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The Silver Line of the Washington DC metro is the silver lining of Tysons Corner! Currently the Tysons Corner area is almost entirely vehicle dependent. The Silver Line will have four new Metrorail stations in the Tysons area, projected to open in 2013. Tysons Corner is currently one of the re...
05/28/2010
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Daily I receive an e-mail from Wordsmith.org with a new word for the day. The word of the day for May 17, 2010 was: Ockham’s razor or Occam’s razor. William Ockham (c.1288-1348) was a logician and theologian who stated: entities should not be multiplied needlessly. The idea is that the simpl...
05/26/2010
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This is a question as a real estate agent I often hear. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of appraisal is: A valuation of property (e.g. real estate, a business, an antique) by the estimate of an authorized person. True fair market value of any commodity is arrived at, real estate in...
05/20/2010
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An upper bracket home or property is defined by the Institute of Luxury Home Marketing as that which is valued at $1 million or greater. According to RealtyTrac, the number of foreclosures in this category began increasing in 2009 and reached an all time high in February of 2010 (the last month ...
05/17/2010
This is a question as a real estate agent I often hear. Sellers typically want their property tax assessment to be low so that their taxes are low, so they almost always feel that their home is worth more than the tax assessment indicates. Buyers typically don’t want to pay more than the proper...
05/12/2010
For most metropolitan areas, the most expensive residential real estate is that in closest proximity to the city center. The reason is obvious. Land values are typically higher and there is greater density. So to get land and greater interior square footage, many home buyers venture to the sub...
05/05/2010
This is Part VII of the saga of me as a Realtor buying and selling my family’s personal residence, and I am sharing my thoughts because I now have actual and first hand knowledge of what my clients experience. I view the home inspection as having three key objectives. The first is to have a cle...
05/04/2010
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