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2011
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You Were Searching For WHAT? I am just getting familiar, after having a WordPress blog for over a year, with the stats that WordPress offers. This morning, I sat down with my cup of coffee and looked over the search engine terms that brought people to my community blog Selling Braemar. Some of ...
11/20/2011
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The 2011 Braemar Holiday Lights Contest Is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation one of your favorite movies? Do you admire Clark Griswold for his dedication to Christmas lighting? We all know that not everyone has time to decorate like Clark Griswold, but that’s no excuse to sit out the Braemar...
11/19/2011
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That's Not My Job! There's a sentence I've heard too many times and definitely could have used myself about a dozen times this past week. I'm dealing with a Short Sale listing transaction that has Short Sale Approval, but can't make it to settlement due to an unreleased first trust that was paid...
11/19/2011
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How Do You Show a Home That Can't Be Seen? There is probably nothing more frustrating for a Buyer than getting excited and revved up for a house hunting trip, only to find that the home at the top of the list....well...maybe it would work if we could see all of it. Such was the story on Wednesda...
11/18/2011
Just Sold in Braemar: Three Finished Level, Newly Renovated Yardley Model for $415,000 Property values in Braemar just ticked up a notch with this sale. In the last Braemar Property Value Report for Heritage Series homes, like Yardley models, the high sales price was $400,000. This renovated ...
11/18/2011
Don't Buy 2-10 Home Warranties, They Seem to Reject More Claims Than They Honor One of things that home warranty companies seem to love to come into real estate offices and brag about is their Buyer AND Seller coverage. The big sell is usually this line, "Register the warranty with the Seller w...
11/14/2011
Kingsbrooke Single Family Home Report: October 2011 The blustery fall breezes are beginning to leave the trees in Kingsbrooke bare. While the trees will be dormant until spring, the Kingsbrooke real estate market won't be. With October behind us, let's take a look at singel family home sales ...
11/13/2011
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Kingsbrooke Townhouse Report: October 2011 The countdown to Christmas has begun. There's an excitement in the air in Kingsbrooke and surrounding Bristow, VA. The holiday season always brings a frenzy of activity. Surprisingly, the Kingsbrooke townhouse market doesn't just close up shop and wa...
11/13/2011
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Is a Few Hundred Bucks Really Worth It? When you are a Northern Virginia Short Sale Agent, you meet one of two personalities when you meet home owners in distress. The first is the home owner who, despite upgrading a home, realizes that they can't take everything with them. Even though they are...
11/12/2011
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