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North Arlington Broyhill Forest....Great Price!

2009-11-26T14:51:00Z

Great Value!

• 2,500 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Daylight Lower Level" - $624,500 - New Price

Broyhill Forest, Arlington - This lovely all brick Rambler is tucked away in a quaint neighborhood. Conveniently located to schools, shopping and numerous parks and recreational facilities. Just one light to D.C. Membership may be possibe in The Washington Golf and Country Club. The home is sited on a a 1/4 acre level lot and is ripe for renovation. There are multi million $$ homes in the area. There are also fixed stairs to a stand up attic for future verticle expansion. Sought after school pyramid. Hardwood floors grace the main level and a wood burning fireplace in the living room. An expansive rear deck is great for outdoor relaxation. There is a daylight lower level with Recreation Room and full bathroom.

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Open House in Broyhill Forest on Sunday

2009-11-26T14:48:00Z

Broyhill Forest, Arlington - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 3419 North Randolph St on November 29 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

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Open House in North Arlington on Sunday

2009-11-05T02:06:00Z

North Arlington - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 6419 North 28th St Arlington Va on November 8 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM.

Top To Bottom Renovation.............Must See!!

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Arlington Virginia Real Estate Sales And Trends

2009-11-04T03:44:00Z

Check out Arlington Real Estate Stats.

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Single Story For Sale in Courtbridge I & II

2009-10-08T12:55:00Z

Walk To Shirlington Village!

• 1 bath, 1 bdrm single story "Condominium" - $275,000 - Why Rent?

Courtbridge I & II, Arlington - Welcome to Courtbridge Condiminium!

An exciting community in Arlington located minutes from the razzle/dazzle of the
Shirlington Village corridor. Convenient to Washington D.C., Pentagon, National Airport
Shopping, Parks and major travel routes. There is a community pool, hike & bike trails and Court Bridge is a pet friendly condominium community. This particular unit offers a private balcony viewing trees. It is equipped with a washer and dryer and updated kitchen and bathroom. There is also a woodburning fireplace in the living room which is hard to find in garden style apartments. The Master bedroom has great closet space and a dual entry bathroom. A convenient foyer entry and coat closet. All this adds up to a comfortable and care free living.

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Federal Stimulus Funds to Buy and Fix Up Foreclosed Properties

2009-09-19T17:12:00Z

Federal Stimulus Funds to Buy and Fix Up Foreclosed Properties

Published on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 12:12 AM Last Update: 5 day(s) ago by Kimbrough Gray

Category: All Articles » REO's and Foreclosures

State and local governments across the nation are gearing up to spend federal stimulus funds. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) birthed the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) that provides federal stimulus dollars to assist neighborhoods hardest hit by the home foreclosure crisis. The NSP falls under the umbrella of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

HUD's intent for the NSP is to provide assistance to more than 500 communities, cities and counties across America in the form of rent relief, for homeless prevention and to assist low-income families to buy homes. Organizations that are eligible for NSP funding are cities, non-profit agencies and housing authorities.

St. Lucie and Martin Counties in Florida hope to receive some $7.5 million in stimulus dollars. The counties recently applied for the funds through the state's Department of Community Affairs. Both counties intend on buying foreclosed homes, renovating them and selling them to low-income homebuyers. The other initiative for the funding will be to weatherize neighborhood homes.

Fresno County, along with the City of Fresno, has received a total of $18 million in NSP funding to address the abundance of local area foreclosed homes. Officials have already interviewed several developers that will be hired to buy, renovate and sell or rent the homes to low-income families.

Blighted areas will benefit the most from the funds. A byproduct of the dollars will be construction jobs associated with renovating the properties.

Massachusetts may see some activity soon in many of their local cities and neighborhoods, since the state applied for funds in the total of $54 million. Boston Community Capital, alone, applied for $50 million in NSP funds in order to broaden the organization's ability to assist the state's residents who are facing foreclosure on their homes. The group has already committed $4 million in assistance to purchase abandoned property, loan funds to small developers renovating vacant properties and assist struggling homeowners in keeping or buying back their homes.

