Serving Northern Virginia
Despite rumors that Northern Virginia short sales are being approved and closed in 10 days it isn’t true. Since the introduction of a new government program Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program or HAFA on April 5, 2010 there has been a lot of misinterpretation of the guidelines by both buyers and sellers.
One of the [...]
For years Realtors® depended on the brochure box as a way to give drive by buyers an idea of what the interior of a home looks like.
This spring CJRealty Group introduced new custom signs for our listings and they have been a hit. Owners like them and more importantly prospective buyers driving through Northern Virginia neighborhoods [...]
However when my buyers and I arrived we couldn’t get to the front door.
I know it we have had an unusual amount of snow this year in Northern Virginia but buyers are still out looking for homes. In fact they are out in droves trying to find homes to put under contract before the [...]
Fortunately the home was vacant. The “buyers” wandering around the property were poking in every corner. When I asked where their agent was, hoping they were just somewhere else in the house, I learned they weren’t on site. They had given the “buyers” the combo code and told them to go check [...]
If you are thinking about listing your home in Northern Virginia soon or your home is already on the market and you wonder why you aren’t seeing much in the way of traffic one of the reasons could be the lack of MLS photos. With over 85% of all buyers starting their search for [...]
There are hundreds of agents vying to list your Northern Virginia home for sale. Some of them will offer you the moon and only deliver cheese. Here are a couple of hints for you consider when talking to agents about selling your home.
PHOTOS-do they take them? What is the quality? Do [...]
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If you are planning on listing your home in Woodbridge Virginia for sale in 2010 you are probably searching the web for information on the value of your home. There are plenty of sites including the Prince William County real estate assessment sites and Zillow that can give you a rough idea of one [...]
This week an offer came in on one of my listings. The prospective buyer has been hanging around awhile so we figured it was only a matter of time before an offer would arrive. When they presented the offer it was for almost $100,000 less than the asking price. Now I’ve learned not to be [...]
Marketing reports are always up to interpretation. There isn’t anyone who is involved in the current market in Northern Virginia that isn’t aware that housing prices are down. But they aren’t down the same way in every neighborhood so when an agent puts out a marketing report that is specific to a neighborhood and type [...]
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