The holiday season is in the past and the New Year is upon us. While many are still in celebration mode, active professional real estate agents are busy. It happens that “Housing Black Friday” is frequently the Friday following Christmas. That’s right, immediately after the holiday people bega...

12/26/2018

"It's a Wonderful Life" and Profession!

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It is a tradition in our family every year during the holiday season to watch the Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”. In fact I’ve seen it so many times that I can quote word-for-word many of the scenes. Perhaps it is because of all the real estate lessons contained within!The heart of w...

12/19/2018

All In The Family

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“All in the Family” is a sitcom circa 1970’s. As the purchase and sale of a home has such significant ramifications, I’ve found that in almost all cases there are peripheral people involved. Usually it is family members but also there can be financial advisors, close friends, neighbors and busin...

12/12/2018

Yes Virginia. There IS a real estate market

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DEAR EDITOR: I am a Seller of a home in Northern Virginia. Some of my friends say that this is not a good market to sell real estate. Others say, “If you see it in the HBC Group-Keller Williams articles, you can believe it.” Please tell me the truth; is this a good time to be in the market?Ye...

12/05/2018