A Costly Real Estate Myth

A Costly Real Estate Myth In my career as a listing agent, I have helped hundreds of home owners sell their properties. As many as I have helped, you could double easily that number to reflect the number of home owners I have met with that believe a real estate myth that is costing them Read More …

What a Great Friday the 13th

What a Great Friday the 13th Friday the 13th doesn’t have a great connotation with many people, myself included. Maybe too many horror movies from my childhood days. Call me silly, but when I saw the month of October had a Friday the 13th, it creeped me out. What happened today was nothing I would Read More …

If at First You Don’t Succeed…

If at First You Don’t Succeed… The sellers market in Northern Virginia has been ripe with the tales multiple offers and buyers waiving whatever they can in order to be the one offer in a pile chosen by the seller. The tales of buyer remorse are those often quietly discussed between agents, largely hidden from Read More …

It’s Not Too Late If You Want a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo

It’s Not Too Late If You Want a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo Yesterday (September 6, 2023) I was so pleased to get my sellers at 15120 Heather Mill Lane, Unit 407, to the closing table. Theirs was a journey that was not atypical of Active Adult condos, but certainly not what every other type Read More …

Well Prepared & Priced Right Hits the Happy Spot in the Market Again

At the end of last week I was pleased to share my most recent listing at 10210 Bushman Drive with you. Talks with this seller started in June when a friend referred them to me to help with the sales process. At the time, it was too soon for them to even contemplate talking about Read More …

How Long Does it Take to Sell a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo?

How Long Does it Take to Sell a Regency at Dominion Valley Condo? My most recent journey as a listing agent for a Regency at Dominion Valley Active Adult Condo at 15120 Heather Mill Court #407 began in early May when I was contacted by a seller who needed to list their unit right away. Read More …

Multiple Offer Success on This Waterfront Woodbridge Condo

Multiple Offer Success on This Waterfront Woodbridge Condo In late May I got word that I had been approved as the Court Appointed Listing Agent for 440 Belmont Bay #203 in Woodbridge’s waterfront community of Belmont Bay. The court’s involvement in the property became necessary when all the heirs to the estate were unwilling to Read More …

Feeling Trapped in Your Home By Your Low Mortgage Interest Rate?

Feeling Trapped in Your Home By Your Low Mortgage Interest Rate? There are plenty of home owners out there right now that would love to sell a home they have outgrown, but feel they must stay in the home they currently own because it was financed on a lower interest rate. In the much bigger Read More …

If a Hot Tub is Listed as a Feature of a Listing…

If a Hot Tub is Listed as a Feature of a Listing… Touring properties with my buyer clients I get to see some pretty interesting things. While floor plans do not typically vary all that widely in our Northern Virginia market, the level to which owners prepare their homes for market certainly does. Of all Read More …