New Local Home Serch

    "Doubtless  one man's loss is another man's gain." Walter Scott, 1821 Yesterday's New York Times  featured an article on the influx of first time homebuyer's who've taken advantage of the current real estate market, which is flush with foreclosured homes for sale.  Of course, "foreclosure pro...

  The latest housing inventory numbers for the local area are: FAUQUIER COUNTY and the CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG SPOTSYLVANIA and STAFFORD COUNTIES Days on Market (DOM) numbers have remained fairly consistent as we head into Spring.  With buying season in full swing, next month's indications should ...

   Have you heard of the Housing Assistance Program (HAP)?  Most of us haven't.  Why would we? HAP is a Department of Defense (DoD) program to assist federal personnel who are stationed near an installation scheduled for closure or realignment, who, no fault of their own, are unable to sell their...

   Our local newspaper, the Free Lance Star (FLS), provided us with housing figures this week.  First, on Wednesday, it reported the median sales price for the Fredericksburg area had fallen to the lowest level since April, 2003.  February sales figures indicated the median sales price dropped to...

    "We're all going to earn a little bit more money, but none of us is going to get any more time." Art Moody For many of us, the warm afternoons and cool mornings that accompany Spring also bring with them a new beginning.  In the real estate market, we've just stepped into our prime time, or m...

  While March is upon us, the area is currently experiencing a cold spell.  Schools are closed, and many government offices and businesses have taken the past two days off.  All because of a little cold...and snow...and ice.  Have you ever seen Virginia drivers trying to handle ice?  It ain't pre...

    Life is full of regrets.  However, my years in uniform aren't one of them. Military health care has taken its share of criticism over the years, but, it has always been there when needed.  Unexpected hospital visits have been challenging to say the least.  Like most families, every now and th...

  When dealing with someone whose got something you'd like, have you ever been asked the question, "What's it worth to you"?   If you haven't, you will some day.  While that question may seem more rhetorical than actual, in the real estate business, often, the answer comes in the form of an Earne...

  The stimulus package recently signed into law has met with praise and criticism.  For some, there's too many billions being directed at the wrong programs.  For others, there isn't enough, and besides, isn't it too late for anything to work?  Like most legislation that's passed, there's plenty ...

    Have you ever wondered whether those daily vitamins people take make a difference?  Years ago I ran across a New York Times article  indicating seventy percent of Americans took daily vitamins or supplements, convinced that these would make them healthier, and, as a result, add years to their...