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2008
It is mid-April and Prince William County is buzzing with Spring Fever. The flowers are blooming, the lawns are greening up and the trees are filling out again. What a beautiful time of year! A big sigh of relief as you enjoy all of this knowing that the tax deadline has come and gone, and you...
04/18/2008
I spent the latter half of my afternoon driving around and taking photos for some BPOs in an older SFH community. It was a lovely spring day, and a great day to be out and about. For all the conflict an Home Owners Association can bring to the surface with some home owners, I could not have appr...
04/15/2008
According to statistics compiled by NVAR (Northern Virginia Association of Realtors), Prince William County* "attached" homes had an average sales price of $230,350 in February 2008. That was a 30% decrease from the prior February. Now, in March 2008, the aeverage sales price of these "attached"...
04/14/2008
Since July 2007, Prince William County single family homes have been trending down in price, rather rapidly. I opened the March 2008 report provided by NVAR (Northern Virginia Association of Realtors) expecting the next rung down on our journey through this housing crisis. I was pleasantly surp...
04/13/2008
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Any fan of DC radio will know, April 11th was the last show of The Don & Mike Show. Despite many's disbelief, Don Geronimo retired. As I drove to meet a buyer at a home, listening to the farewell show, I started thinking back on what brought me to my current position in life as a Realtor. I cam...
04/12/2008
As a Realtor,I have dealt with countless situations that put me on the defensive. I used to fight back verbally. Giving it right back to my opponent...tit for tat. Obviously to succeed as a Realtor, the object is not for us, the agent, to win...but our clients. So it is always in our best inte...
04/11/2008
I just read an interesting artcile on CNN's website about the proposed subprime mortgage bailout proposed by House Finance Chairman, Barney Frank. The FHA program will not have enough money on hand to guarantee the flood of mortgages that would be laid at their doorstep. In recent years, when c...
04/10/2008
As per usual for the second Wednesday of the month, I attended my local associations Education Committee meeting. I've been working on developing a short sale class to help listing and buying agents understand their role in a smooth short sale transaction. I must say, I'm getting tired of the a...
04/09/2008
The current Prince Wiliam County real estate tax rate is .79 per $100 of assessed value. On March 25, 2008, in a special session, the Board of Supervisors voted to make the maximum tax rate $1.00 per $100 of assessed value. Dissenting votes were Wally Covington (Brentsville District), Corey Stew...
04/08/2008
I just read a good article by Geri Willis of CNN and she details some things that consumers can do to curb their energy costs. http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/21/pf/saving/toptips/index.htm I've known that getting better gas mileage doesn't mean buying a new car. It can as simple as making sure yo...
04/04/2008
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