real estate agents: 10 Steps to Preparing Your Home “For Sale” - 02/03/13 10:38 PM
10 Steps to Preparing Your Home “For Sale”

Preparing your home for sale is more than just a quick paint job or new carpet.  You need to prepare you home thru the eyes of the buyer. Buyers look at a property in many ways. While location and their needs are top of the list, they are also looking at what they have to do to the property. Buyers will choose a property that is smaller or more expensive if they feel they can move right in without doing a thing.
Clean up the yard – put away the hose, kid’s toys, … (2 comments)

real estate agents: Should I Take My Home Off the Market During the Holidays? - 11/02/11 01:28 AM
Should I Take My Home Off the Market During the Holidays?
I go over and over this question every year starting the first of November. "Should I Take My Home Off the Market During the Holidays?"
Ask your self this question. When is your home ever more beautiful and inviting? You have cleaned and decorated. Now your home looks like a picture postcard. If the results are good enough for family and friends, they will surely be good enough to impress your buyers.
To keep things in order get the family team on board to do a five-minute blitz. In the … (3 comments)

real estate agents: Real Estate Market Update for Manassas Park, Virginia 20111 - 07/07/11 08:13 AM
Real Estate Market Update for Manassas Park, Virginia 20111
Manassas Park currently has 44 homes for sale. Prices range from $60,000 for a two bedroom condo in the Outlook Pinewood Park neighborhood to $445,000 for a single family home with six bedroom and five full bathrooms in Blooms Crossing.
In the last 30 days 18 homes have sold and settled in Manassas Park. Prices range from $95,300 to $449,000. The average sold price is now $212.592 This is up approximately 5% compared to June 2010 when the average sold price was only $205,271.
                            Manassas Park's Vision Statement: The City of … (0 comments)

real estate agents: The Jacobs Team Moves To Realty World Select - 05/04/11 01:36 AM
The Jacobs Team Moves To Realty World Select
The Jacobs Team moved to Realty World Select in mid April 2011 because of the aggressive & progressive market plan for buyers and sellers. They are your premier resource for all real estate information and services in the area. We hope you will visit and explore everything our website has to offer, including Manassas homes for sale, Woodbridge homes for sale, Stafford homes for sale, Fredericksburg homes for sale, as well as all of Northern Virginia. Real estate listings, information for home-buyers and sellers, and more About Us.Realty World Select is part of … (1 comments)

real estate agents: Federal Home Loan Grant Program - 03/11/11 02:47 AM
 
 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Grant Program
Program Details
·        5 to 1 matching program.  $5 for every $1 invested by the buyer up to a maximum grant of $7500. 
 
 ·       $1500 investment from buyer = $7,500 grant
 
·        $500 minimum investment from buyer (can be gift from family related by blood)
 
·        Forgivable loan over 5 year period.  No payments
 
·        Should borrower vacates property w/in 5 years, a prorated amount of the grant must be repaid
 
·        Buyer cannot receive more than $250 cash back at closing
 
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real estate agents: Homes For Sale In The Fairmont Subdivision - 02/22/11 12:15 AM
Homes For Sale In The Fairmont Subdivision.
I get ask at least once a day "How's The Real Estate Market". While I can give a general answer for the area, prices are specific to a location. You can have two neighborhoods side by side but have totally different prices. This has to do with age, condition and even the style of the homes.
The Fairmont subdivision is a small community of 127 homes. Located off Lomond Dr. in Manassas, Virginia. The gross living area of the homes range from 1034 for a Split Level to 2200 for a two level Colonial, … (0 comments)

real estate agents: 5 Reasons You Should Use a Real Estate Professional - 11/12/10 01:16 AM
5 Reasons You Should Use a Real Estate Professional This is a great article written by The KCM Crew on November 10, 2010 hey ask the big question. "Should you spend the money on a real estate commission or save that money by selling your home by yourself? That is a question many home sellers ask themselves. Today, we want to discuss why it is crucial to have a true professional guiding you through the minefield of challenges that exist in the current real estate market.""The housing market today is more challenging than it has ever been and seems to be … (1 comments)

real estate agents: The HAMP Principal Reduction Alternative - 10/11/10 07:05 AM
The HAMP Principal Reduction Alternative will be good for some but not all. Although even with that being said, it appears that the banking insitutions are finally getting it. Reducing the interest rate and adding it to the rear is not all the help homeowners need.
OneWest Bank, FSB, the Southern California regional lender that was formed out of the old IndyMac, announced Tuesday that it has implemented the new Principal Reduction Alternative (PRA) piece of the administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).OneWest is one of the first servicers to officially launch the program, which was initially introduced by the Treasury … (0 comments)

real estate agents: Home for Sale Manassas Park VA 20111 - 10/08/10 06:37 AM
Home for Sale 160 Polk Dr Manassas Park VA 20111 $169,000
This is 2 level home for sale in Manassas Park is NOT a short sale or in need of major work.

 
Seller financing is available on this two level Cape Cod with good credit.
The home has had recent updates.Fresh paint and new carpet. Newer furnace and water heater. Bathroom has been enlarged with walk in shower and larger vanity. There is a seperate laundry room on main level with full size washer and dryer.
Rear yard is fully fenced. There is driveway and street parking. Gas heat, … (0 comments)

real estate agents: Real Estate Prices in Manassas Virginia - 09/28/10 11:29 PM
Real Estate prices are specific to the area. Yes prices have and are going up. The medium home price for Manassas is $189,00.  Did you know that one year ago the medium price for Manassas was $145,000?  That's a 30% increase.  To say the medium price in Manassas is $189,000 means that some area's medium price is more others less. Prices are not only specific to an area they are specific to a zip code. Here is a closer look at prices in Manassas by zip code.
                               Zip code 20109 up 15.3% average sale price now $167,300 was $145,000
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real estate agents: New Homes For Sale Manassas City Virginia 20110 - 09/27/10 02:40 AM
Looking for new homes in Manassas? Have you checked out Village of Wellington. It is the newest new home subdivision in the City of Manassas. This small Townhome community with only 90 total homes is located at the corner of Hasting Dr and Dumfries Rd. You are only one mile to the 234 bypass and VRE Train station.  Grocery shopping, restaurants and day care all within walking distance.
Village of Wellington has two builders, Ryan Homes & Richmond American. Ryan Homes start from the mid $200,000 with a 1 car garage.  Richmond American homes are start from the upper $200,0000 with … (0 comments)