woodbridge virginia: The #1 Most Frustrating thing Home Buyers encounter house hunting
- 05/23/18 07:17 AM
Buying a home should be exciting and fun. Right?
Well since most home buyers start their home search online, many have learned the hard way everything is not what it seems on the internet. Some start with the big portals such as Zillow, Trulia, Google, Bing, and Yahoo. They may even begin searching sites such as Military housing sites and Craigslist and even Facebook Marketplace.
The challenge is how to you the buyer determine if the home is still ACTIVE ( for sale) or is the home you just fell in love with online Under Contract. The struggle is REAL.
There is an APP … (5 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Today's Video Blog- 5 Minutes With The Twins
- 12/08/16 06:21 AM
Five minute video packed with information for Home Buyers who are searching online, looking for homes in the Woodbridge, Lake Ridge and Dumfries Virginia area.
Learn what you need to do once you find the one you think you are going to love. How do you go about getting that home? Do you call the listing agent? Do you call a friend? Who do you call? How do you know who is the best real estate agent where you want to live?
Learn more as Peggy James and Patty Blackwelder are The Twins Selling Real Estate explain the how to buy a … (2 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Single Family Home under $500,000 near Charles Cogan High School
- 03/23/16 11:24 PM
Coming Soon Single Family Home near Charles Cogan High School.
The owners of 5936 Talmadge Ct Woodbridge Virginia have hired the Twins Selling Real Estate to sell their home.
Does this photo collage peak your interest? Well if it does you are going to fall in love with this home. It is located just off Hoadly Road in Woodbridge Virginia. The owners have loved and maintained this home to perfection. This is a 1 in 10 home. It shows great!
Best of all the home boasts three finished levels with a walk-up full finished basement. Even better it offers a gorgeous owners suite with … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Just Listed 2449 Trimaran Way Wooodbridge VA in Port Potomac Community
- 07/10/15 11:40 AM
Just listed 2449 Trimaran Way Woodbridge Virginia 22191
For those of you who are not from around here, this home is located in a beautiful planned community just off Rt 1 between Fort Belvior and Marine Base Quantico.
This is a three finished level home with a walkout basement, huge deck with stairs down to spacious rear yard. Best of all this home sits on a premium lot in Port Potomac. You will find all the things you are looking for. Hardwood floors, granite counters, stainless appliances, gas fireplace, gas cooking and gas hot water!
Four Bedrooms Upstairs Four Bathrooms (2 full,2 half) … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Should a Home Seller "Test The Market?"
- 02/26/15 12:04 AM
When you call me to talk about selling your Lake Ridge or Woodbridge Virginia home, I first take a look at the condition.
Just know prior to my arrival I have done a lot of research. Even though I know the market well. I want to double check what homes have recently sold ( we call this the historical information) then I look at the Active Listings, as well as the Under Contract Information and the Withdrawal information.
Terms:
Historical Information - comparable sales of similar homes over the past three to six months nearby
Active Information- these are homes that … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: When does the Spring Real Estate Market Start?
- 02/17/15 09:24 PM
Normally the spring market begins around March 15th and lasts through Memorial Day here in the Northern Virginia and Prince William County Virginia area.
Well.....not this year!
The phone started ringing before Christmas and hasn't stop. Our January calendar has been filled everyday with appointments with homeowners who want to sell and home buyers who want to buy.
The fear that interest rates are predicted to rise in 2015 is inspiring many home buyers and sellers to make a move. The low, low interest rates available right now are just to good to pass up. We have witnessed thirty year fixed … (3 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Never under estimate an older home. You can transform it.
- 11/15/14 11:20 PM
Have you been thinking of buying a home.
However all the homes in your price range seem a bit dated. This blog is for you.
Never under estimate a home that has great bones that just needs some updates. You stand to get it for a better price that someone who has paid a contractor to do all the improvements.
While on facebook the other day I saw a "How To Video" come across my news feed that made me stop and pause.
Check this out. Learn how to update those old 1980's stair spindles with decorative metal spindles and completely transform a homes entrance.
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woodbridge virginia: Find out "What Your Dale City Virginia Home is Worth" today
- 10/27/14 11:08 PM
This is a story about a Dale City Virginia homeowner who lived in a little tiny house for decades. Over recent years the home just did not function well for there lifestyle anymore. Sound familiar?
Well the received the best news ever! They learned they could sell this Dale City split level and purchase a main level living home with a basement, fenced yard, deck!
It doesn't matter how much you change the cosmetics inside the four walls, if your home is NOT working for you anymore. The choices are sell or rent your home.
So I'll bet your saying; … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: We're Moving Our Office Location....
- 10/04/14 06:51 AM
We're Moving....
The time has come to make a change. We're still going to be with EXIT Realty, however we are making the shift to move to EXIT Realty Associates in Lorton Station Virginia.
The reasons are simple. It's makes sense for our team.
Patty Blackwelder lives in Mount Vernon and I live in Lake Ridge Virginia.
We service home buyers and sellers from Quantico to Fort Belvoir. Patty was finding herself on the road far more than I was so the Lorton Station Virginia location is a wonderful compromise.
We have done this to better serve our … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: How's the real estate market in Woodbridge Virginia?
- 10/02/14 11:08 PM
Yesterday I attended a business function where a lot of local real estate agents and loan officers attended.
This is a place were one can really get a feel for the current local real estate market trends. Charts are great, however there is nothing better than talking with my real estate peers. They are the ones in the trenches just like myself. In the neighborhoods, working with home buyers and sellers across Prince William County Virginia.
The overall consensus between real estate agents and lenders was "Where are all the home buyers?"
