Remodeling Magazine's Cost vs Value Report 2018 Highlights Some Noteworthy Ways to Invest Wisely in Home Improvements that will Add to Your Home's Value Every year Remodeling Magazine releases a report on the average cost of home improvement projects vs the amount those projects add to the value of the home. In addition to [...]
What's Curb Appeal, Really? Realtors® always talk about Curb Appeal, but what does that really mean? It comes down to this: The first thing a potential buyer sees when they visit your home is the exterior. That initial impression can often make or break a sale. In a market like Arlington, where there are [...]
It's been a few months since I looked at North Arlington from a macro perspective, so this week I pulled the summer sales numbers and compared them to the same period of 2016. Here's what I found: North Arlington Summer 2017 Market Report The home [...]
After looking at the market in Arlington Ridge earlier this week, I got interested how other neighborhoods in South Arlington have been performing over the past year. One neighborhood in particular that I wanted to look at was the Nauck neighborhood. The Nauck neighborhood of Arlington VA has a rich history. Here's a bit [...]
I spend the majority of my time focused on North Arlington, so today I thought I'd take a look at one of the best neighborhoods on the South Side: Arlington Ridge. For those of you who aren't familiar, a bit of history: Arlington Ridge is an unincorporated community in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is bordered on [...]
Over the years, I have built and sold numerous homes in the Barcroft neighborhood of Arlington VA. For those of you not familiar, Barcroft is an awesome neighborhood in South Arlington: Barcroft is a friendly, quiet neighborhood originally established in 1903. It is host to about 800 mostly modest single-family homes, and about 400 [...]
I recently had a buyer looking for a home in Ashton Heights, and as part of my research into the neighborhood I ran the Spring sales numbers. But first, for those who may be interested, here's a little history of the neighborhood: 'Ashton Heights In 1919, realtor Ashton C. Jones purchased 61 acres of [...]
Construction to Permanent Home Loans - Planning Stages I hear it all the time when I'm working with buyers: 'The House That I'm Looking for Just Isn't Available.' Many times in the Arlington housing market, and Northern Virginia's larger market, this is true. Due in large part to the long period low inventory we've experienced, the [...]
As a society we are enamored with tools that allow us to immediately find out what our home might be worth. The most popular of these is the Zillow home price tool (the Zestimate), which is where a large majority of prospective home sellers start their research. Zillow's margin of error has been cut down [...]
Remodeling Magazine's Cost vs Value Report 2017 Highlights Some Noteworthy Ways to Invest Wisely in Home Improvements that will Add to Your Home's Value Every year Remodeling Magazine releases a report on the average cost of home improvement projects vs the amount those projects add to the value of the home. In addition to [...]
