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The Arlington condo market is really hot!   Condos are selling throughout Arlington with multiple offers and the inventory is very low.  Here's some stats about Arlington Virginia condominium sales and inventory for February 2012. Currently there are 207 condos on the market for sale in Arlington.  That may seem like a lot, but considering that 216 Arlington condos sold in the last 90 days, 207 is not that many...  54 sold in the last 30 days alone.  Based on the 90 day numbers, there's only... Read Full Story

The Alexandria condo market is hot!   Condos are selling throughout the city and the inventory is quite low.  Here's some stats about Alexandria Virginia condominium sales and inventory for February 2012. Currently there are 176 condos on the market for sale in Alexandria.  Considering that 185 Alexandria condos sold in the last 90 days, 176 is not that many...  46 sold in the last 30 days.  Based on the 90 day numbes, there's only about a 2.85 month inventory of Alexandria condos. The condos... Read Full Story

Valentine's Contest February 2012 Love, Love, Love Happy Valentine's Day! WIN A ROMANTIC DANCE LESSON AND DINNER/DANCE CRUISE ON THE POTOMAC RIVER! February is the month of Valentine's Day and therefore a month full of love.   We love our clients who have bought and sold homes with us and we want you to spread the love too!  Even if you haven't worked with us (yet), you can still join the contest by sharing the social media love! PRIZES : TOTAL VALUE $291 Private Dance Lesson for You & a... Read Full Story

REALTOR Magazine gets mailed out to over 1 million subscribers.  That's a fairly strong subscription base making it the publication for our industry.  Published by the National Association of REALTORS, the magazine calls itself "The Business tool for Real Estate Professionals"  So, when you're extensively quoted in a publication of this magnitude, it's a pretty big deal, particularly when the writers have over 1 million REALTORS who they could come to as sources for their articles.  It's an... Read Full Story

NEWSFLASH:  Buying a Home May Be One of the Best Ways to Achieve Happiness! The pursuit of happiness... It's what we all seek isn't it?  After all this ideal finds prominence in the founding document of our country thanks to Thomas Jefferson who borrowed from John Locke and changed property to "pursuit of happiness." People try many things to try to find happiness.  And there are many paths to achieving happiness.  You may find it at church, at synagogue, on the sports field, or the dance... Read Full Story

Just released is the Northern Virginia Real Estate MarketWatch Video for December 2011 .  This brief overview video discusses the real estate market in Northern Virginia including 2011 data, 2012 real estate market trends, market patterns, average prices, pending sales, housing demand, inventory, median sales prices, foreclosures and the political atmosphere.  Whew!   That's a lot of ground to cover in just 3 minutes! I think you'll find the information in this video easy to digest.  If you... Read Full Story

Location. Location. Location.  You've heard it before.  It's probably been beaten into your head right now, especially if you're considering buying or selling real estate in Northern Virginia or elsewhere. Real estate is very local -- hyper-local.  Thus, it's important to keep up to date on information about the particular area that interests you. Here's some samples of a report called "Local Market Insight" that I've prepared for Alexandria and Arlington , VA.  If you would like similar... Read Full Story

First a few statistics about 2011 upper bracket home sales in Northern Virginia: 851 homes sold for $1 million or more.   The average list price for these homes was $1,523,590.  The average home sold in this price category had 5 bedrooms, and 4.5 bathrooms. Of those: 776 sold between $1 million and $2 million 52 sold between $2 million and $3 million 14 sold between $3 million and $4 million 9 sold for over $4 million 183 of the million-dollar-plus sales were in McLean, VA .  181 were in... Read Full Story

It was just here.  Now it's gone. Ooohhh.  Here's another one.  Looks promising. Gone too!  Okay... Don't blink.  Don't turn the other way for even half a second.  Gonna find that home. Wait, could've sworn this one was still available.  After all, it was on Zillow, Trulia, and REALTOR.com.  But, yet... it's gone. What's happening?  Where'd that home go?  That was our dream house!  Will we ever find one? ... If you're like many home buyers today, you've had a fairly similar internal dialogue... Read Full Story

Predictions are typically a dime a dozen.  Some prognosticators say one thing, others say the opposite. However, when you happen upon a very reliable source -- an expert; someone who has been mostly right year after year, it's worth paying attention. Dave Liniger is one such VERY reliable source when it comes to real estate.  He's the Chairman and Co-Founder of RE/MAX and Nobody Sells More Real Estate than RE/MAX .  Take a look at the short video above.  The only prediction that doesn't... Read Full Story