selling a home: Fairfax VA Home Staging and Home Stagers - 09/07/11 07:27 AM
Stage your Fairfax home to sell. As experienced Fairfax agents, we know that staging a home is a better way to get your Fairfax VA home sold. A correctly staged Fairfax home highlights the best features of a home, and maximizes your homes potential.

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Fairfax Home Staging to Sell a Home.  As a Fairfax VA homeowner trying to sell a home in these trying times.  The pain becomes more acute and frustrating when you are trying to sell and nothing is happening.  Perhaps your home in Fairfax VA is on the … (0 comments)

selling a home: Arlington VA Listing Agents For Home Sellers - 07/24/11 07:47 AM
Arlington VA Listing Agents For Home Sellers
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Are you selling your home condo, townhome or selling real estate in Arlington VA?  If so, you will need an experienced Arlington VA listing agent to assist you selling your home.  Times have changed dramatically in the last few years, and now more than ever you need someone to represent your that sells real estate successfully full time.  There is more to selling a home in Arlington VA than placing a sign on your front lawn and placing a new … (0 comments)

selling a home: Loudoun VA Listings Agents for Loudoun VA Homeowners Selling A Home - 07/11/11 09:14 AM
Loudoun VA Listings Agents for Loudoun VA Homeowners Selling A Home
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Loudoun Listing Agents Loudoun VA Listing Agents. Choosing the right Loudoun Virginia listing agent with the experience to sell your home is critical for getting your home sold in Loudoun VA these days.  Listing homes for sale is best when the Loudoun listing agent has the experience to assist you selling your home.  Anyone can list a home and put it in the MLS, but we live in different times, and time in this market equals money when you need to … (0 comments)

selling a home: Homeowners Make Repairs to Home Before Listing it For Sale - 05/25/11 03:08 AM
Many northern VA home owners and potential home sellers don't want to paint clean repair or fix anything prior to selling a home and listing it for sale. Remember, a homes condition impacts price directly! Their faulty reasoning is based on a feeling that they have the best home in the neighborhood with the most square footage, on the biggest lot, and have the best nails and so on!  Isn't that always the always the way?  It is a false assumption, and feelings are not facts.  From our side of the table in real estate many homeowners feel the same way, and … (4 comments)

selling a home: Fairfax VA - Setting the Listing Price of a Home - 05/22/11 12:08 PM
Fairfax VA Home Sellers - How to Setting A Realistic Listing Price of a Home
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Many Fairfax VA home owners and potential Fairfax County VA home sellers don't want to paint clean repair or fix anything prior to selling a home and listing it for sale. They are thinking soley about their bottom line.  That is a big short sighted mistake in this market.  Remember, a homes condition impacts a homes price directly!
The Fairfax VA homeowners faulty reasoning is based on a feeling that they have the best home in the neighborhood with the … (0 comments)

selling a home: Fairfax VA Home Sellers - Spring Cleaning Sells Homes - 04/07/11 08:47 AM
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Spring is finally here and if you are thinking of listing your home on the market to sell it this spring it is very smart to think about a good thorough spring cleaning. Our experience in real state has taught us over the years that not only is "Cleanliness next to Godliness" it's also that much closer to closing the deal on your home.  Dirty homes don't sell well, and the home sellers take a pounding on the price in untidy homes. So our best … (2 comments)

selling a home: McLean VA Listing Agents | Listing A Home for Sale in McLean VA - 12/17/10 12:57 PM
McLean VA Listing Agents McLean VA Listing Agents. Choosing the right McLean listing agent with experience is critical for getting your home in McLean VA sold or rented these days.  Listing homes for sale is best when your McLean VA listing agent has the experience to assist you in getting your home or real estate sold.  Anyone can list a home, but we live in different times, and time in this market equals money when you need to sell it or rent it!
McLean VA Listing Agents Planning to Sell Your Home in the McLean area? You'll need a McLean VA listing agent … (0 comments)

selling a home: Northern VA Home Sellers Test - Is Your Home A Lemon? Take the Test! - 11/24/10 01:03 PM
Northern VA Home Sellers Test Everyone wants top dollar when selling a home in Northern VA but not everyone will get it.  The reason is that your home may not be in great shape and just be out dated, and buyers may not see the same value you do.  The problem of many northern VA home sellers all too often is that they are biased because it is their home and they love it.  However, that is just the type of thinking that can cloud your judgement, and the home may not be worth what you think it is given its current condition.  
Selling a home is all about remaining … (0 comments)

selling a home: Fairfax VA Home Sellers Tips - What is Agent Feedback? - 11/21/10 02:29 AM
Agent Feedback - What is It? There is an old saying that says "Two sets of eyes are better than one..."  Well if that is true then the more eyes are even better.  In essence, this is what Agent Feedback is - collective insight.  So since most real estate agents never do this or let alone explain it to a home sellers, I thought I would try to share some insights and explain the purpose of agent feedback for Fairfax home sellers. 
When a home is shown in Fairfax VA in our MLS system by another agent and their client they make their own observations … (0 comments)

