MANY BUILDERS HAVE RECENTLY LOWERED THEIR BASE PRICES BY ABOUT 15%. TIME TO BUY. NATURE IS HELPING TOO !!! A HOME IN WESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY WITH LOTS OF WATER!!!One of my wonderful buyers wrote on a lot for new construction in Loudoun County yesterday. If it goes through, he will have a wond
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05/31/2007
DON'T BLAME THE INTERNET FOR THE LOSS OF THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM WE NEVER HADThe Internet was never really the problem. The problem is that agents and brokers didn't see the value in the listing information. I actually met agents and brokers who, as late as the year 2000, PROUDLY announced
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05/30/2007
First impressions are very important. When meeting with home buyers for the first time, we need to use that opportunity to get detailed information about your services to the prospective home buyer. The real estate market is very SLOW in some areas and we MUST make sure that we do the VERY best
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05/29/2007
REAL ESTATE IN BRISTOW, VIRGINIA OFFERS PRICE, STYLE AND LOCATION in PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BRISTOW REAL ESTATE - NEW AND RESALE HOMESHistory of the Development along Linton Hall Road - 1998-2007Bristow has been an exciting location for new homes in Prince William County since the first new model
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05/28/2007
It's nice to have folks looking out for you. I pulled over to take a photo of a house last week in a new home community in Purcellville that I was going to show to a buyer Friday. I was "stroking" the builders' reps, letting them know that I was planning to bring a buyer in Friday and wanted to
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05/27/2007
There is no good news. There will be no good news for years to come. It could get a lot worse before it gets better. That said, we chug on. doing our best for our families, our country and our business. Contrary to the media, I believe that we do important work and make a significant contribut
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05/25/2007
TOURING NEW HOMES HAS BECOME FUN AGAIN. The years 2001 through 2005 were tough on agents who like selling new homes. We have been snubbed by new home builders.We have been ignored by new home builders.We have been starved by new home builders.We have been forced to sell resale homes by new home
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05/25/2007
YES ! ! ! ! A federal government web site that is objective and informative.I ran across this today and thought RAINERS might like to see how the Bureau of Labor Statistics describes us in their official web pages on the U.S. Department of Labor site. SIGNIFICANT POINTSReal estate brokers and
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05/24/2007
WHAT DOES MAKE A HOUSE A HOME? IS IT THE STRUCTURE? IS IT THE ROOMS? OR IS IT SOMETHING MORE? ISN'T A HOME SOMETHING MUCH MORE than structure, rooms. . . .What is a home? Is a home a structure with rooms, windows, grounds, plumbing, electricity a
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05/23/2007
MUST READ for any real estate agents, brokers, lenders, loan officers and mortgage company owners. Yesterday, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, while driving to show a new home site to a buyer, I was fortunate to hear a speech presented by John M. Robbins, CMB, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association
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05/23/2007
