• How to Sell Your Home and Buy Another Without Losing Your Mind

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    Worried about how to sell and buy at the same time? It’s okay: I get this question from just about every client who is thinking about selling. Keep in mind that we operate in Loudoun County, so this information is specific to our area. If you live in another state, you’ll want to check in…

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  • How to Rent a Home in Loudoun in 7 Easy Steps

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    We understand that if you are looking for the next place you’ll live, buying that home might not be your plan right now. No matter your reasons, sometimes renting is your best option. Guess what: you don’t have do all the work yourself! You can have a Realtor help you find your rental home- which…

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  • How Does Staging Help a Home Sale?

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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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  • What to Expect When You Are Selling

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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. There are a lot of factors which go into making the decision on whether it’s the right time for you and that’s definitely another…

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  • Changes Coming for FHA Loans

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    Our good friend Scott Fournier, of Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation, sent over some news that I thought you might find helpful for your home shopping this spring: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development put out a report detailing upcoming changes to FHA mortgage interest premiums (click here to see the pdf from HUD).…

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  • Does Refinancing Now Make Dollars & Sense?

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    Sometimes the question isn’t whether or not to sell your home, but rather should you refinance your mortgage to make life more affordable in your current situation. Our good friend Scott Fournier of Integrity Home Mortgage offers these suggestions based on some of the new laws that have been established recently: Conventional loans (not government, not FHA,…

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  • What to Expect When You Are Buying

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    “A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step.” That’s how the saying goes, right? Also how buying a home goes, although hopefully the experience doesn’t feel like a thousand mile trek. If you are thinking about buying your first home, or if it’s been a long time since you’ve been through the…

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  • And If You Don’t Know, Now You Know…

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    (photo credit: Cayusa) I was having a conversation with some buyer clients of mine recently about new construction, and builder contracts. They were surprised to learn that I could represent them as their buyer’s agent on a contract to build a new construction home. Indeed, they didn’t know, and hadn’t considered it before I mentioned…

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Michael and Heather Elias are full time real estate professionals and licensed REALTORS at Century 21 Redwood Realty. They sincerely hope you enjoy reading this blog, and would love the opportunity to work with you.

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