Lenn Harley, Broker, Homefinders.com in Maryland and Virginia

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Maryland and Virginia Real Estate and Homes. Experienced agents and brokers helping buyers and sellers. Search MLS Listings of homes for sale in Maryland and Virginia real estate. Maryland and Northern Virginia MLS with photos, maps, descriptions. New Home REBATE. Spanish speaking agents Maryland, Virginia. Full service real estate services for home buyers and sellers throughout Maryland and Northern Virginia. Montgomery, Frederick, Howard, Prince George's, Charles, Baltimore, Eastern Shore in MD and Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Arlington, Alexandria, Spotsylvania, King George in Virginia.

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2007 

SELLERS ARE STILL OVER PRICING HOMES FOR SALE For decades, the mantra for appealing homes for sale was - LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.Following "location", the driving forces for timely home sales were "price" and "condition".Sometime in the summer of 2005, home buyers put their collective foot d...
11/30/2007
IS THE GOVERNMENT WEATHER REPORTING PRACTICES ONE OF THE CAUSES OF INCREASES IN HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RATES?In 2002, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration started "naming" sub-tropical storms.  Storms that become named storms need only a wind speed of 39 miles per hour.  By "naming" ...
11/30/2007
                                                 * * *  HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK * * *WHERE DID THE PHRASE "RATES ARE HISTORICALLY LOW" COME FROM??WE NEED TO GET OUR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND and tell consumers the facts.  Or, find another phrase to advertise our services.  Just what is a "rate" an...
11/29/2007
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN AN OWNER WANTS TO OVERPRICE A HOME FOR SALE?A very nice gentleman called me last week inquiring about listing his home.  While most of my business is with home buyers, I get a lot of inquiries from sellers.  Since I was out previewing over the weekend for a buyer coming in tow...
11/28/2007
                                                             * * * Hard Core Real Estate Content * * *AS REALTOR®, WE MUST ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF OUR ADVICE TO HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS.  Our advice may make or break the financial health of our buyer or seller clients. In the past week, we have benef...
11/28/2007
LEESBURG VIRGINIA, THE COUNTY SEAT OF LOUDOUN COUNTYis a small town, almost a village.  The downtown area extends only a few blocks in any direction.  Surrounding Leesburg down town are communities of homes in the Leesburg "suburbs".  In town Leesburg real estate isoften historic in nature and re...
11/26/2007
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY - LISTEN TO THE MARKET.Prices must come down.  The problem with government intervention to avoid massive foreclosures is that it will probably take massive foreclosures to bring prices down.  Many are bemoaning the impending foreclosures because they ...
11/24/2007
PRICED REDUCED FOR THIS NEW HOME IN PURCELLVILLE, VA.  Builders inventory reduced for YOU, now just $799,900 Priced reduced from - $1,001,270.Price includes brick front, hip roof, hardwood floors, upgraded interiors and exteriors.20% price reduction, but no reduction in beauty, features and mount...
11/24/2007
Tom Pulsifer, an old friend from RealTalk and e-PROTalk. I received an e-mail last week from Tom Pulsifer asking where I ws and what I was doing these days.  Folks who know me for years from ActiveRain often e-mail inquiring about my health.  "I'm fine.  I'm hanging out at ActiveRain.  Come on ov...
11/23/2007
                                                     * * *  WARNING, HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK  * * * INSPIRED by Gena Riede's post today about Mortgage Relief for Subprime Borrowers in California, my head is swimming with questions and potential problems.  I would much prefer that an experience...
11/22/2007
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