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Buy Now or Wait It Out?

There are lots of scary headlines out there making it almost impossible to decide if you should buy a home right now. If you are worried about interest rates, remember these two things: If you buy now and rates go lower, you can refinance to get the lower rate. ...

Costs of Buying A Home

What You Need To Budget for When Buying a Home When it comes to buying a home, it can feel a bit intimidating to know how much you need to save and where to find that information. But you should know, you’re not expected to have all the answers yourself. There ...

Get Your Offer Accepted

I am predicting a very similar real estate market in 2022 for the Northern VA area. Prices won’t be increasing like they did in 2021 however, we will continue to see multiple offers and bidding wars on the homes that do hit the market. So, what can you do? A ...

9505 Sudley Manor Dr, Manassas

UPDATE: Under Contract as of December 5, 2021 Ready to show Friday, December 3 This home has over 2,400 finished square feet with 4 spacious bedrooms, 3 full baths and an abundance of storage throughout. Enjoy the cozy living room with a brick fireplace and the sunny upper level with ...

Why Aren’t There Enough Homes?

Baby Boom + Pandemic + Very Low Interest Rates = Not Enough Homes to Meet the Demand We have been hearing for months about how low housing inventory is. But why? Babyboom According to the latest census, about 30 years ago there was a significant baby boom. And now, there ...

Before You Move In

You just finished signing the closing paperwork for your new home and you are very excited to start painting, unpacking and decorating. But here are a few more important tasks that you should take care of as soon as you can. ...

Buying Tips

What is the first thing that you should do when you think you are ready to buy a home? Call me! I will walk you through the process step by step so that you don’t have to spend endless hours researching and wondering what you should be doing. Trying ...

Low Inventory – It’s True!

As you know, the market has been moving at a crazy fast pace, with prices increasing. It is not just in the Sterling area, it is county and nationwide. The Dulles Area Association of REALTORS® just released a first quarter report and here is one slide that tells it all. ...

Off Market Properties

What is an Off-Market Property? Recently, I’ve had a few clients ask me about finding “Off-market” properties. Off-market means that the house is not in the MLS, Zillow, or any of the other home search websites. Real estate agents call these opportunities “pocket listings”. And until recently, an agent could ...