All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
UPDATE: This article was written for the 2008 Fall Fest...the date for 2009 is SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th, from 2 to 6 PM! Enjoy! So the fun folks over at the Brambleton Community Association are planning a huge fall festival to be held Sunday, October 26th from 2 to 7 pm. For live music, they'll have the Paul Green School of Rock Music … [Read more...]
Yes, it's definitely fall in Loudoun County. That little maple tree in the foreground is blaze orange now. That took about two days for it to go from a little orange, to really orange! And the swingset is empty. The kids are all in school. Enjoy. Bet those leaves will all be gone by the time I blink! We'll be back to regularly … [Read more...]
Fresh out of the oven at our multiple listing service...the current number of homes for sale in Loudoun County is... 2,266. With 428 homes under contract, that puts the market absorption rate at 5.3 months (the amount of time it would take for all of the homes on the market to sell, at the rate at which homes are currently selling.) Of those … [Read more...]
Obviously I've been making some design changes here at LoCo Musings....pardon my dust as I work on getting everything the way that it should be! Stay on the lookout for some cool new features in the coming days... Hope you enjoy the new look and feel of the site! Cheers, Heather … [Read more...]
I wanted to take a minute to post a quick update here. If it seems a little quiet around here, it's because I spent last weeekend at the Real Estate BlogWorld conference learning lots of fantastic things that will hopefully make me a better blogger. Tomorrow I'm heading to Baltimore for a couple of days for the Virginia Association of … [Read more...]
Looking to combat the high number of overgrown lawns in the county that have 'sprung up' with the high number of foreclosed homes, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance on September 8th that will give the county more authority to cut tall grass. It applies to homes on lots smaller than a half acre, when grass is taller than 12 … [Read more...]
According to Inman News today, HR 6694, a bill in Congress right now that would craft a compromise to allow down payment assistance programs to continue, seems to be gaining momentum. It looks like they are considering FICO score guidelines in the compromise; the bill was presented after Congress passed HR 3221 on July 30, effectively … [Read more...]
Did you notice that my blog has been a little quiet for the last week or so? The school year has begun for Loudoun County, and with it the fall youth sports season is in full swing. If you see me in the evenings playing taxi for my kiddos, please wave! Never a dull moment... A few things of note have happened for Loudoun County in the last … [Read more...]
As an aside, I went on a listing presentation this past week. The townhome that these folks want to sell is absolutely, positively, pristine. From top to bottom. As I walked through the home with them, before we even got upstairs, I told them, "I could comfortably put a lockbox on your front door, and a sign in your yard, RIGHT NOW, and not … [Read more...]
Got a "Beazer Insider" update this week with some immediate delivery homes at very good prices! In their townhome community at Lansdowne Town Center, they have a Vickery model, brick front, two car garage townhome for $389,990, with three bedrooms, two full baths, and two half baths; the kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless steel … [Read more...]
