Dan Bouchard Residential Real Estate in DC and VA/MD Suburbs
Topics on the practice of Residential Real Estate in the Metro Washington DC and Virginia market area as the issues come up.
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2010
In over 15 years in Real Estate I have often been accused of "Speaking Colorfully, Bluntly, and without delicacy". I expect this blog post will be perceived no differently. So if you are faint in virtue or offend easily at colorful colloquial speech, don't continue reading! Each time I get to thi...
11/30/2010
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I like to focus my blog posts on relevant issues that pop up daily in my practice of real estate home buyer and seller representation in the DC/VA and MD market area. Home buyers and sellers often come to me with ideas about generalized rules on how they will navigate this industry. Usually this ...
11/30/2010
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The various laws in all the states and municipalities throughout the United States stipulate all kinds of requirements, obligations, liabilities, expectations and limitations of what a Listing Agent or a Designated Buyer's Agent is and is not to be. Additionally, the National Association of Realt...
11/27/2010
Historical Perspective: Before 2008, in the Washington DC Metro area, in particular in the more popular and high demand neighborhoods of DC and inside the beltway suburbs, it was extremely common for home buyers to be forced to make their home purchase offers NOT contingent on a Building Inspecti...
11/24/2010
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (otherwise known as HUD), runs and administers the FHA home loan process. The FHA division does not actually make loans to consumers but it insures mortgage lenders who agree to conform to the FHA guidelines in preparing these loans. These loans onc...
11/22/2010
This article will likely annoy and frustrate the new construction development sales people everywhere, but honestly by and large except for the rare exception, they are for the most part deceiving the public. This is a true recent story. Although the names have been altered to protect the innocen...
11/16/2010
Without getting too intense in this discussion, I will try to keep the conversation fairly basic so as not to overwhelm most readers with too much detail. FHA mortgages are now the most common loans being generated today for new and resale home purchases. FHA mortgages today are the easiest for m...
11/16/2010
Getting to the settlement table is a lot more involved than most people realize it is. There are usually, a LOT of moving parts functioning smoothly in the background of every transaction orchestrated by a skilled designated buyer's agent, that push us along to that final settlement day. Finally ...
11/16/2010
Many years ago when I began my real estate career, FHA mortgages were the dread of real estate professionals. The process was so restrictive and cumbersome that it really was quite unpallatable to work with FHA home buyers. Home Sellers and Listing Agent's did not want to see an FHA contract beca...
11/10/2010
Several years ago I represented a 3 time repeat client in the purchase of her new home in Arlington. It was a beautiful house in a fantastic neighborhood and fit all of her needs to a "T". We negotiated a contract that had some un-typical terms due to the circumstances around the buyer and the se...
11/10/2010
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A. Daniel Bouchard
Licensed in DC/VA/MD (CDPE)
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Topics on the practice of Residential Real Estate in the Metro Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia market area. Contracts, Ethics, Certified Distressed Property Expert, 203K FHA Purchase-renovation projects/loans, luxury properties, Virtual Tours, 17 year licensed Realtor experience. Condos, detached homes and townhouses.