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Everywhere is Walking Distance if You Have the Time - 06/28/09 09:26 AM
"Everywhere is Walking Distance if You Have The Time"
-- Steven Wright, American comedian
The problem is these days people don't have the time. Gone are the days of walking 4 miles uphill both ways to school. Nowadays, parents pack the kids in the car and drive them the quarter mile door to door to drop them off to 2nd grade. We're increasingly dependent upon our cars, even moreso the further out from a city we decide to live.
As people tire of the expenses and hassles of commuting and having to hop in the car for everyday errands … (23 comments)
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The First 100 Days -- The First 100 Houses - 06/27/09 08:05 AM
Earlier this week I realized that I just completed my first 100 days as a Managing Broker.
It was met with slightly less fanfare and around the clock cable news coverage than the "First 100 Days of the Obama Presidency."
Just slightly!
Recognizing this milestone while driving home on Tuesday evening, I sent out an e-mail to the agents in my McLean, Virginia RE/MAX Allegiance office:
"While driving home this evening, I realized that it's now been exactly 100 days since I've had the honor and pleasure of being the Broker at the McLean office. So … (19 comments)
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July 4th Fireworks -- Don't Light Your Own in Alexandria, Virginia - 06/24/09 05:00 PM
Everyone enjoys a good fireworks display for July 4th. In the D.C. area there are some great ones -- whether it's down on the National Mall, at Fort Belvoir, over the Potomac River, or in various locations throughout Northern Virginia.
However, while some jurisdictions allow people to shoot off their own private fireworks displays, there are other cities in Northern Virginia where doing so is illegal.
The City of Alexandria is one such place. Here's a public service reminder that's out on the streets right now, just 10 days before Independence Day (this one's located on Duke Street at … (4 comments)
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Ready to Become a REALTOR? Next Classes Start July 13th - 06/24/09 08:21 AM
Ready to become a REALTOR? Do you want to get involved in an exciting career where the upside potential is unlimited? If you're not interested in taking up this opportunity, how about your friends, family members, or colleagues. Perhaps you're bored of the 9-5 daily grind, long commute, and cubicle squatting. What do you want to be when you grow up? If real estate in in your future, well, you are in luck. TAKE THE COURSE. PASS THE EXAM. BECOME A REALTOR. Having just trained 10 people this month to take and pass the Virginia Real Estate Salesperson Exam (and helped … (4 comments)
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What's the Average Price of a Home in...? - 06/24/09 07:53 AM
Everyone buying a home wants to know the average home prices in the areas that interest them. People planning to sell their homes like this information too. While real estate is extremely hyper-local, just getting an idea of prices in a particular area can be helpful. Home prices vary greatly from one locality to the next.
Here's a quick and easy guide to the average prices in different cities and towns in Northern Virginia -- note that within each of these areas prices can vary widely depending upon particular neighborhood. This is a general guide just to prices within the cities … (1 comments)
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The College Grads are Coming! The College Grads are Coming! - 06/16/09 06:04 AM
Hip bars, cool restaurants, close to a beach, affordability, young & beautiful population.
Sure these are all things that attract newly graduated college students. But what really gets them flooding into any metropolitan area is the prospect for work. College grads go where the jobs are. They have no choice -- those college loans have to be paid off somehow!
While the rest of the country is bleeding jobs, the D.C. area is adding them. According to a report from Reuters, college graduates increasingly see the Washington DC area as a very attractive place to live and work:
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The Starbucks Effect -- My Data Says It's Real! - 06/15/09 07:12 AM
Consider it a chicken and the egg question. You know, which came first?
What's the Starbucks Effect?
It's the idea that super-cool Frappuccino joints increase the value of homes in the neighborhoods where they decide to locate their coaches, cappuccinno makers, and coffee bean grinders. Do these caffeine peddling haunts increase property values or do they just open up in communities where the more expensive homes already exist -- thus taking advantage of a customer base that can presumably afford the Vente Iced Skim Mocha No Whip?
I decided to find out by taking a look at some of the facts … (12 comments)
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RE/MAX is the ONLY Real Estate Company to Advertise on National Television - Why This Matters - 06/09/09 02:49 PM
This morning, Inman News reported that RE/MAX has national TV to itself.
As a managing broker of an office at one of the largest, and the most productive RE/MAX franchise in the entire RE/MAX system, I greeted this news with excitement. I already knew that RE/MAX dominated national television, and in fact, almost all advertising mediums -- print, online, radio, and t.v. At the RE/MAX Convention back in March, the company told us that they expected their share of television advertising to increase this year from 50% to probably about 65%.
However, nobody predicted that RE/MAX would be the ONLY real … (7 comments)
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Home Prices & Inventory by McLean Virginia Neighborhood - 06/08/09 08:00 AM
As of today, June 8th, there are 397 homes on the market for sale in McLean, Virginia. 80 of these were listed for sale within the last 30 days
This chart shows the current inventory, number of pending sales and average list price sorted by neighborhoods within McLean:
The average listing price for all homes currently on the market in McLean is $1,751,018. Of the 397 homes, 256, or 64% of all McLean Virginia homes listed for sale are priced above $1 million. Interestingly, there were 55 sales of homes in McLean in the last 30 days. 16 of … (1 comments)
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Is Your Real Estate Agent All Fat & Carbs, or Do They Have Protein? - 06/06/09 05:26 PM
As most health conscious people do these days, I found myself comparing the nutritional labels on various cereal boxes, juice containers, frozen meals, and other assorted products in the grocery store during my most recent trip to the supermarket. This got me thinking...
What if businesses, specifically, real estate agents were required to have accurate labels describing how they practice their business? How would that read? Would it be a service to the public to advertise the truth about each agent?
Here's some things that I would like to see on the "nutritional" labels of each REALTOR to aid … (29 comments)
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May's Most Expensive Sales - 06/03/09 11:08 AM
Are you wondering about Northern Virginia real estate and pondering what has sold recently?
Here's some information about the most expensive home sales in Northern Virginia (Arlington County, Alexandria City, Fairfax City, Fairfax County, and Falls Church City) for April 2009. All information was obtained through MRIS.
Overall, there were 61 sales topping $1 million during the month of May 2009, a 50% increase from the 40 that sold in April. The luxury market seems to be heating up a bit. Or maybe it's just those Maryland Millionaires moving down our way to Virginia.
MAY'S MOST EXPENSIVE SALES
Single Family Detached … (1 comments)
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Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate
McLean,
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