The Blog of an Appraiser in Alexandria, Virginia
Rick Phillips, Jr., a certified residential appraiser, licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC, living in Fairfax County, provides an appraiser's point of view to Real Estate issues.
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2010
Dominion Station - A Neighborhood in Loudoun County, Virginia Dominion Station is a cluster of townhomes just off the Cascades Parkway in Sterling. Homes are newer and well built, and the streets proudly carry the names of train themes, Like Box Car Square or Caboose Terrace. The neighborhood i...
04/28/2010
Irongate - A Neighborhood in Manassas, Virginia As an appraiser (providing residential appraisals in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC), I get to see a lot of different places. When I have time, I report on them: Irongate is a community of a couple hundred two-level (no-basement) townhomes in...
04/27/2010
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Is it just me, or does ARbehave differently on Saturdays in the department of scoring points. I write on here for me, first and for most, and for Google aspsect. I must confess, I have received business as a result. But the points are kind of fun. So, when, over the course of the last two weeke...
04/27/2010
Sterling Park - A Neighborhood in Loudoun County, Virginia As an appraiser (providing residential appraisals in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC), I get to see a lot of different places. When I have time, I report on them: Sterling Park is a community of older, two-level homes, existing in t...
04/27/2010
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Springfield, Virginia A real estate appraiser in Northern Virginia likes to hear that he's just received an appraisal order in Springfield. Springfield, maybe just behind Annandale, is among the most central of Northern Virginia locations. And now that they have FINALLY cleaned up the "mixing b...
04/24/2010
Guilford - A Neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia Sandwiched between Kingstown and Rose Hill, Guilford is an old section of the Franconia region that is both Alexandria and Fairfax. That is, sporting an Alexandria address, but existing in Fairfax County, Guilford is one of those communities wher...
04/23/2010
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04/22/2010
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Lake Barcroft - Falls Church - Northern Virginia I found myself back in Lake Barcroft again this afternoon inspecting a modest, one-story rambler. Still, it had a funky, "contemporary" design with a split thrown in (extra sunken living room, maybe?) for good measure. If you can't take "the ci...
04/22/2010
Hume Springs - A Neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia Just beyond the northern edge of trendy Del Ray, Hume Springs is a pocket of older townhomes, all of them two-level-(no-basement)-styles, built in the 40s. Hume Springs used to have flooding issues back in the 1950s, as did many neighborhoo...
04/22/2010
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Rick Phillips Jr. is a certified residential appraiser licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC. Living in Fairfax County with a location in Arlington, Rick appraises houses in all of Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Rick writes about real estate appraisals, appraisal issues, seller and buyer issues, local neighborhoods and market areas, real estate agent tips, steps to understanding a home's value, and much more.