rose this week for the first time in three weeks. Along with pending home sales up about 7 percent in April I believe is a sign that buyers who have been on the sidelines waiting and
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06/11/2008
I wanted to share this experience that I had two weeks ago. I have the greatest clients and a beautiful listing in Gainesville VA. Two weeks ago my clients were off to St. Martins. No problem, I live close by to their home in the Snow Hill subdivision in Gainesville and I would be by to check up
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06/04/2008