You may be surprised to find out how fast the real estate market is moving in northern Virginia. I just pulled the statistics for cities and counties around the region. You will see the average SOLD price and the average days on market. You will find that the market report is divided into two
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11/26/2014
You want to buy a house, fix it up, and flip it for a profit. One problem... you've not yet done it before now. You have no experience fixing and flipping houses. What do you do? Follow these steps.... 1. Find a Realtor who has experience helping investors fix and flip houses. Now, this can b
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11/22/2014
Sorry to be so brutal as to say "stupid" in the headline, but there is a valid reason. Every loan officer I know warns home buyers to avoid these 9 mistakes during loan processing, and yet, every now and then, some buyer does one of them and it blows up their loan. Sometimes the loan can be sa
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11/17/2014
The market has slowed, but it doesn't FEEL like it has slowed for buyers or sellers. That's because supply and demand have kept pace with the market. Here is what I mean. Fewer first time buyers are entering the market. So fewer first time buyer home are selling. The folks who want to sell wha
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11/16/2014
What if you were buying a house, and the appraisal came in $6,000 below the sales price, and the seller refused to lower the sales price to the appraised value? You REALLY want the house, but you are reluctant to pay over the appraised value for it, but the seller says he won't lower the price.
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11/13/2014
You want to buy a new home. Some home builders are building the same old designs they have been building for 30 years. Others are building homes with 21st century features that are inspired by the wishes and wants of young buyers. Take heed of the list of 21st century new home features some ne
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11/12/2014
You want to buy or sell a house in Woodbridge Virginia, or elswhere in Prince William County. You have been watching recent sales in your area. You know what houses have been listed for, and you even know the sales prices of some of those houses. Here is a matrix showing recent sales by price an
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11/06/2014
We found out about Erick from a guy at work who used Erick to buy a home and he was really happy with what Erick did for him. We needed a bigger house because my mom and dad were coming from Columbia to live with us. My brother was already living with us and our daughter. We were living in a li
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11/05/2014
We were referred to Erick by our loan officer, Vinnie Apostolico. Erick was different from the other realtors we met. He wasn't pushy, and he really listened to our wishes. For example, we qualified for a $650,000 house, but we capped our budget at $575,000 so we wouldn't be house poor. Erick re
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11/03/2014
We bought our home with just a 3% down payment, that was a gift from my parents, and the seller paid all of our closing costs, thanks to Erick. Last year was the first year Jason and I filed our taxes jointly as a married couple for the entire year. Oh my gosh! We owed the IRS every nickel they
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11/01/2014
