Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
The Week Between Christmas and New Year Holidays that fall on a weekday have a tendency to scramble my brain and timeline. Thank goodness for the regularity of Monday trash pick up and other Sunday and Monday household chores I forced myself to do, despite the holidays. The week between Christmas and New Year feels Read More …
Just Sold in Newgate of Centreville On November 19th (2020,) after months of planning with the seller, I was pleased to introduce 14455 Gringsby Court to the market. The need for the advance planning was simple. The seller was renting out the property, which had been her first home purchase. While she had wanted to Read More …
Is Real Estate Business Conducted on Christmas Day? Real estate is a business conducted when buyers and sellers, as well as real estate agents, are available. It is not uncommon for showings to happen, or offers to be written on holidays. However, given the fact that the majority of the population consider Christmas the most Read More …
If Your Tree Falls on Your Neighbor’s Fence… No, this is not a set up to a joke. Though at times, real life real estate transaction situations can feel like a brain teaser, this is something that I am dealing with today in my practice as a Gainesville Buyer’s Agent. My buyer purchased a property Read More …
Less Than One Week Until Christmas With one of the largest holidays of the year happening in less than one week, is anything happening in the world of Bristow/Gainesville real estate? You bet. Buyers are still looking for homes. And those sellers undeterred by listing during the holiday season are reaping the rewards of being Read More …
Pros & Cons of Disclosing the Existence of Other Offers on Your Home When sitting down with sellers and filling out our listing agreement, sellers sometimes get caught off guard by the question of whether or not they wish for me to disclose the existence of other offers on their home to inquiring buyer agents. Read More …
Fairfax City Duplex Just Sold Above List Price On Halloween I was pleased to bring 10646 Maple Street to the market as an active listing. It had been listed as coming soon on October 28th and to my surprise, not one single inquiry was made about the property in those three days. So when it Read More …
How Many Offers Does it Take to Make a Seller Happy? Listing your home in a market like the Bristow/Gainesville area have been experiencing in 2020, means there will likely be multiple buyers that want a chance to make an offer on your home. There is simply not enough homes for sale to meet buyer Read More …
The Impression Your Home Makes When Listed Walking into a beautifully staged home, where it is obvious that a professional stager with a large inventory of items at their disposal has prepped the home is a lovely sight. However, not all staging is about modern furnishings. Particularly when you are staging a home in the Read More …
Are Buyers Still Out Looking for Homes? This afternoon I met with nervous, soon-to-be home sellers. They were curious if the latest orders surrounding the pandemic precautions by Governor Northam in Virginia had slowed down buyers from house hunting. I’m sure they are not the only future home sellers wondering this. For starters, the initial Read More …