For many of us in the Real Estate industry, the end of June is almost like the end of tax season is for accountants; many of the transactions that we have been nurturing since the new year have closed and others are close to it. You may actually find that you have a morning or two where your phon
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06/22/2009
One day you are running around making sure you have diapers and sippee cups and the next, it seems, you are the parent of teenagers. How does this happen so quickly? Today, our young prince, Robbie, turns 13. He is the youngest child in our family and follows two older sisters. When he came al
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06/20/2009
School has ended, sports are winding down, the rain (may have) temporarily stopped. It is time to get outside and enjoy yourself! This weekend is the Alexandria Waterfront Festival taking place at Oronoco Bay Park at Oronoco and North Union streets in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. It will run o
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06/19/2009
I still remember the skeptical looks my children gave me the first time I announced we were going out for Indian food. Always adventurous eaters, somehow my husband and I had overlooked introducing our children to this wonderful cuisine earlier in their lives. We have now made up for lost time!
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06/18/2009
The Washington D.C metro area is an expensive place to buy a house. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recognize this and have approved a higher Jumbo Conforming Loan amount for the area, $729,500 (in addition to Washington D.C. this new amount has been approved for a number of the more expensive Metro
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06/15/2009
Every day, at least once, I am asked, 'How is the real estate market?' Wow. I used to be able to say, "great" and move on to their specific questions about their house projects and what has sold recently. These days, I try to be positive, because the truth is that I am super busy. The differen
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06/09/2009
Today, I was talking to a friend at my son's class pool party. It was being held at a community pool surrounded by lovely homes on regular, suburban-sized lots. As we got to talking, she shared with me her mild regret that when they moved 'out'--further to the West--they opted for land over commu
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06/04/2009
