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Welcome to living in Alexandria VA!

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Wecome to Real estate in Alexandria     Search for Alexandria Real Estate here Alexandria foreclosure listing  Alexandria is an independant city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This city is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metro Area,and surrounded by the Potomac River, Arlington County, and Fairfax County.   Like Old Town, most Alexandria neighborhoods are wealthy, high-status suburbs.   The historic center of Alexandria is known as  Old Town . With its concentration of boutiques, restaurants, antique shops and theaters. Many Alexandria neighborhoods are compact, walkable, high-income suburbs of Washington, D.C. Market Square  in Old Town is believed to be one of the oldest continuously operating  marketplaces  in the  United   States , It contains a large fountain and extensive landscaping, as well as a farmers' market each Saturday morning.   Just to the west of Old Town is the city's oldest planned residential expansion. Called by its creators  Ros

What’s New on the Mortgage Front?

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                          From low down payment options for first-time buyers to jumbo loan options for move-up purchases, find out what lenders are offering buyers today Buyers’ loan options may have changed more than you may realize. Restrictive lending requirements since the Great Recession are starting to loosen up, and lenders are offering more flexible financing options for borrowers. Here’s a reference guide of new products (as of mid-September 2014) that you can recommend to new buyers, move-up clients, and home owners who want to refinance. But always advise your clients to check with lenders or mortgage brokers for the latest terms and conditions of any loan product. Read the complete article here Contact me for buying and selling your home, You local Real Estate Expert. Search for homes at www.buyandsellnorthvirginia.com Contact me Asifa Zia licensed in VA Keller Williams Realty, Manassas, VA Cell: 540-729-3470 aszia09@gmail.com

Writing a Home-Offer Letter – Is It a Good Idea?

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                                                          kw blog The most important letter you'll submit to a home seller is the one you'll get from your lender stating that you are preapproved for a mortgage. Savvy listing agents will counsel their clients to refuse offers from unapproved buyers, so all the flowery prose of a home-offer letter will mean nothing without loan preapproval. Assuming you have your lender's letter, whether or not you also submit a home-offer letter depends a great deal on the type of market in which you're buying and the competition. The Market When the real estate market has lots of buyers looking for homes and few houses for sale, it's a seller's market. With the seller in the driver's seat, purchase offers tend to get cleaner, with fewer demands from buyers. Offering prices typically come in at or even over the asking price. When supply is low and demand is high, it's challenging for buyers. Several regi

Real estate for sale in Virginia

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Selling Your Home: 3 Must-Knows Before You List

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                                                     Sometimes the hardest part of selling a home is making the decision to sell it. Our homes give us roots, provide sanctuary, house memories and, hopefully, give us some financial security. It's a huge decision to sell a home. Once made, however, additional decisions will come fast and furious, so take some time now, before the frenzy, to understand three salient points about the successful sale of a home in today's real estate marketplace. What is Market Value? One of the most challenging aspects of selling a home is determining the list price. Many homeowners will go online to find homes nearby that are for sale and base their price assumption on those that are most similar. The list price of a home, however, is a fantasy. It represents an amount of money the seller thinks, or hopes the home will bring. Until the home sells, he may be right or he may be wrong. Buyers set market value for homes. What a knowledge

What is a Contingency?

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                                     Think of the word "contingency" as akin to "if." When a homebuyer signs a contract agreeing to the purchase of a home, she is saying, "I agree to purchase this home for this amount of money if …" The "if" is the contingency. Contingencies are those items that must come to pass before the sale finalizes. The list of possible contingencies is endless – you could tell a seller that you'll purchase his home if his dog turns into a pig, sprouts wings and flies away. You could do that, although you probably wouldn't get the house. Contingencies in a real estate contract also represent steps along the way that allow the buyer to back out of the deal without losing her earnest money deposit or incurring a lawsuit. Contingencies may be scattered throughout a contract. Let's take a look at some of the more common real estate contract contingencies. Loan Approval This is generally the first c

How much is your home worth in todays Market???

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Home values have changed a lot in last year, less short sales, and foreclosures, homes staying a long time in the market. The number of active listings have gone up in almost all of Virginia, and the homes are staying a little longer in the market. The homes that are priced right are still selling quickly. The inventory has increased, more choices. All this has affected the home values in a big way. We had a slow winter, and the slow spring, with things picking up now. The interest rate staying low are great incentive for the buyers, and they will slowly creep up, next year. So ideal time to buy a home now when the interest rates are low and the credit required has come down to 600, with many lenders, including for FHA loans. Do you want to know what your home is worth now, in today’s market, whether you looking to sell it or not, its always good to know about the value of your home in the market. Contact me and I will do a personalized comparative market analysis for you,

More Real estate for sale in Virginia

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Mclean VA homes for sale Manassas Park homes for sale Nokesville real estate Reston Single family homes for sale Stafford foreclosure listing Triangle VA homes for sale Vienna Va single family homes for sale Winchester short sale listing woodbridge foreclosure listing for complete up to date listing contact me for details and showing search for more listings at www.buyandsellnorthvirginia.com Asifa Zia Licensed in VA Keller Williams Realty Manassas VA 540-729-3470 aszia09@gmail.com

RIP Beverly Carter

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