• Need to Recycle Your Tree?

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    It’s always amazing how quickly the holiday season descends upon as, and just as fleetingly fast how quickly it goes. If you are like me, you have a tree dropping needles in your living room at the moment, and you need to know when and how to get rid of it. Never fear, Loudoun friends,

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  • New Homes at One Loudoun…Finally

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    Well, we’ve been waiting for One Loudoun to get under way for years, and it’s finally happening: dirt is being pushed, roads are going in…and yes, homes are now being sold and constructed in what has been dubbed “Loudoun’s New Downtown.” The two companies developing the project, Miller and Smith, and North American Sekisui House,

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  • Rebound? (not a basketball reference)

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    I’ve been reading a number of articles in the last few weeks saying the 2012 real estate market is ready for a rebound and thought it was worth a look. Although the LoCo market has not been as adversely affected as others, the numbers do suggest things are on the upswing. Compared to last December,

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  • Ho ho ho in LoCo!

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    Saturday brought many holiday celebrations across Loudoun County, and we spent the afternoon in Purcellville, having a blast at the annual Christmas parade. No matter which town in Loudoun you live in, you can get that hometown feel at the holidays with parades and activities. Here’s some photos I took:     If you’d like

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  • LoCo’s Best Hairstylist…

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    …is also a talented barber, who happens to have opened his own shop. 🙂 Dwight Grant has been my stylist of choice (the ONLY stylist to touch my hair, actually) for the last decade or so. He also takes care of the haircuts and styling duties for my brood of four kiddos, and everyone loves

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  • How Much House? For $600k in LoCo..

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    Everyone seemed to enjoy my HGTV-inspired How Much House for $400k in LoCo recently, so let’s revisit at a different price point…how much house will $600,000 get you in Loudoun? In Sterling, there are only nine non-short sale homes available that are priced between $575,000 and $625,000…in that price range, you can choose from single

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  • Halloween Treats for Sterling

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    We haven’t taken a look at Sterling in 6 months so it was time to check in. While the market here seems to be a bit more volatile than the rest of the county, there is a trend worth mentioning. In 2010 and 2011 the highest median price for single family and condo/ town homes

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  • The Sharp Pencil

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      This is how my Mondays always start at LoCoMusings World Headquarters. A cup of coffee, a sharp pencil, and a clean sheet of paper. I have a million things swirling around in my brain that need to be accomplished this week: business tasks for the contracts and listings I’m working on, ideas to improve

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  • Spooky, Scary, Haunting Time Again!

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    Are you looking for perfectly LoCo Halloween festivities? Here are some great local events to make this Halloween fangtastic: The 54th annual Leesburg Halloween Parade is on Halloween at 6:00 pm, starting as always at Ida Lee Park and traveling south on King Street. Please  bring a nonperishable donation for the Loudoun Interfaith Relief Food

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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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