I stopped by yesterday to say hello to clients who bought new construction in the community of River Falls in Prince William County earlier this year. This upscale community is located just off of the Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge. The community is built around the Old Hickory Golf Cours
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08/16/2007
No this isn't an official Hallmark Card event but you never know it might catch on at least on Active Rain. I was making phone calls to check in on friends in my business referral network and came to realize that a number of the other professionals that we work with are also impacted by our slowi
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08/14/2007
I enjoy finding a bit of the unusual when I am out exploring different neighborhoods in Prince William County. This past weekend I came across a home that I had to stop and look at for awhile. I wasn't actually looking at the house but the lights going up the driveway. We've all seen plenty of
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08/13/2007
Every month in Northern Virginia a variety of reports are published by the MRIS, NVAR, Washington Post and others to provide the public with information on recent market trends. The reports focus on comparing housing prices in a user selected zip code from the previous month and the previous yea
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08/11/2007
In previous "Out and About" Blogs I have told you a little bit of Historic Occoquan and some of the new developments within the town borders however the Occoquan River has a number of interesting Prince William communities along its banks. The name Occoquan comes from the Dogue Indians and means
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08/10/2007
I hear quite a bit of rumbling from different real estate agents right now about how slow the current market is. For those of us who depend on real estate sales as our primary source of income being “successful” is extremely important. I put “successful” in quotes because each of us has our own d
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08/08/2007
Earlier in the summer I penned a blog titled Can you find me a good Foreclosure Deal? In response to continued questions from buyers I decided to do a double check on some numbers in the 22152 zip code(slightly random choice). First for those who are not familiar with Fairfax County VA this zi
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08/06/2007
I know it isn't the Wall Street Journal or the London Financial Times but I was very happy to see an article about my Earth-Sheltered Home listing appear on the front page of the Potomac News today. Interestingly enough the Washington Post has been telling me for 3 weeks that they were going t
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08/06/2007
I was out showing property yesterday and came across this house with a For Sale sign out front. I wondered how I might advertise in the MLS to bring in the most traffic. Light and airy farmhouse on great corner lot, newly installed fencing, fantastic wrap around porch, motiv
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08/05/2007
A little while ago I wrote a blog called What's behind the gates in Northern Virginia? recounting my adventures in looking at the most expensive homes for sale in the area. As a follow-up I wanted to see how the market was treating the upper level priced homes in the area. None of the homes that
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08/04/2007