Connecticut has thrown their hat into the ring for $45 million in NSP dollars, which will target the state's four most hard hit cities. The Connecticut Consortium falls under the state's Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), and will be responsible for allocating the funds to local communities. Low- to middle-income families will be the primary beneficiaries of the program.

Chicago received $5.4 million in stimulus funds earlier this year. The city's goal is to reinvest profits made from selling renovated properties back into other foreclosure properties.

Ohio was allocated $45 million NSP dollars to jump start the housing market in blighted neighborhoods. The intent is to allocate the stimulus money quickly, so that communities will be enabled to attack the growing numbers of abandoned and boarded up homes.

Kentucky was awarded $44 million, Evanston, Illinois applied for $39.4 million and Virginia received $45 million. Brad Pitt even entered the fray with his Make It Right Foundation. If funding is approved, it will benefit New Orleans and a project the group will launch in Newark, NJ. His organization, as part of a consortium of non-profits, is asking for $65 million.

Open House in Beacon Hill on Sunday

2009-09-13T03:29:00Z

Beacon Hill Falls Church Va - We invite everyone to visit our open house at 6632 Beacon Lane Falls Church Va on September 20 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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The Real Estate Market: Don't Celebrate Housing's Recent Uptick Yet

2009-08-31T04:14:00Z

The Real Estate Market: Don’t Celebrate Housing’s Recent Uptick Yet

by Martin Denholm, Contributing Editor
Monday, August 3, 2009: Issue #1057

Recently, my colleague Marc Lichtenfeld and I took a collective pop at some lazy journalists and other media cheerleaders. Their crime? Whipping the investment community into false optimism through misleading headlines regarding earnings announcements.

They’re at it again.

This time, the flashy headline writers grabbed onto the latest report from the National Association of Realtors, which stated that existing home sales climbed for the third straight month, and at a faster pace than economists expected.

And they were out in force again when the Commerce Department said new U.S. home sales saw an 11% bounce in June. On an annualized basis, that equated to 384,000 homes – 9% higher than estimates.

Collectively, new and existing home sales hit the highest level in eight months in June.

Sweet! Hand me some champagne – let’s celebrate. Or maybe we should hang on a sec… there’s a problem with these headlines. Here’s what you need to know about the real estate market, and what we really should be looking for.

The “Real” Story Behind The Real Estate Sales Numbers

While an 11% rise in new home sales within the real estate market certainly makes for good reading, it doesn’t mean much when it’s not put into perspective.

And the reality is that for a start, year-over-year sales are still down 21%. In addition, while it may well be a good time to grab a bargain, the government wants to hammer the point home by offering puffy incentives and tax credits when buying real estate.

But perhaps the most notable reason for the sales rises is the home defaults…

Foreclosures hit a record over the first half of 2009, swamping the market with homes and pushing down prices.
And as the National Association of Realtors notes, the percentage of homes sold as foreclosures totaled 31% in June. Although the rate is declining (down from 50% earlier this year), it’s still a hefty amount.

To understand how real people are being affected by the nascent housing recovery, look no further than the troubles Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has had in trying to sell his house.

Frustrated at not being able to sell his $1.6 million New York mansion after three-and-a-half months on the market, Geithner has yanked down the “For Sale” sign. And that’s after he and his wife lowered the price to below what they paid for it in 2004. Having taken out a $1.25 million mortgage at the time, they’re now apparently renting the home at a loss.

Doesn’t Tim read the papers?

He didn’t seriously expect to sell Fort Geithner in such a short time in a market like this, did he? It’s tough out there, mate. First, you have to persuade buyers that it’s worth shelling out $1 million-plus for a house.

Then you need to convince them that the plans you have for the recovery will help the U.S. economy. But I digress. Haven’t we just seen some positive data for the real estate market?

Putting Perspective On The Price Figures

Last week also saw the release of the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index – a closely watched gauge that monitors home prices in 20 major U.S. metropolitan area housing markets.

Naturally, many outlets led with the news that the index registered a 0.5% rise in home prices in May, compared with April – its first monthly increase since July 2006.
In addition, May marked the fourth straight month that the annualized rate of decline has slowed, with 17 of the 20 cities notching improved prices.