We seem to have hit a … (0 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Add Me To Your Home Screen on your Smart Phone
- 09/29/14 09:08 PM
Today you can now add your favorite real estate agent to your home screen of your Smart Phone
Simply click on this link to add my information to your HOME PAGE of your Smart Phone.
Why would you do this?
You now have my phone number front and center You can contact me with one click. You can share my blog. The options are Facebook , Twitter or Email to a friend. ( This is the highest compliment any Realtor can receive in today's online world!) You can click on profile link. This will take to the section about me. You can also … (6 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Oh my gosh...we're out of LISTINGS. Who wants to sell their home?
- 09/08/14 08:51 AM
Attention homeowners in the Lake Ridge, Woodbridge, Dale City and the Dumfries Virginia areas.
The Twins Selling Real Estate Team have successfully assisted dozens of sellers and home buyers to the settlement table already this year.
But we find ourselves in uncharted territory. We're out of homes to SELL!
If you are thinking about selling your home soon, we would like to interview for the job!
Yes I said "Interview"
If you are thinking of selling your home, it is important to talk to three local real estate agents prior to listing your home For Sale.
Why?
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woodbridge virginia: Beer and Bacon Fest this Saturday September 6th in Woodbridge Virginia
- 09/02/14 09:56 PM
You read that correctly. It's a Beer and Bacon Fest.
This Satruday September 6th from Noon to 6pm, there will be a Beer & Bacon Fest helpd at Stonebridge TownCenter in Woodbridge Virginia behind DSW Shoes in the grassy area.
Here is the information on the Stonebridge Town Center website VIEW HERE
Here is a video of a previous Beer and Bacon Fest to give you an idea of what you can expect.
"According to the website there will be 75 Beers to taste, Wines, 10 restaurants,10 Bacons From Across the US, Music and Exhibitors."
Here is … (1 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: What's the best way to find a home in Woodbridge Virginia
- 08/30/14 11:27 PM
What is the best way to find a home in the Woodbridge Virginia area.
That was a question a home buyer called and asked just yesterday. The person on the line said. I am so tired of looking at homes online.
The caller said my frustration is:
"Peggy inevitably when I see one I like and drive to it. I hate the homes next to it. I wish I could just pick the home up and move them to the neighborhood I want to buy in."
The caller wanted to know how could she find a home where she wanted to live in the quickest … (2 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Are you planning on listing your home for sale or selling your home?
- 08/07/14 10:08 PM
Are you planning on listing your home for sale or selling your home?
There is a difference.
When you list your home for sale:
Over the years I have met with a lot of people who want to sell their homes.
Everyone wants top dollar for their home. That is possible if your home is in good marketable shape and is in line with the current trends. If you home is not in showing condition; does not smell nice; is full of outdated wallpaper;border trims'; heavy draperies and noisy unruly pets, then you are taking a huge risk of … (8 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Should you consider selling For Sale By Owner in Woodbridge Virginia?
- 08/04/14 01:47 AM
You've Been Thinking About Selling Your Home For Sale By Owner
You want to sell your home for the most money.
We get it.
Below is Vital Information You Need to Sell For Sale By Owner
You want to sell your home yourself for a variety of reasons: you don't want to pay a Realtor® commission;you had a bad experience in the past; you do not have enough equity to sell with a Realtor; you want more control over how your home will be marketed and advertised; you don't trust the process; you had luck in early 2000's and avoided … (11 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Questions Internet Callers Had This Week in Lake Ridge Virginia
- 08/02/14 11:52 AM
Writing a local Lake Ridge Virginia real estate blog allows me to connect with individuals who are seeking answers to their real estate questions.
This week I had several callers:
One caller called to ask about VA Zero Down home loans.
He asked. "Is there any other way to buy a home with a Zero Down Payment? I bought my first home with a VA no down payment loan and it was great. What is out that there that allows someone like me with good credit to do that again."
I asked him a question. I said did you sell … (2 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: Thankful for my sellers that their home SOLD! While other sit unsold..
- 07/30/14 08:23 AM
When the owners of this home in Eagles Pointe called me to sell their home spring market coming fast.
As they listed, so did everyone else.
To make things even more complicated as with every spring market those that must relocate or sell, drop their prices as the home lingers unsold.
That does not help homeowners who bought only a few years ago.
To even further complicate things, the builder is still selling in the same neighborhood. When this happens sellers find themselves having to compete with ever changing builder incentives. But the home we had listed was in … (2 comments)
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woodbridge virginia: FREE MOVIE NIGHTS 7PM SUNDAY EVENINGS in WOODBRIDGE VIRGINIA
- 07/29/14 10:20 PM
Free Movie Nights Sunday evenings throughout August 2014 in Woodbridge Virginia.
The place: Stonebridge Potomac Towne Center
Summer Movie Nights at Stonebridge every Sunday at 7 pm in May, June, July, August and September at 7pm on the Jumbo Tron!
Free Admission, Blue Ray, fun for the entire family! Come early it gets pretty crowded.
Bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy.
July 13th Freaky Friday
July 20th Despicable Me 2
July 27th The Blind Side
August 3rd Goonies
August 10th Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
August 17th Cloudy …
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woodbridge virginia: Cool Mobile App, that allows you to bypass talking with a REALTOR
- 07/15/14 10:24 PM
Have you ever been out driving neighborhoods you love. You see a home for sale but you do not want to call the agent on the sign. All you want is the information. Heck you don't even know if you can afford that neighborhood yet. (right?)Well check out this amazing mobile real estate App. You can find out the price of any home just about anywhere. All you do is snap a photo with your iPhone or Android phone and in seconds you will know all about the home you want information about. WATCH!
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