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You may not know this, but before joining Heather in the real estate world in 2012, I was a PGA of America member and a golf professional for more than 20 years. It’s actually what brought us to Loudoun County, when I became the head pro at the (now defunct) Westpark Golf Club. We’ve written…
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One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in life is timing is everything. If I hadn’t decided a month before graduating from high school to ask the smartest, best looking girl I knew if she would meet me after English class would we have still found each other and made this wonderful life together? You might be…
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For the first time in our 8 year history of writing this post it took at least a $3,000,000 price tag to make the most expensive homes sold in LoCo for 2015. A lot has changed in 12 months as no home this year would have made the cut in 2015. Let’s take a look…
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One of the most important steps in the home buying process is the home inspection, but if you haven’t gone through the process you may not know what happens in a home inspection. It’s designed to inform you about the overall condition of the home and to ensure there are no pre-existing conditions which would…
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If there was one mistake that we see made over and over again in the home buying process, it’s choosing an agent without doing your homework. Just because your sister’s husband’s cousin’s nephew is an agent doesn’t mean he knows what he’s doing. This person is going to be guiding you through the biggest financial transaction…
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We just met with our friends at Atlantic Coast Mortgage this morning and have a great first time home buyer program to share. The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) is once again offering a pool of money for down payment assistance. Available on a first come first served basis, last year’s fund had approximately $5,000,000.…
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We’ve already written about What to Expect When You Are Buying and felt it was time to give sellers an idea about how the process works from their side of the table. Keep in mind, we are writing this from the Loudoun County perspective. The process in Virginia is likely different than in other areas of…
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Last week we wrote about the lack of listings on the market and as we take a closer at what you can buy for $400,000 today in LoCo it continues to be true. Normally we can expect between 100 and 200 active homes for sale in this price range. As of this morning only…
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A couple of weeks ago our local Dulles Area Association of Realtors published its’ 2015 Year End Housing Market Trends for Loudoun County. Here is an overview of the report: • After five years of growth since bottoming out in 2009, Loudoun’s 2015 median sales price was unchanged from 2014 at $432,000. • Sales in 2015 were…