Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
Not All Listings Take Just a Few Days to Sell When I first heard that the buyer of a former listing of mine at 7065 Heritage Hunt Drive #101 from the fall of 2019 was planning on selling, I was so pleased to be considered for the job. It’s not often I get to sell Read More …
Last week I shared this property at 11900 Rocky Brooke Court as a Coming Soon listing. My own photos never do a property justice. The professional photos of the home were even better than I could have imagined. If you want to see the entire virtual tour, you can do so by clicking this link. Read More …
Not a Bare Minimum Bristow, VA Listing Agent To say that the Bristow and surrounding Northern Virginia real estate market is experiencing a seller’s market would be putting it mildly. Demand is off the charts and, as a result, buyers are writing seller favored offers waiving many things like inspection and appraisal. Putting a home Read More …
A New Low in the Gainesville Seller’s Market Oh how I wish I was here to tell you about a reduction in the number of buyers looking for property in Gainesville, VA. Until there is a reduction in the number of buyers, the insanity of our current seller’s market will continue. Today, it hit a Read More …
Coming Soon in Manassas: Large Single Family Home on 5.75 Acres Want live in your own wooded oasis with plenty of garage parking, four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and privacy all around? This single family home in Forest Brooke, located at 11900 Rocky Brooke Court may be just the ticket. When I first Read More …
Shopping Below Your Highest Price In the Bristow/Gainesville real estate market, listings are selling fast and way above list price. Seven to ten percent above list price..sometimes more. If you are out looking for a home, you are going to be most competitive shopping below the highest you can go. What do I mean by Read More …
What Can a Seller Do to NOT Sell in a Seller’s Market? This past weekend I saw four townhouses with buyers who are absolutely ready, willing and able to buy. Of course, there are a ton more buyers right behind mine who are ready to make a deal. That means sellers are in the driver’s Read More …
Professional Marketing, No Matter the Market Two nights ago, I was sitting at my desk and curious. What does a Top Bristow/Gainesville Real Estate Agent like myself do when they are curious? Search the MLS for properties. Curiosity about having a beach property was stirring, as was the desire to move onto some land in Read More …
Buyers in Need of Closing Cost Help Are Getting Shoved Out of the Market Last year (2020) Bristow and Gainesville buyers in were still able to be successful among their competition of multiple offers with closing cost contribution requests from the seller. This was true in all price ranges, as multiple offer situations consisted of Read More …
Being Licensed in Virginia is Enough For Me Pictured above is the Flat Stanley project my young cousin mailed to me from Pottsville, PA over a decade ago. It has very little to do with being a licensed Virginia real estate agent, but doesn’t that custom Virginia touristy t-shirt look great? That’s me going the Read More …