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It is time, once again, to take a look back to the last two months of sales activity of Braemar townhouses in this installment of the Braemar Townhouse Report. As usual, our report is divided into two categories: Townhouses with No Garage, and Garage Townhouses. To begin, Townhouses with No Gar...
05/14/2010
Today I finished Module Two of my Broker Pre-Licensing. The subject: APPRAISAL. It was a really interesting course and I'm glad that I took it. The math was not all that bad and I learned a ton about how appraisals are done. Very useful information in the real estate market that Northern Vir...
05/13/2010
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Introducing the Braemar Condo Quarterly! The first quarter of 2010 was ripe with activity for home sellers in Braemar with properties below $250,000 in value. First time home buyers were out in droves, looking to take advantage of the First Time Buyer $8,000 Tax Credit. The condos in Braemar w...
05/12/2010
Better know how to read a HUD-1 Settlement Statement before taking a Northern Virginia Short Sale Listing. Why? The banks' negotiators haven't got a clue. I know that the HUD-1 Settlement Statement was recently changed. I'm not finding that a reasonable excuse for a bank negotiator, paid to r...
05/12/2010
I Was Out Viewing Property Today and You'll Never Guess What I Saw.... This post should become a weekly feature. I would say nothing surprises me anymore, but that would untrue. These two items really did catch me off guard and have me shaking my head. The first was a home I townhouse I showed....
05/11/2010
As a Northern Virginia Short Sale Listing Agent, I know the correct procedures for dealing with Short Sale Banks and communicating with Buyer's Agents. A bad Short Sale Listing Agent can really give Northern Virginia Short Sales a bad name. A bad Short Sale Listing Agent will not communicate wi...
05/11/2010
Wells Fargo has made up the majority of my Short Sale business as a Northern Virginia Short Sale Listing Agent. I've always found them easy to work with, be it a first or second trust. Or both in the same transaction. The latter was actually my preferred scenario. Wells Fargo seconds seem to ...
05/10/2010
Yesterday was Mother's Day. I'm have no kids, so I've never had anyone acknowledge this day as anything special to me. Yesterday, however, I was acknowledged by two friends. One out of state, and my neighbor. My neighbor knew that my husband and I have been on a strict, MSG and glutamate free...
05/10/2010
One of the questions I get asked most frequently as a Short Sale Listing Agent is how a Short Sale Seller's credit will be affected in a Short Sale versus a Foreclosure. This blog does a great job of explaining the credit consequences of both. If you would like to leave a comment, please leave ...
05/09/2010
Every two months I calculate Braemar Property Values for the various homes in our community of Braemar. This particular report covers the Heritage Series homes. What's a Heritage series home? That's easy. A Heritage Series home is one of the mid-size single family homes with attached garages,...
05/09/2010
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