Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
Buying a home is one of the most exciting, and certainly the most expensive, thing anyone will ever purchase. And the internet has made this process seem so easy. Buyers find a mortgage calculator online, or figure out what they want to spend per month, and then start perusing listings online that fit that price Read More ...
Selling a home is a stresful process. How we live is not how we sell. From the moment I meet potential sellers I help them evaluate the projects they should be taking on prior to listing, and just as importantly, they projects not to do. Getting the biggest bang for the buck is the name Read More ...
While the official start of spring happened on March 21st, the 2021 spring real estate market was in full effect in January. The buyer demand for housing is not decreasing at all. In fact, buyer demand is increasing. That means the slight increase in available inventory we are seeing is not making a dent in 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 …
A Lottery Ticket in a Seller’s Market In the rough and tumble world that buyers and buyer agents are experiencing in the Bristow/Gainesville real estate market from 2020 to now, opportunities to enter into a ratified back up contract on properties is one being missed by many. The general objection, when offered to enter into Read More …
Two Hot Listings Collecting Offers Over the Weekend On Friday, February 26th, two of my Coming Soon listings hit the market. One was a garage townhouse in Braemar located at 12858 Wishing Well Way. The other was the home pictured above in Leesburg, located at 13503 Eagles Rest Way, with one of the most pleasing Read More …