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Truth Hurts--Are "Listing Agents" Just Data Entry Specialists, etc?
Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 10:37am. 3345 Views, 1 Comments.
The Truth About Arlington Real Estate and Listing Agents
What is the truth about Arlington Virginia real estate for sellers? Are "listing agents" just glorified data entry specialists who are overpaid? Sad truth is that most are indeed that. Let's see why....
Weekly Visitors to JustNewListings.com
Anywhere from 3000-5000 unique visitors frequent the website depending on the month/season. These are people interested in real estate in the greater Northern Virginia real estate markets such as Arlington Virginia real estate, Fairfax county real estate, Alexandria, Annandale, Old Town, Clarendon and Washington DC metro in general. Here's a sample weekly metric from April 2008:
Sample Widget of Home for Sale for…
You Got Punk'd by the Media -- Arlington Real Estate Market Stats
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 10:52am. 5603 Views, 12 Comments.
Media Predicts 25% Decrease in Arlington Virginia Home Values?
Once in awhile I get so frustrated about the lack of either forthrightness, common sense or expertise demonstrated by various real estate media sources both locally and nationally. A classic example recently came out in this article in BusinessWeek titled Housing Meltdown.
It stated that housing prices would come down 25% with some of their sources claiming up to 40%. Nowhere in the article is any strong point for how hyperlocal real estate is including Arlington real estate for sale. Such stories are in essence fear mongering & hype when no disclaimers or explanations are given for how the story has almost nothing to do with any particular reader's local real estate market. …
Sellers, don't hire amatuers to sell your Clarendon Condo
Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 7:12am. 4352 Views, 3 Comments.
Recently I received a request for a CMA (competitive market analysis) for a condo in Arlington Virginia. I was mega busy and did not respond for a good 5 days which is a no no in the Web 2.0 world of Arlington real estate. Juggling several contracts, an out of town buyer, flat tire, continuing ed, taxes and 3 soon to be 4 kids can do that to you
Days later I see the condo listed by another real estate agent. That's not the end of the world on my end, but I do feel badly for the seller.
Selling Your Arlington Condo--the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Here are some tips for selecting an agent to sell your condo in Arlington--especially in the clarendon, ballston, courthouse and rosslyn areas.
- pretend you're the buyer. What's your first…
Power of the Blog--Holding Builders Accountable
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 3:43pm. 1754 Views, 5 Comments.
Power of the JustNewListings.com Blog Motivates Builder to Fulfill Obligations to New Condo Owner
I received an email from a colleague awhile back about her client who was being treated quite badly after purchasing a new condo. I'm leaving all the names out now that the issues have been resolved.

There were leaking issues, damage to wood floors and granite countertops, and some bait & switch type action by the builder regarding the buyer's parking space, etc. The builder was being unbelievably unresponsive to meeting their obligations to the new homeowner.
So we posted a first hand testimonial by the buyer regarding all the above mentioned issues in addition to others. I optimized the blog post so that when one searched for the condo by…
Truth vs. Bullcrap about Selling Your Home--Stop Overpaying!
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 at 7:05am. 9494 Views, 14 Comments.
The Right Way to Sell Northern Virginia Real Estate in DC Area
Sellers Stop!!!
Sellers, the world has changed. Why are you paying extra to sell your
Northern Virginia real estate using yesterday's methods which are actually more expensive?!?!
The answer is probably that you haven't been researching this intensely as you are too busy. You do have a life, right? And I'm sanguine that the "high powered" listing agents whose ads you see all over the place in your Arlington Sun Gazette (insert your own local newspaper) are not telling you how real estate has changed....
In fact they probably don't even know themselves. And if they did it might make them cry:
Yet they continue to talk you into using themselves to sell their homes for…
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