By Brad Carroll on December 31st, 2007
As the year draws to a close Northern Virginia buyers are still asking the same questions as they were earlier in the year:
“Should I buy now?”
If I had my Magic 8 Ball it would be so much easier to answer that question. It seems the only way to still answer the question is still with “It [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 27th, 2007
As sellers still struggle with the decline in housing prices throughout Northern Virginia the question is “How do I price my home to sell?”
The first part of the process is setting the right price.
Most sellers think of price first, condition second and market third. In a buyers market that order needs to be re-thought. Market [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 16th, 2007
During the holiday season it is easy to become overwhelmed. With the music, decorations, shopping, crowds and business it can make us cranky and short tempered. You can see it everywhere with pushing, shoving in stores and fighting for parking spaces.
For our family this is the time of year that we relish the [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 15th, 2007
One of the nice things about living in Northern Virginia is all of the history that you can find throughout the area. There are the well known sites such as Mount Vernon and Gunston Hall and then some smaller sites that if you didn’t know the history of our area you might just pass them [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 13th, 2007
Did you just get your PCS orders for the Northern Virginia area?
Not to worry. Once the surprise of your latest set of orders is over, it’s time to get started figuring out where you want to live in Northern Virginia. One of the nice things about this area is the variety of neighborhoods, home styles [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 9th, 2007
Yesterday while talking to a prospective client the discussion turned to the “equity” they had in their home. They had purchased their current home in Northern Virginia in 2002 and over the five years the value of their home has of course appreciated from their original purchase price.
They were however distraught that they had [...]
By Brad Carroll on December 3rd, 2007
I’s that easy. At least that is what the speaker said at the “How to Make Money in Foreclosures” seminar offered in Northern Virginia this weekend. Whipping out a twenty dollar bill and asking for a ten in exchange he began to explain if you are decisive you can make money in today’s foreclosure market. [...]