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Homes For Sale In The Fairmont Subdivision - 02/22/11 08:15 AM
Homes For Sale In The Fairmont Subdivision. I get ask at least once a day "How's The Real Estate Market". While I can give a general answer for the area, prices are specific to a location. You can have two neighborhoods side by side but have totally different prices. This has to do with age, condition and even the style of the homes. The Fairmont subdivision is a small community of 127 homes. Located off Lomond Dr. in Manassas, Virginia. The gross living area of the homes range from 1034 for a Split Level to 2200 for a two level Colonial, (0 comments)
Housing Prices In Manassas - 02/21/11 03:37 PM
Housing Prices In Manassas Housing prices we are showing an upward trend. In the 20109 zip code the Bull Run Subdivision showed the strongest gain, with a 16.5% gain year over year. There is currently 32 townhouses / condo's for sale in the 20109 zip code. The average list price is $171,818 and the average days on the market is 36. Bull Run Zillow Home Value Index Bull Run Home Values - Interactive chart (1 comments)
What's The Best Interest Rate On Mortgages - 02/08/11 02:06 PM
What's The Best Interest Rate On Mortgages If you are looking to refinance or buy a home and get a mortgage you want the best interest rate available. But wait...... it's not all about "just" the interest rate. You say what? Most Banks and Mortgage companies charge fees referred to as the cost of money, orgination fees, doc fees, proccessing fees...... If you shop interest rate ONLY you could be paying a lot more for a rate that you could have gotten else where for a lot less. Here is an example of the interest rate game. Lets say you have (0 comments)
Super Bowl Ads And Small Business Advertising - 02/07/11 03:00 PM
Super Bowl Ads And Small Business Advertising I attended a Prince William Chamber, Small Business Round-table discussion. The topic was, "What Can Small Businesses Learn From Super Bowl Ads." Here were the four major advertising points that we learned. There was repetition. Target marketing. In your face feel good ad's. Call to action. Lets look a little deeper into each one. There was repetition - Doritos's, Coke, Budweiser ran several ad's through out the Super Bowl. Many of the Super Bowl advertisers did commercial's leading up to Super Bowl Sunday. They did this by showing segments of their commercial and encouraging (2 comments)
Market Update For Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County for January 2011 - 02/07/11 11:18 AM
Market Update For Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County for January 2011 As of this date we currently have: 1479 homes showing Active 1479 market as Under Contract (I check this number several times) 395 that sold in the last 30 days. The average Sold price for January 2011 was $249,169. This is up slightly fromthe same time last year. The average sale price for January 2010 of $244,089. The current average Days On Market is 65 days. This number is up from the same time last year which was 31 days on the market. To get more details you (1 comments)
Hazards of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs - 02/05/11 12:40 PM
Hazards of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs Consumers agree, using anything that is energy efficient is a good thing. But did you know that those Energy Efficient Light Bulbs contain Mercury???? Yes I said Mercury! In a article How To Dispose Of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs they wrote: Energy efficient CFL bulbs are hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative that will save money and resources. But not many people know yet that the bulbs contain mercury. Despite being a small amount, it is still very dangerous if leaked into the earth or water. These energy efficient bulbs must be disposed of safely (3 comments)
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