Deciding whether to buy a foreclosure property in Fairfax County is not as easy as walking in to the house and saying “I’ll take it.” Foreclosure/REO properties require more time and negotiation with a third party than buying a resale home. When you are buying a foreclosure property you are bu
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01/07/2008
As with so many military bases in Northern Virginia the need to improve older base housing often means tearing down outdated housing to make way for homes that meet the needs of today’s families. At Quantico that meant getting rid of the largest collection of pre-fab Lustron homes found in the U
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01/05/2008
In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson rode through Washington DC scouting for a location to house the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Ever since that day the Marine Barracks DC has stood in a prime downtown location and was key in protecting the city during the War of 1812. Though not as well known
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01/03/2008
Many Northern Virginia homeowners start out with the best intentions when they decide to remodel their home. Interviewing contractors, selecting materials, change orders it can all add up to time and money. On the other hand if you are handy then maybe you figure you can save a few dollars if
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01/02/2008
You know how it is with the military. Rumors always precede your actually orders. When my husband finished pilot training and made his request for the type of aircraft he wanted to fly we had no idea what might happen next. On the day that the first step of orders arrived the flight instructor
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01/01/2008
As everyone begins to review the numbers and the predictions from last years market it is hard to ignore the numbers. Though the “official” tally for 2007 is still a few weeks away it isn’t hard to see the trend. No one is going to argue that our average sales price in Northern Virginia has fall
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01/01/2008
When residents of Prince William County have a hankering for southern style cooking they don’t have to look any further than Dixie Bones BBQ in Woodbridge. You can smell the BBQ cooking as soon as you turn in the parking lot off of Occoquan Road. Opened in Woodbridge in 1996 (previously they w
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12/31/2007
