If you live in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia, where do you go to search for real estate to buy? I recommend The Best Home Search Ever. This is a great real estate site provided by DROdio Real Estate. Not only can you search by city and state, but you can also search [...]
Virginia is one of the most distressed real estate areas in the United States. The Country as a whole is suffering quite a bit in the real estate area. The job market has a direct connection to the real estate market. If people don’t have jobs, they won’t be able to maintain their mortgages. This [...]
The area that includes Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia is proving to be one of the most searched regions in the U.S. – certainly when judged by price. Washington D.C. leads the way with the most popular property searches being in the $450,000 median. Maryland was seventh with a median price of around $290,000 and [...]
Although the number of foreclosed properties in Virginia and Maryland are falling, there are still plenty to choose from and their prices are often well below market value. So what’s the easiest way of finding a foreclosed home in Virginia (or Maryland for that matter)? The MLS is a great database, more so if you [...]
College Park in Prince George’s County MD has been ranked as the best place in Maryland for middle-class families. More importantly, it’s been rated as one of the best places to raise kids. College Park MD does have it all. Education is important to parents and College Park is well serviced with schools from elementary to [...]
Buying a resale home as against buying a new home is a popular option for many. One reason often voiced is that a resale home has been ‘broken-in’ by previous owners – if there are structural problems, they have already been found. Buying a resale home in Virginia is no different really to buying in [...]
Mortgages in Virginia may well become a little harder for those who are on the borderline for mortgage qualification. The Virginia Legislature is about to start considerations on several bills designed to restrict some of the freedoms that lenders have experienced in the past. While ‘robo signing’ has been discussed a lot in the press, [...]
Looking to get your Alexandria, Virginia home appraised? Want to save as much money as you can? Follow these tips to help: Continuously research the value of your Virginia home and homes in your Virginia neighborhood; pay attention to foreclosures in your Virginia area; they will drive down the value of your home. Since appraisers [...]
You don’t want just an ordinary house in Leesburg, Virginia. You’re shopping for your dream house in Manassas. So, what do you do? You buy a vacant lot and build your Virginia dream home. Maybe a few acres of Virginia wilderness appeals to your pioneer spirit. Maybe it’s a desire to build a house exactly [...]
Fairfax County, VA. In 2008, the residential real estate market experienced a decline due in part to the over supply of homes for sale. This led to lower sale prices in many neighborhoods. In 2009, the market continued a decline but at a much slower rate. As of January 1, 2010, the real estate market changed [...]
Virginia has some of the best land when it come to rural industries. The equine industry has been noted for its fabulous equestrian lodges in and around the Virginia area yet over the last 2-3 years real estate in Virginia has seen prices slide quite alarmingly. It is also an area where you could snare [...]
Welcome to The Real Estate Briefings Blog. Our goal is to help you find the right home if you are a home buyer and to sell your home to the right buyer if you are a seller. On this blog we’ll discuss different real estate strategies and topics of interest to anyone who has any [...]
