• LoCo Market Update: Whatcha Waiting For?

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    Don’t be distracted by the gnarly old tree, this is a picture of a fence. They are uncomfortable to sit on and people tend to be on one side or the other. It sure seems like this is where all the buyers are right now and it’s kinda tough to understand. Let’s take a look…

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  • Halloween Spooktaculars Close to Home

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    That picture is a few of the girls on the softball team I coach (including Natalie) as they were leaving the Field of Screams. After our tournament in Olney, MD we took a team field trip through the Paintball Apocalypse and the Trail of Terror and had a blast. It’s not for the faint of heart, but all the girls

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  • How Much Home for $500K in LoCo, Sept 2014

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    It’s been a while since we wrote about what you can get for your money in LoCo so let’s take a look. On May 21st there were 1346 total homes on the market with 84 in the $500,000 price range. Today, if you are searching in the $500,000 price point, you have 119 of the 1706 total homes currently

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  • It’s Time For Pumpkin Chunkin’

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    Last year I took the girls up to Wayside Farm in Berryville to grab our pumpkins and wrote about all the fun we had. It’s time to make another trip up there, the farm opens tomorrow. If you’ve got kids under 12 they’ll definitely enjoy it. Cheers, Mike

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  • How to DIY Your Dream Home

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    There are a ton of shows on HGTV right now about people buying a fixer upper and turning it into their dream home. Admittedly Heather and I love watching them, partly because we talk about doing it ourselves but mostly because it’s cool to see the transformation. The Realtor in me wondered how these folks are paying for

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  • How Much Home for $400K, June 2014

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    It’s not unusual for this segment of the market to be the most active, however 40% more listings than the next closest price range is kind of surprising. If you are searching for a home in the $400,000 ball park, you have 178 of the 1548 total homes currently on the market from which to choose. (As shown in the

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  • LoCo Update: Midyear Luxury Report

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    We currently have a beautiful home for sale on Black Gold Place in Beacon Hill. The list price is $849,000 and as we have been updating our clients on the market activity one thing is clear, the pool of buyers seems to have shrunk! So far this year, 54 homes have sold between $800,000 and $999,000. Two

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  • Strawberry Fields Don’t Last Forever

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    In elementary school our kids all took field trips to Great Country Farms (GCF) in Bluemont. They were able to live the life of a farm hand for a day and it gave them an appreciation for the amount of work it takes to run a farm. Maddie fell in the pond during hers and came

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  • How Much Home For $300K in LoCo, May 2014

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    Last week when we wrote about homes in the $500,000 price range there were 1346 active listings. Here we are a week later and 45 more homes have hit the market. If you are searching in the $300,000 price point, you have 87 of the 1391 homes currently on the market from which to choose. (As shown in the multiple listing

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