John VanderSyde's (jvandersyde) Blog

I love the National Association of Realtors; they have stats for everything. If you want to see the latest market stats, trends and projections, I feel this is one of the first websites to visit. For instance they tell you that the number of first-time home buyers rose to 47%, up six percent over...

 Just this week I attended a "social networking" seminar with four-hundred of my favorite local realtors. It was a company event sponsored by our principal broker, Long & Foster. I'm not sure what was anticipated by the other agents in the room, but I was quite frankly surprised by some of the pr...

It's snowing! Again!!!  What a week for real estate. Tell people they are snowed in an unable to see homes and the phone starts ringing. They say, "If you ever want to get busy, plan a vacation"; I suppose the forecast for more snow is similar to this concept. But in all honesty, it is probably j...

Craigslist  Eaton Spec Home in Raleigh - Area 22 $1,194,665.00  598 RALEIGH MANOR RD, RICHMOND, VA 23229 22 Photos 5 Bed, 3.5 Bath5111 SF Tour # 800836   A Custom Home Exerie...

Craigslist  Brick Cape, Area 30, Richmond, VA $239,900.00  1218 LORRAINE AVE, RICHMOND, VA 23227 32 Photos 3 Bed, 2.0 Bath1575 SF Tour # 2089515   This is a delightfully upda...