Belinda Shifflett Mt.Vernon Virginia News

Hollin Hall Village  has a old store in a new world!The Variety Store is located at 7902 Fort Hunt Road. Alexandria Virginia 22038 In the heart of Alexandria’s, #Ft.Hunt, #Wellington, #Waynewood, #Hollin Hall Viilage Communties. Off the George Washington Parkway,near Mt Vernon Virginia.     The s...

 Last Friday, I attended a drone demonstration  at my Exit Real Estate office. This really caught my attention. I live in the Washington DC area so I did some reading up about the DRONES. Before Buying /Hiring a Drone for Real Estate Company Drones, also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles ar...

McLean and Great Falls communities are often named with roots to their natural surroundings: Langley Forest, Langley Oaks, Chesterbrook Woods, Franklin Forest, Chesterbrook Farm, McLean Hamlet, Amberwoods, Woodhaven, Woodside Estates, Summer Wood, Great Falls Glen, Bradley Oaks. These are a sampl...

With the Federal Reserve hinting it may soon begin to boost short-term interest rates, will borrowers turn to ARMs to keep enjoying the rock-bottom mortgage rates they’ve grown accustomed to? “Not in a big way,” said Ken Maes, an executive with Skyline Home Loans NW. “ARMs still have a negative p...

Kim was living in Paris when she found out that the rear wall of her historic New York City carriage house was in danger of collapsing. In order to fix it, she’d have to file the appropriate paperwork with the local historic preservation board and then hire managing engineers, architects, and oth...

 Just read about the new research, the LPL Research Retirement Index, from LPL Financial ranked U.S. states on their attractiveness for pre-retirees as they save and prepare for the challenges ahead in retirement.  David Reich, V.P of Retirement Partners at LPL, this new index is important becaus...

Keep your clients remembering you! Some Starbucks customers are already sipping on the new Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe. Over Labor Day , baristas are making the latte for anyone who unlocks the fan pass.They're getting a first taste of the drink's new recipe:By customer demand Starbucks will be ta...

Just read about Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning seniors. Telling then not to be fooled  by what they called REVERSE MORTGAGE advertisements that the consumer agency says often claim the mortgages are backed by the federal government .  A  study of the nearly 100 advertisements  sh...

 Sell  Now Not Later Buyer Demand is StrongerFoot traffic refers to the number of people out actually physically looking at homes right now. The latest foot traffic numbers show that there are  more prospective  people  looking at homes since before 2006 - !These buyers are ready, willing and abl...

The most important thing you can do to speed a sale is to price your home right. After all, buyers have access to the same market data you do. If your asking price is out of whack for the neighborhood, they’ll move on to the house next door.After that, it’s important to make your home shine. That...