Good news, for sure. But let’s put it in context. The market hasn’t magically rebounded with a vengeance. In April, the year-over-year decline was 18.1%. May’s year-over-year figure rolled in with a 17.1% drop.

So while prices did rise month-to-month, the truth is that the real estate market isn’t exactly growing, nor are prices appreciating. It’s just stabilizing and beginning to undo some of the brutal damage from the past few years. Prices are still falling over the longer-term, albeit at a slower pace.

As S&P index chairman David Blitzer says: “On a year-over-year basis, home prices are still down about 17% on average across all metro areas, so we likely do have a way to go before we see sustained home price appreciation.”

And speaking of that, government figures show that the median sale price of a new home in June was $206,200, down 5.8% from May and 12% lower than June 2008.

You might say I sound more bearish than a Rocky Mountain grizzly, but it’s important to inject some perspective into the story, rather than just blindly absorbing the media reports.

What Will It Really Take For The Housing Market To Grow?

As I’ve said before, for the housing market to truly start growing again, it’s going to require a few key things.

First, we need to see a reduction in the bloated number of available homes on the market. In that respect, it’s good to see the huge foreclosure rate declining, but those homes still need to be sold and prices still need to rise. And when you’re talking about a meaningful upswing, that brings me to another crucial requirement…
As Tim Geithner just discovered, this is not an easy climate in which to sell a house. Buyers are strapped for cash and able to call more shots in a depressed market. Sellers are frustrated and forced to lower their asking prices to market value (and even that is often hard to gauge with the number of “distressed” sales – i.e. short sales or foreclosures).

Buyers and sellers alike will need to see U.S. job market growth in order to restore some confidence, not to mention wealth. Ironically, the precipitous plunge in the housing market has played a huge part in eroding both.

For example, home prices declines were partially responsible for a $13.9 trillion drop in household net worth during the first quarter, according to the Federal Reserve. And ominously, both the Fed and many economists believe the unemployment rate will top 10% by 2010.

There are other factors, of course. But these are two of the most critical ones that absolutely need to be part of the equation. And while the latest batch of more positive housing data is certainly good news, a real recovery will take time.

Meantime, if you’re looking for a bargain in the New York area, give Tim Geithner a call.

Good investing,

Martin Denholm

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Will Cash for Clunkers Program Stimulate the Economy?

2009-07-30T01:54:00Z

Cash for Clunkers Program on Track to Stimulate Economy

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RISMEDIA, July 30, 2009-The governments Cash for Clunkers program (C.A.R.S.) began stimulating the economy a month before the first rebate check was cut to a consumer for a new vehicle. “Manufacturers and dealers have spent millions to reach consumers who qualify for the $4,500 government funded rebates,” said Sharon O’Connell from www.CashForClunkersInformation.org.

Big budgets have been activated to implement campaigns targeting clunker consumers who are eligible for the program and the early results suggest the returns will be worth the investment. “We predict that the annualized selling rate for July will exceed 10 million vehicles for the first time this year due to the government program bringing dormant consumers back into the market,” adds O’Connell. “We think August could do even better with a million or more sales due to increased demand from the CARS program.”

“The stimulus helps local markets more than national car companies because car dealers stimulate the local economy through their big advertising expenditures, job creation and enormous state tax revenue,” said O’Connell. “A small dealership who sells 100 vehicles a month spends an average of $500 per car in advertising, which is a total of $50,000 that is spent in local advertising.”

Courtesy Chevrolet, one of GM’s largest dealerships in the country, “bought new inventory, hired additional salespeople and increased our ad budget by 88%,” said Scott Gruwell. “We spent $200,000 on a targeted direct mail and Web campaign to every customer in our market and we launched a regional information portal called www.CashForClunkersDC.com,” said Vince Sheehy, owner of www.Sheehy.com in Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland and Baltimore. “So far we have sold over 100 vehicles while most dealers in our area are just getting started.”

