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selling a home in virginia: Reason #19 to Hire a Local Experienced Listing Agent to Sell Your Home - 04/26/10 04:32 PM
There are many reasons why you should hire a local experienced real estate professional to list and sell your home. You can probably think up some of these reasons on your own.
Here's Reason #19: They will make sure your home gets maximum exposure on the market by ensuring that other local agents can access your property.
Let me explain.
But first let me preface the explanation with this: I am not a ranter and a raver. I rarely if ever complain about another agent. It takes a lot to get me upset, frustrated, or angry. And I have never nor … (7 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: Maxim: Babes, Beers & Now Brian - 03/02/09 01:33 PM
Maxim Magazine: That celebrated men's magazine known for its scholarly articles on babes, beer, and bands.
Now it features Brian. No, they didn't call me to display my fantastic six-pack abs. Rather, they wanted my real estate expertise. With a twist.
As REALTORS, we're used to providing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to determine the appropriate selling price for a client's home. Maxim Magazine thought it would be interesting to have a real estate professional opine on the values of real estate... in video games.
I painstakingly analyzed the pros, cons, and selling points of about a dozen video game castles … (13 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: Blog Articles for Sellers - 05/03/08 07:53 PM
If you've found my blog while searching around the internet, you may have come to a particular article that I wrote about some aspect of real estate. Perhaps you read a market report about sales in Northern Virginia or information about available inventory in a particular Alexandria neighborhood. You may have read an article about the selling and marketing your home for sale.
Looking to sell your home in Northern Virginia or D.C.?
You need all the information you can get your hands on. In over a year of blogging about real estate in the Northern Virginia and D.C. area, I've … (24 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines: It's time to sell! - 03/07/08 11:46 AM
Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines: It's time to sell! As we round the corner into the third month of 2008, it's time to rev up your plans, clean up your home, contact your experienced REALTOR and get your home on the market to sell.
You've been thinking about selling your home in Northern Virginia and I know why:
You are thinking "we are in the midst of a buyer's market" THAT'S TRUE.You are disappointed that values have gone down WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.You want to wait until prices go up again WHO KNOWS HOW LONG YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT?Yes, the advantage in … (36 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: Another Reason to Lower Your Price and Get Your Home Sold Now: Taxes Going Up - 12/08/07 10:05 AM
Consumer Alert: In 24 days, you will net less money when you sell your Northern Virginia home. If your house is currently on the market, it may be the time to lower your price and get your home sold now before January 1, 2008.
Why?
The answer: Taxes, more specifically the grantor's tax.
It's been in the works for quite some time, but now it's official. According to today's Washington Post, "Tax on Home Sales in N.Va. Is Soon to Go Up Fivefold."
The Virginia grantor's tax is a levy on home sellers at closing currently pegged at 10 cents per $100 of the … (30 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: What to Expect at the Closing Table in Northern Virginia - 08/30/07 01:29 PM
When you are buying or selling a home in Northern Virginia, if everything goes smoothly you will find yourself at a closing or settlement table either in a lawyer's office, or more likely at a settlement or title company. If you've followed my buyer's or seller's flowcharts, you see that the final step is the settlement.
Many Northern Virginia homebuyers and some sellers are confused about what occurs at settlement and have misconceptions of the procedures. Some people picture a crowded room with buyers, sellers, attorneys, Realtors, mounds of paperwork, lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!
How long does a settlement last? … (4 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: Selling a Home in Northern Virginia & D.C.: Step by Step Flowchart - 08/22/07 10:18 PM
So, you've got a house to sell in Northern Virginia or D.C. How do you go about doing getting the home on the market and navigating through the complex real estate maze of selling your house. Perhaps you are going to be buying another home in Northern Virginia or D.C. at the same time, complicating things further. I offered a step by step flowchart for purchasing a home several days ago.
You would think that having bought a home in the past might qualify you to fully understand the home selling process. However, things are very different on the other side, and … (1 comments)
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selling a home in virginia: 7 Things You Must Do to Sell Your Home in Northern Virginia - 08/15/07 09:07 AM
With the record inventories of homes for sale in Northern Virginia, it has become increasingly crucial to follow certain steps in order to sell your home in the current market.
As of this morning, there are close to 9,600 homes for sale in Northern Virginia:
Fairfax County: 7,630 homes for saleAlexandria: 1,353 homes for saleFairfax: 787 homes for saleSpringfield: 717 homes for saleHerndon: 595 homes for saleReston: 500 homes for saleMcLean: 395 homes for saleVienna: 364 homes for saleLorton: 330 homes for saleBurke: 262 homes for sale Arlington County: 892 homes for saleAlexandria City: 827 homes for saleFairfax City: 166 homes for saleFalls … (4 comments)
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Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate
McLean,
VA
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