SELECT THE BEST OFFER AS THOUGH THE LISTING WERE NOT A SHORT SALE AND SEND THAT ONE TO THE LENDER. Don't collect a stack of offers and expect the bank to do the seller/listing agent's job of analyzing the offers. Seems to me that the offer is made to the OWNER/SELLER, not the bank. Seems to me
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12/22/2009
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FINANCING MYTHS - DEBUNKING SOME VA LOAN MYTHS - BRIAN BRADY STIMULATES THE "LITTLE GRAY CELLS" Brian Brady debunks three myths about VA loans. See Three Tips To Help You Present an Offer To Purchase With FHA or VA Financing I've heard this stuff for years. Balderdash.
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12/21/2009
LOUDOUN COUNTY VIRGINIA NEW HOMES - WELCOME TO BRAMBLETON - A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN ASHBURN - 20148. Brambleton has what new home buyers in the Loudoun County real estate market seek: Location - Near many popular employment centers in Northern Virginia. Price - About 10% lower than other Ashburn
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12/21/2009
AGENTS: DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!!! Reading Kent's description of a failed showing to a potential home buyer made me want to SCREAM OUT LOUD! Don't let this happen to you. If you have a listing, be responsible and visit it from time to time. Make sure no one changes locks without giving yo
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12/20/2009
HOME STYLES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. JUST WHAT IS MEANT BY "NEO-TRADITIONAL"? Also known as "Neo-Colonial", Village, "Z", all terms that give agents a clue that the community is a "small lot development" and reflect homes that are designed to maximize the footprint of the home on the lot and provid
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12/20/2009
AN INTERESTING POST BY PAULA SWAYNE got me to thinking. WHERE IS IT WRITTEN THAT A BUYER'S AGENT CANNOT GIVE A REBATE TO A SELLER?? The matter related to a Buyer's Agent who wanted to offer an Owner/Seller a $5,000 incentive when considering a contract that was presented. Some of the objections
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12/20/2009
LEESBURG VA REAL ESTATE HOUSING MARKET IS HELPED BY TIMELY ROAD IMPROVEMENT. While touring new homes in Leesburg about a year ago, I shot this photo of a road improvement project connecting the north and south spans of Battlefield Parkway. What a difference a year makes. This new road reduces m
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12/20/2009
Seasons Greeting and my best wishes for a wonderful holiday celebration to all my ActiveRain friends. New members - This is a very friendly place. Hang around and you'll soon fit right in. Old members - It's been a blast of a year, exciting, challenging and rewarding. Looking forward to 2010. Co
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12/19/2009
NEGATIVE EQUITY IS THE CAUSE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY DISASTER. Spencer is 100% correct again. I agree completely. I get so tired of the talking heads rattle on about home owners who bought homes they couldn't afford. Or, lenders who wrote loans for people who couldn't qualify. All nonsense. T
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12/19/2009
LOVETTSVILLE VIRGINIA IN THE SNOW DECEMBER 19, 3009, 8:15 a.m. 10 inches and still falling. The snow is finally here in Lovettsville, Virginia. Northwestern Loudoun County is far enough to the west that I was hoping for a light accumulation. This is somewhat a pattern for storms from the sout
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12/19/2009