Since over 80% of consumers initiate their vehicle searches online, Automotive Manufacturers and retailers have spent a lot of money online. Ford Motor Company is promoting its program on their home page where consumers can link to a website that promotes Ford models that qualify. The New York Honda Dealers Association initiated an integrated campaign weeks before the final ruling to send a targeted mailer to every qualified clunker owner on the Clunker List in New York while most other brands were focused solely on expensive television advertising. The Association also created a regional website, www.NYCarsProgram.com, to educate New Yorkers about the program. “Honda is the most popular brand in the New York market and nearly all Hondas qualify for the Cash for Clunkers program, so we launched an interactive website to educate the public,” said Rob Sabbagh Jr., representing www.NYLIhonda.com. www.NYCarsProgram.com provides program information, a clunker calculator and a multi-media consumer tutorial that highlights the fact that nearly every new Honda qualifies. “You don’t really need a complicated chart to find a qualifying vehicle at a Honda dealer,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Early Spenders are the Early Winners
Most of the economic activity generated up to this point has come from early spenders who also appear to be early winners in the race to reach clunker consumers. The winning retailers have been marketing to consumers for weeks while others are just getting started. Hyundai and a small group of dealer groups got a head start when they announced they would help consumers participate in the program starting on July 1st, while others were turning them away until the final rule was published on the 24th. The NHTSA and the National Automobile Dealers Assn. warned dealers against doing transactions before the final rules were announced on July 24th. Despite these warnings, Hyundai and a few dealers took the risk to help consumers get rebates when the law said they could. “Hyundai has attributed 10 percent of July’s sales to the program and some dealers have generated hundreds of incremental sales,” said O’Connell.

“We quickly created a program that helped consumers take advantage of the program and it has helped our sales a lot,” said Rick Case, who has 6 Hyundai stores as a part of one of the most successful automotive groups in the country. “So far all our sales are conquest sales. More than 70% of the clunkers were Ford or Chevy trade ins, 71% of the clunkers were SUVs, 93% had over 100k miles and 71% qualified for the $4,500 because SUV’s only need a 5 mpg improvement to get the full $4,500 rebate. The average clunker trade in gets 17 mpg and the average new vehicle gets 25 mpg, which is an average of an 8 mpg improvement,” explained Case.

“We had over 100 orders by the time the final rule was announced and our customers appreciated the fact that we could help them when they were turned away by other dealers that weren’t ready,” said Sheehy. It turns out their strategy was not very risky because the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act clearly states that consumers were eligible for rebates starting July 1st.

For more information, visit www.CashForClunkersInformation.org

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How long will a Foreclosure or Bankruptcy affect your credit?

2009-07-29T03:41:00Z

How Long Will a Foreclosure or Bankruptcy Affect Credit?

By Susan Tompor Print Article

RISMEDIA, June 30, 2009-(MCT)-Question: How long will a foreclosure or bankruptcy show up on your credit report?

Answer: A foreclosure can be reported on your credit report for seven years from the date the foreclosure was filed in the court, according to Gerri Detweiler, author of “Reduce Debt, Reduce Stress.” The book is $14.95, and an ebook is available at www.ReduceDebtReduceStress.com.

Bankruptcy, she said, legally can remain for 10 years from the date you filed - not the date of discharge or when the bankruptcy is completed. However, credit reporting agencies have agreed to voluntarily remove completed Chapter 13 filings - where someone pays off part or all of their debt under a court-supervised plan - seven years from the date of filing.

The idea is to give consumers some credit for having paid back as much of their debt as they could afford to pay back.

What happens with a short sale? Or an arrangement in which the lender allows the homeowner to sell the home for less than the mortgage due? Detweiler noted that a short sale may either be listed as a charge-off or a debt settled for less than the full balance. Both remain on your credit report for seven years from the date that action occurred

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Have we reached the bottom of the Real Estate Meltdown?

