Make sure you're covered! Insurance coverage for your home is both one of the most variable and important components of home ownership. Make sure you have enough coverage and also not too much! Good article on options. Call me with questions and for a referral to a great insurance agent.
Entry level buyers are the mouse moving through the snake Being an entry level purchaser in the Northern Virginia region can be a tad daunting, especially from Fairfax county and in. But such purchasers are critically important to the strength and vibrancy of a healthy real estate market. There's no move up market if no [...]
Creativity, not cash often wins bidding wars There are some crazy, creative and effective examples of non monetary twists in this article that won buyers homes. When my folks win in these bidding situations I would say more often than not they are not the highest bidder. Why? I have a stable of [...]
Spring is here…. Save for the dusting of snow! The real estate market in Northern Virginia continues its roll into the Spring selling season. Inventory on resale homes has risen slightly, but so have sales. The slight rise in interest rates have not slowed things down and we don’t expect anything to change. [...]
Calling all Millennials! As I mentioned in my most recent Platinum Club post Millennials are a major, major driver of the market and rest assured I'm ready and able to help meet your unique needs. I'm actually working with the daughter of one of my first clients who would have been in the [...]
This is shaping up to be one of the most interesting start of the New Year markets I've experienced in my almost 30 years in the business. First the meat. Inventory in the NOVA area is down to a meager 3,366 homes. That is down 18% from 2017, which was down 24% from 2016! [...]
Credit Scores: You gotta deal with them. Regrettably credit scores have taken on a dramatically inflated role in our world but until you reach the Holy Grail of paying cash for homes and being self insured rendering your score irrelevant it behooves you to keep it in shape. What increases or decreases your score is often counter [...]
I was recently interviewed by the National Organization of Realtors on this important and topical issue. As we all know there have been serious breaches of the credit data of millions of people in this country and given the evolving narrative we likely don't know the totality of our exposure, so from my [...]
The trend right now is for more modest homes and lifestyle, but it might also be time for you to stretch Context and personal situations are the key drivers. My past clients will tell you that I always counsel avoiding the "house poor" trap. Yet because transaction costs in home buying and selling [...]
"Status" is out! Buyers of all ages are just no longer chasing square footage in their purchases. This article delves into an interesting market dynamic where you have multiple generations going after the same market. Lifestyle is in and status is out. It explains and dovetails nicely with many of my previous blog [...]