There's always a first time for everything -- from getting your first interview for a job, to ordering your first coffee at Starbucks (not sponsored), to even buying a home. Sometimes, with these first time experiences, we have mistakes along the way. But here are the top 3 mistakes that first time buyers make, and how you can avoid them!1. Not having enough cashApart from down payment, you'll need funds for lender fees, title fees, recording, tasxes, your attorney and other fees, and any repairs or updates you need to spend on the house. Make sure you have some extra cash before anything else!2. Not exploring the financing options available through various channelsAside from the conventional ones, Virginia has a lot of great government programs for first time home buyers -- just like V... 03/25/2022

 SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 9 active listings. With 4 new listings and 8 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 4 homes closed with average days on the market of 5 and average net to list sales price of 100.7%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 100.7%, 101%,102.4%, 101.1% & 100.4% for an average of 101.1%.  CLICK HERE for entire post... 10/23/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 6 homes for sale.   1 homes new to the market; 1 traditional town homes.  7 homes which went active under contract or pending; 2 traditional sale condos, 2 traditional town homes & 3 traditional sale detached homes.  2 homes closed; 1 traditional sale condos & 1 traditional town homes. There are 4homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.  10/21/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 12 active listings. With 8 new listings and 10 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 5 homes closed with average days on the market of 5 and average net to list sales price of 101%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 101%,102.4%, 101.1%, 100.4%, & 100% for an average of 101%.  Click HERE for entire post... 10/16/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 7 homes for sale.   2 homes new to the market; 2 traditional condos.  9 homes which went active under contract or pending; 3 traditional sale condos, 3 traditional town homes & 3 traditional sale detached homes.  0 homes closed. There are 7 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.  10/14/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 6 homes for sale.   3 homes new to the market; 2 traditional town homes & 1 traditional sale detached homes.  3 homes which went active under contract or pending; 1 traditional sale condos & 2 traditional sale detached homes.  3 homes closed; 2 traditional town homes & 1 traditional sale detached homes. There are 7 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update. 10/07/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 4 active listings. With 3 new listings and 8 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 6 homes closed with average days on the market of 6 and average net to list sales price of 101.1%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 101.1%, 100.4%, 100%, 101.1%, & 101.7% for an average of 100.9%.  Click HERE for entire post... 10/01/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 4 homes for sale.   0 homes new to the market.  5 homes which went active under contract or pending; 4 traditional town homes & 1 traditional sale detached homes.  1 homes closed; 1 traditional sale condos. There are 7 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.  09/29/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 9 active listings. With 4 new listings and 6 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 4 homes closed with average days on the market of 6 and average net to list sales price of 100.4%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 100.4%, 100%, 101.1%, 101.7%, & 99.7% for an average of 100.6%.  Click HERE for entire post... 09/25/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 5 homes for sale.   0 homes new to the market.  6 homes which went active under contract or pending; 1 traditional sale condos, 3 traditional town homes & 2 traditional sale detached homes.  2 homes closed; 1 traditional sale condos & 1 traditional sale detached homes. There are 5 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.  09/23/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 11 active listings. With 6 new listings and 12 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 5 homes closed with average days on the market of 12 and average net to list sales price of 100%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 100%, 101.1%, 101.7%, 99.7%, & 101.7% for an average of 100.8%.  Click HERE for entire post...  09/18/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 8 homes for sale.   1 homes new to the market; 1 traditional town homes.  10 homes which went active under contract or pending; 1 traditional sale condos, 7 traditional town homes & 2 traditional sale detached homes.  3 homes closed; 1 traditional sale condos & 2 traditional sale detached homes. There are 6 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update. 09/16/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding increased to 14 active listings. With 8 new listings and 5 homes whiClick HERE for entire post...ch went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 7 homes closed with average days on the market of 6 and average net to list sales price of 101.1%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 101.1%, 101.7%, 99.7%,101.7%, & 99.9% for an average of 100.8%.  Click HERE for entire post... 09/11/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 9 homes for sale.   1 homes new to the market; 1 traditional town homes.  5 homes which went active under contract or pending; 2 traditional town homes & 3 traditional sale detached homes.  2 homes closed; 2 traditional sale town homes. There are 0 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update. 09/08/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreased to 9 active listings. With 3 new listings and 9 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 4 homes closed with average days on the market of 12 and average net to list sales price of 101.7%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 101.7%, 99.7%,101.7%, 99.9%, & 100.1% for an average of 100.7%.  Click HERE for entire post... 09/04/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 9 homes for sale.   3 homes new to the market; 1 traditional sale condos & 2 traditional detached town homes.  6 homes which went active under contract or pending; 2 traditional sale condos 3 traditional sale town homes & 1 traditional detached town homes.  3 homes closed; 2 traditional sale town homes & 1 traditional sale detached homes. There are 6 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update. 09/02/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding remained at 10 active listings. With 7 new listings and 7 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 4 homes closed with average days on the market of 12 and average net to list sales price of 99.7%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 99.7%,101.7%, 99.9%, 100.1%, & 100.1% for an average of 100.3%.  Click HERE for entire post... 08/28/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 5 homes for sale.   0 homes new to the market,  5 homes which went active under contract or pending; 4 traditional sale condos & 2 traditional sale town homes.  2 homes closed; 1traditional sale town homes & 1 traditional sale detached homes. There are 9 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.  08/26/2020

SUMMARY  The current inventory level for South Riding decreases to 10 active listings. With 4 new listings and 13 homes which went active under contract and /or pending last week last week. 6 homes closed with average days on the market of 9 and average net to list sales price of 101.5%. Looking back over the past 5 weeks which had sold homes the average net to list price has been 101.5%, 99.9%, 100.1%, 100.1%, & 101.9% for an average of 100.7%.  Click HERE for entire post... 08/21/2020

I wanted to provide a mid week update for South Riding. There are currently 10 homes for sale.   2 homes new to the market; 2 traditional sale condos.  9 homes which went active under contract or pending; 1 traditional sale condos, 3 traditional sale town homes & 5 traditional sale detached homes.  4 homes closed; 4 traditional sale detached homes. There are 6 homes coming soon.  I will provide a more details in next week's Weekly Update.   08/19/2020