2009-07-29T03:34:00Z

Have We Reached Bottom? 10 Factors to Consider

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RISMEDIA, June 24, 2009-Historically, the value of real estate goes through cycles. Many factors affect the value of homes including the laws of “supply and demand.” From the Appraisal Institute, here’s a quick reference guide to some of the factors involved and advice on how to spot a turning point in the market:

1. A spike in local sales activity. A spike refers to a significant rise in the number of home sales (or values) in a local market area, which generally is measured month to month. A spike does not necessarily mean continued growth, i.e. it could be a one month phenomenon.

2. Higher asking and selling prices vs. appraisal value opinions for residential properties. Appraisers study the markets; they do not make the markets. When the data shows higher sale prices in comparable properties market value opinions will increase proportionally. Appraisers seek evidence of value but do not create the value. In time periods with low activity, evidence of any kind is difficult to find.

3. More activity at open houses. Open houses with five to eight attendees is considered average, so a dozen or more people attending an open house means buyer interest is picking up. Also, the mood of the attendees is important. Are they optimist and upbeat? Buyers interest alone does not always translate to effective purchasing power. If the number of buyers in the market increases but they do not have requisite down payments, the sales may still not occur.

4. Shorter marketing times. In some markets, houses have been up for sale for more than a year. In most balanced residential markets, properties that are priced competitively will typically sell in less than six months. If the Days On Market (DOM) is shortening, many practitioners will read an improvement in the market.

5. Reduced number of foreclosures and short sales. A reduction in these transactions commonly signals a more balanced market. If lenders are reluctant to foreclose because of an oversupply of inventory, they may choose to wait to repossess the properties, which could allow a spike in the number of foreclosures later despite a better market condition.

6. Stabilized employment. Stable or increasing employment rates provide the necessary confidence for potential buyers to invest in a home. Since most buyers rely on borrowed funds to make real estate purchases and borrowing money usually requires a source of repayment and that usually means jobs, an increase in this basic need, will enable more real estate sales.

7. Fewer buyer incentives and seller concessions. Seller-paid incentives or concessions are a sign of seller motivation. If there are fewer builders offering “free” upgrades and fewer sellers sweetening the deal with big screen TVs, it may be a sign of lessening supply and therefore a better market.

8. New construction starts. Most builders are quite attune to their markets and will not build new homes without a corresponding contract for sale or a perceived increase in demand. An increase in the number of building permits usually indicates higher demand and higher prices. If residential properties are selling for 25% less than they cost to build, only a few new homes will be built. It would be prudent to buy an existing home rather than build a new one for a much higher price.

9. “Move-up” buyers entering the market. More buyers willing to move to a larger or superior quality home indicates a healthy market. The lack of buyers at the lower end of the price range will have a chain reaction throughout the market. If a buyer for a high priced home has a lower priced home to sell first, the sale of the higher priced home may have to occur before the higher priced one can sell.

10. Apartments advertising renter specials - fewer renters in the market may indicate more people are moving into owner occupied homes or it could indicate a reduction in population. Lower population will cause an oversupply of housing which will oftentimes permeate throughout several markets.

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Find and Research Your New Home!...VA/MD/DC

2009-07-13T03:35:00Z

This is a GREAT free site to search and track homes for sale. Research properties, schools, crime reports and community information. You can perform your own market analysis with sold homes, days on market and price reductions. Receive the 'Morning Report" which will update you daily with new listings and price reductions. View virtual tours and maps! Look for foreclosures and bank properties, Click link below to access. Enjoy!

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Arlington County Real Estate Statistics For May

2009-06-11T02:34:00Z

Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. Real Estate Trend Indicator - <$30K to >$500K Format

Arlington County, VA
From: 05/01/2009 to 05/31/2009 Statistics generated on: 06/08/2009

