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What is a Seller’s Market?
A seller's market, just like a buyer's market, is about supply and demand. Those of us in the industry look at absorption rates. How many homes sold in the past month? How many homes are on the market now? Do the math, more than six ...
Monday Market Update
Inventory picked up ever so slightly this past week. We are hopeful the trend continues for the next few weeks as we enter the traditionally busiest time of the year for home sales. Have any questions about what’s happening in you...
The Capital Core Market Update March 2023
Active listings reversed course and added needed inventory to the market (15.84) from last month’s report. These active listings prices continued their upward movement (2.04%) and the days on market for these listings continued decreasing...
What is the Funniest Thing You Have Seen in Real Estate?
You see some pretty ridiculous things when you are showing homes to buyers. And it is always the “do it yourself” decisions that are the funniest. Some advice, if you are doing some remodeling, please do yourself a favor and hire a p...
5 Things to Know About Arlington, VA
Here's five things you need to know about Arlington, VA. 1. It's considered by many to be both a city and county. It's the second biggest city in the DC Metropolitan area. 2. Population total is 238,000. 3. Arlington is home to the...
How Do Home Sellers Get In Their Own Way?
Honestly, there are so many ways home sellers get in their own way. For starters the folks who take everything personally are only hurting themselves. I get it, we are talking about their home and the entire process is intrusive but a...
Monday Market Update
It’s time for our weekly re-cap of the market. In short, inventory picked up this past week and meanwhile the supply-demand ratio tightened. What does that mean? ITS TIME TO PUT YOUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET! That’s what it mea...
City Ridge Update
Time to revisit “City Ridge”, our Capital Luxury Update episode 22 from March 2022! In this episode we tour the 1.8M SF construction project of City Ridge, at the former Fannie Mae Headquarters. As a really nice addition, Wegmans ...