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The Cost of Renting

May 29, 2014

Is renting worth it? Find out the real cost of renting in this short video.

Landscaping to Help Sell Your Home

May 5, 2014

Potential home buyers form their first impression of a home from its curb appeal. Yet often a home’s outdoor landscaping is overlooked, or underdone, in

Kitchens Sell Homes

March 10, 2014

Realtors and builders all across the nation know its power. What is this not-so-well-kept secret of real estate? Kitchens sell homes. Kitchens are where we

The Importance of Being a Pre-Approved Buyer

February 3, 2014

One of the best bits of advice we can offer a prospective homebuyer is to obtain pre-approval for a home loan. Let’s look at some

No Fall Market Uptick. Repeat Spring Sales Rush Coming?

December 2, 2013

Every realtor in the Washington, DC metro area could feel it, and now the numbers are bearing it out. The usual fall uptick in home

Inflation, Rising Interest Rates, Higher Payments

November 7, 2013

We are often asked about the effect rising rates have on mortgage payments. Most of this concern has to do with how the Federal Reserve

D.C. Area Home Values Tight Despite Federal Job Shrinkage

October 10, 2013

The federal government job sector continues to shrink in the D.C. area, but local economic experts say that will not do much to slow economic

Up, up, up! Northern Virginia summer market keeps chugging

August 14, 2013

Well – the spring market (that started in January 2013) just keeps on going! (Now, it’s August 2013!). The stats are out for the Northern

Foreclosures? What Foreclosures?

July 18, 2013

You may have picked up the report from news media outlets that we’ve now hit the lowest level of foreclosures in the country since before