	Residential Unit Sales Number of Bedrooms				Active Listings		Time on Market
Price Class	2 Or Less	3	4 or More	Condo Coop and Ground Rent	Residential	Condo Coop and Ground Rent	of Units Sold (No. of Units)
Under $30,000	0	0	0	1	0	2	1 -30 Days	109
$30,000-$39,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	31-60 Days	41
$40,000-$49,999	0	0	0	0	0	1	61 - 90 Days	27
$50,000-$59,999	0	0	0	0	0	0	91-120 Days	7
$60,000-$69,999	0	0	0	0	0	2	Over 120 Days	55
$70,000-$79,999	0	0	0	0	0	0	Total	239
$80,000-$89,999	0	0	0	2	0	0
$90,000-$99,999	0	0	0	1	1	4	Type of Financing of Units Sold (No. of Units)
$100,000-$119,999	0	0	0	1	0	9	Type of Financing of Units Sold (No. of Units)
$120,000-$139,999	0	0	0	5	0	20	Conventional	125
$140,000-$159,999	0	0	0	3	4	12	FHA	66
$160,000-$179,999	4	0	0	1	1	21	VA	10
$180,000-$199,999	1	1	0	0	3	8	Assumption	6
$200,000-$249,999	2	0	0	3	10	31	Cash	30
$250,000-$299,999	1	1	1	20	7	53	Owner Finance	1
$300,000-$399,999	5	2	2	36	37	115	All Other	1
$400,000-$499,999	5	7	2	26	45	73	Unreported	0
Over $500,000	8	40	41	17	414	124	Total	239
Totals	26	51	46	116	522	475
Grand Totals	239				997

	2009	2008	% Change
Total Sold Dollar Volume:	$ 123,856,347	$ 117,461,305	5.44 %
Average Sold Price:	$ 518,227	$ 515,181	0.59 %
Median Sold Price:	$ 469,000	$ 422,500	11.01 %
Total Units Sold:	239	228	4.82 %
Average Days on Market:	80	68	17.65 %
Average List Price for Solds:	$ 562,124	$ 558,085	0.72 %
Avg Sale Price as a percentage of Avg List Price:	92.19 %	92.31 %

Total Number of NEW listings
taken for the month:	388
Total Number of Properties
marked Contract for the month:	160
Total Number of Properties
marked Contingent for the month:	170
Total Number of NEW pendings
(CONTRACTS + CONTINGENTS):	330

Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. - MLS Resale Data
Copyright 2009 - Information deemed reliable

Winning The Real Estate Game In Arlington

2009-06-09T03:23:00Z

Winning the Real Estate Game in Arlington in a Tough Market

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It's pretty much accepted fact that a Virginia home is one of the best investments you can make; but like many things in life, timing is everything.

Recent worrisome talk about subprime mortgages, falling property values, foreclosures and slow real estate markets are keeping more than a few homeowners up at night. The cure for those heebie jeebies is information. There are tons of tools available to help you realistically calculate how much you can afford to borrow (either for a purchase or a refinance), and how much it will impact your budget. You can also search listings to see what homes in your area have sold for.

If you’re selling your home, keep in mind that these seemingly little things are the biggest turn-offs to a prospective buyer:

Icky smells (cigarettes, pets, food): Invest in a good air filter or freshener, open windows, whatever it takes.
Dirty kitchens and bathrooms: Really tackle these two areas to get them sparkling.
Dark rooms: Turn on lights, open curtains,
Dirty carpet: Consider having it professionally cleaned. Cluttered rooms and closets: Rent a temporary storage unit (or the basement of a good friend) to stash your beer mug collection.
Barking dogs: send them to a friend or relative's house when your home is being shown.
A damp basement: Keep a dehumidifier going.
Poorly maintained front yard: spend some time mowing, trimming overgrown bushes and pulling weeds. Add a pot or two of colorful flowers near the front door for a welcoming feel.
Weathered or peeling front door: a fresh coat of paint and new hardware is an inexpensive boost that really pays off.

For buyers, dropping prices make purchasing a home tempting right now. But if the "subprime mess" taught us anything, its that many people who felt pressured into buying a home with little or no money down are now feeling the sting of inflating mortgage payments. Take a breath and carefully assess if buying is right for you; in some cases, renting makes more financial sense find great rentals here.

And while selling or buying a place on your own may appear to save you a few bucks in commissions, a good real estate agent can greatly simplify the process, saving you more time and money in the end (not to mention, your sanity).

Remember, the real estate game is best played over the long haul. So trust time to be on your side!

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Arlington Virginia Best Restaurants Review

2009-06-09T03:06:00Z

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