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Assessing the Arlington Real Estate Markets -- May-August 2008
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 3:29pm. 1546 Views, 1 Comments.
The Arlington County Real Estate Market May-August 2008
So what is the latest and the greatest concerning the Arlington real estate markets in terms of homes sales, sold prices and inventory? Let's take a look. Some of you may have been wondering why I haven't posted for so long so I'll use bullets to answer that.
(by the way the synopsis of this entire post is at the end of the article for you types who want bottom lines without the details)
- moving locally
- 2 days later leaving for 2 weeks in NC meeting with a builder and Myrtle Beach vacation afterwards
- finding out there was a squatter on 6 acres I purchased last year outside Wilmington who had his horses/fences on my land
- arriving home to a house…
Ultimate Guide for Buying Clarendon Condos for Sale in Arlington VA--Listings, Prices & Advice
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 11:28am. 24763 Views, 20 Comments.
The Clarendon Real Estate Listings in Arlington VA by Condo Building
For people considering a purchaser please read my articles for buyers in our market. It will equip you and is being added to regularly. And if you are thinking about selling your home this article is imperative with examples of virtual tours, anecdotes, and cold hard facts: Sellers Don't Hire Amateurs to Sell Your Arlington Condo or even better the new Sellers page showing real estate 3.0 and sample virtual tours and info on the discounted commissions for more exposure.
NOTE: [October 2009--I'm redoing this post and will update the numbers and include a -5% type of insert on the main title for each condo to demonstrate how much the market value changed since March…
What the Heck is a Short Sale in Northern Virginia@##!!
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 3:13pm. 8443 Views, 12 Comments.
What the Heck is a Short Sale in Northern Virginia?
"What the heck is a short sale?" is a question many buyers, sellers, lenders and REALTORS are trying to figure out these days. It's the wild, wild west of northern virginia real estate or Arlington real estate where any party can just throw up a listing calling it a "short sale" and then make up the rules from there. I was involved with 3 short sale situations today with different clients. So what is the difference between a regular sale and a short sale?

As of writing this article there are 17 short sales going on in Arlington VA real estate: short sales in arlington. This is out of 980 listings.So they represent a small portion of the Arlington Virginia real estate listings. It…
Phoenix Condo Drama Continues...Opportunity?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 8:31am. 8942 Views, 34 Comments.
Phoenix Condo Drama in Clarendon Continues. Is This Opportunity???
Early purchasers in the Phoenix Condo contacted me several months ago with complaints about prices and quality of construction and now about half are trying to get out of their contracts. The original article on this subject after several owners reached out to me for advice on extricating themselves from their contracts while not forfeiting their initial 5% deposits of $20,000+ is here: Sun Sets on the Phoenix Condo at Noon.
At that time the buyer referred to below, Joetta, had written me a long email to post that I later removed by the request of she and her attorney. Here's the most recent update on it from this article in the Washington Business…
Quarterly Analysis of Arlington County Sales in VA
Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 1:00pm. 3972 Views, 2 Comments.
Arlington County Real Estate Sales Figures
The quarterly reports are for real estate in Arlington, VA. What do they tell us? 1) real Estate is local 2) the market is humming along strongly with a lot more transactions than 2006. Generally the median sold price has been down about 7% for the county most of the year. This graph shows the orange line (2007) below the blue line (2006) almost all year.
Here are the numbers for median sold price since March compared witha a year ago: March - 0.02 %, April - 7.62 %, May - 8.23 %, June - 6.64 %, July +10.75 %. I put more faith in a block of months such as a quarter versus one month such as what happened in…
The Sun Sets on the Phoenix (condo) at Noon
Monday, July 30th, 2007 at 3:34pm. 6464 Views, 23 Comments.
The Many Woes of Phoenix condo in Clarendon Village of Arlington VA
Clarendon Park Townhouses Appreciate, Courthouse Hill & Bromptons Depreciate
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 at 4:36pm. 15172 Views, 2 Comments.
Clarendon Park, Courthouse Hill, Bromptons and Highgate Townhouses in Arlington
Active luxury townhouse listings in Clarendon & Rosslyn areaor see bottom of page for the active listings....
Recently in putting a townhouse under contract in Highgate--a luxury townhouse community in Rosslyn--I had to do some intense analysis of the luxury townhouse market that confirmed my perceptions. The home was listed at $949,000 which was much lower than the previous sale in the tax records of $963,000 that the type-A classic powerhouse female realtor my senior slapped down in front of me in a face-to-face…
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