selling a home: Northern VA Listing Agents Marketing Homes - 11/09/10 01:02 AM
Marketing Your Home to Sell It! Putting a real estate sign in front of your home and installing a flier box is not marketing your home.  Selling a home in Northern VA these days requires a proactive team approach.  Our part is to attract the potential buyers and agents, and your job as a home owner is to not dissappoint them when they arrive.  As you listing agents, our first task is to enter your home or property into the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and enhance your listing as a priority on all our websites and the company websites. That will give your home … (2 comments)

selling a home: Alexandria VA Listing Agents - 10/27/10 04:16 AM
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 [SELL A HOME IN ALEXANDRIA]  [ALEXANDRIA VA LISTING AGENTS] Alexandria VA Listing Agents Selling a home in Alexandria VA?  Relocating, scaling down, or moving up!  As Alexandria VA listing agents we can help! 
Selling a home is never an easy task, but now more than ever you need an expert to guide you through the maze of issues that we deal with all the time in our ever changing Alexandria VA real estate market.  To best advise you, you're going to need an experienced Alexandria VA Listing Agent.   You Alexandria VA listing agent is the agent in … (0 comments)

selling a home: Arlington VA Listing Agents. Arlington Home Sellers Choosing a Listing Agent is Critical - 09/14/10 05:05 AM
Arlington VA Listing Agents - How To Choose a Listing Agent Choose Your Arlington VA Listing Agent!
If you make a wrong choice selling a home in choosing your Arlington VA listing agent it could be a painful event filled with a lot of needless resentments.  It's my experience that many Arlington VA homes sellers are naive when selling a home.  They either make several fatal presumptions, or just do not think the entire home selling process through.  One major mistakes an Arlington VA home seller's make when they list a home for sale it to think that all Arlington VA listing … (2 comments)

selling a home: Selling a Home in Northern VA - A Home Selling Marketing Plan That Works - 09/14/10 03:01 AM
Northern VA Home Sellers Marketing Plan
[ BUYING A HOME ] [ SELLING A HOME ] [ RELOCATION ] Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William Home Sellers A sign in the ground, a cheap real estate commission, and real estate flyer box should never be viewed as a marketing plan to sell a home. More often than not, it is just a recipe for a disaster!  Many home owners have found this out the hard way! A lot of properties are sitting needlessly month after month, price reduction after price reduction and still no buyers even coming through the front door.  For a … (0 comments)

selling a home: Fairfax County VA Real Estate Trends - Days On Market to Sell A Home in January 2010 - 02/11/10 07:22 AM
The most recent Fairfax VA real estate statistics from MRIS our regional MLS were just published yesterday.  The real esate statistics also include the time to sell a home.  In real estate terms it is referred to as "Days on Market" or "DOM!"  It is the average time needed to get a listed home under contract.  The days on market has many variables that you cannot see by this statistic alone.  The price range the home is in, is it a single family homes, condo, coop, attached, fee simple etc.  Nor does this set of statistics share the the amount of inventory that listed … (4 comments)

selling a home: Staging Can Help You Sell Your Home in Leesburg VA | Leesburg VA Home Staging Tips - 02/07/10 02:24 PM
Leesburg VA Home Stagers - Staging Your Leesburg VA Home to Sell! For a Leesburg VA homeowners trying to sell a home, there is nothing more frustrating than trying to sell a home and nothing happens. Perhaps your home in Leesburg is already on the market for an extended period of time, and you keep dropping the price of your home, and still there is no buyer interest. Have you ever had he feeling there is something missing while selling your home and it wasn't the price?  Well you may need to ask yourself some questions!  Would staging your home help?
Has … (0 comments)

selling a home: Free CMA Leesburg VA - Thinking of Selling Your Home in Leesburg VA? What is Your Home Worth? - 02/07/10 01:02 PM
Thinking of selling your home in Leesburg VA?  What price will you list your home for?  Want a FREE CMA?  A Free "Competitive market analysis" or "FREE CMA" is an estimate of value prepared by a real estate broker or listing agent that shows recent past sales for similar or like properties in your immediate neighborhood.   If enough recent data is available the listing agent can then suggest a possible listing or asking price for the owner's property.  A FREE CMA is not a formal appraisal, and there is no charge for this service.  It is FREE!
Now here is where it gets … (0 comments)

selling a home: Experienced Agents Make a Difference! - 01/14/09 07:38 AM
Many Maryland home sellers save are naive when selling a home.  They make several fatal presumptions that all Maryland real estate agents have the same abilities, they don't.  The other erroneous assumption is that the seller has more knowledge than the agent, and whom they choose is not important. This may be the biggest mistake to dismiss the agent that has actual experience in this current market.  If it is the later, sellers may find out the hard way that it was a very costly lapse in judgment. 
Quite often a seller will list their home with someone they play tennis with, a neighbor, a … (0 comments)

 
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