Associate Broker, Long & Foster Real Estate
Many have opted to sit out the process of buying a home in 2023 and 2024 due to higher mortgage interest rates, the thought being that they will enter the market when rates come down. What those buyers are not considering is the other buyers that will also be entering the market when, and if, Read More ...
Selling a home can be a stressful process. How we live is not how we sell. Home owners usually know their properties need polishing, but may not know how much. From the moment I meet future sellers I help them evaluate the projects they should be taking on prior to listing, and just as importantly, Read More ...
Multiple Offer Success on This Waterfront Woodbridge Condo In late May I got word that I had been approved as the Court Appointed Listing Agent for 440 Belmont Bay #203 in Woodbridge’s waterfront community of Belmont Bay. The court’s involvement in the property became necessary when all the heirs to the estate were unwilling to Read More …
There is Hope in the House Hunt Going into the weekend of June 24th, I had two buyers that I knew would be writing offers. It’s been a rough year so far with so many buyers and so few homes to choose from. It can be hard to see any positives when you write offer Read More …
Feeling Trapped in Your Home By Your Low Mortgage Interest Rate? There are plenty of home owners out there right now that would love to sell a home they have outgrown, but feel they must stay in the home they currently own because it was financed on a lower interest rate. In the much bigger Read More …
If a Hot Tub is Listed as a Feature of a Listing… Touring properties with my buyer clients I get to see some pretty interesting things. While floor plans do not typically vary all that widely in our Northern Virginia market, the level to which owners prepare their homes for market certainly does. Of all Read More …
Just Listed: Waterfront Condo in Belmont Bay Welcome to Belmont Bay and waterfront living on the Occoquan River. Located in the Harbor Point East Condo is a two bedroom, two bathroom condo, 440 Belmont Bay Drive #203, that is anxiously awaiting new owners. With a waterfront, second story unit that has water views from every Read More …
A Day In the Life of This Real Estate Agent Saturday, June 3, 2023 was a day with no buyers to take on property tours. Does that mean I stayed home and cleaned? Judging from the picture above yes, but not my own home. My sunny Saturday was spent readying a listing with an incredible Read More …
Relocation Buyer Success in the Move to a More Expensive Market Getting a promotion within a company or government agency is certainly cause for celebration. The stress starts when the realization hits that the area you are leaving is not just familiar, but more affordable. As a Northern Virginia Real Estate Agent, it is rather Read More …
Not All Settlement Delays or Low Appraisals are Cause for Concern When 9705 Cheshire Ridge hit the market on May 5th (2023) it was the only garage townhouse for sale in all of Manasas, Bristow and Gainesville that weekend. It was not surprising that, during their four days on the market the home got six Read More …
Being Prepared for Pet Emergencies If you are a pet lover, your house is not a home without your fur babies. As a pet mom to cats that have had some very serious issues over the years, I have learned to deal with emergencies and costly vet bills through experience. It is not unusual for Read More …
Gainesville Condo Seller Reaches Record High Sold Price Having been a full-time real estate agent in the Gainesville area since 2005, one of the neighborhoods that our area witnessed have major problems during the market crash of 2008 and beyond was Parks at Piedmont South Condos. The builder went bankrupt before the end of the Read More …