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Northern Virginia Real Estate Information, market trends and local information for Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Loudoun, Fauquier, and Spotsylvania Counties, along with the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas. and Fredericksburg and surrounding areas.
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 This story could be about any teen driver, anywhere in the world.  We've all been touched by tragedy and none more painful than the senseless death of a teen in the prime of his life with the world at his fingertips.  I recently had an experience where our neighbors' teenage boys lost a best fri...
11/02/2007
When my husband and I first moved to Stafford County back in 1988, our daughter was 2 ½ and our son was only a few months old.  I was a stay-at-home mom transplanted from Long Island, New York - to Towson, Maryland - to Woodbridge, Virginia - and finally to Stafford/Fredericksburg, Virginia.  I w...
10/31/2007
I was moved when I read Joey's blog (Members Only) about his family needing our prayers as his father was divorcing his step mother.  He was obviously distraught about his two little brothers.  I was touched by the outpouring of condolences, prayers, and kind words.  AR is nothing if not supporti...
10/30/2007
As a young girl living on Long Island, I was mesmerized by the frenzy around Halloween.  Not only was it a foreign concept to me (Puerto Ricans don't typically celebrate the holiday - hard to find pumpkins on a tropical island), but it was hard to conceive that I could actually walk up to a neigh...
10/29/2007
If you are new to the home buying process, there is something you need to know immediately.  Buying a home is an incredibly personal and emotional process.  Yes, some people buy a home as an investment with no emotional attachment and some buy out of desperation because they are relocating and ne...
10/24/2007
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I have been incredibly busy the past couple of weeks - in a good way, of course.  Lots of clients needed to see homes, listing appointments, calls to make, files to update, you know the drill.  But this past weekend I couldn't resist - I had to put it all away and get outside.My son is the younge...
10/16/2007
MRIS, Oct. 15, 2007 "Selling prices are flat throughout the Greater Washington DC Metro and the Greater Baltimore Metro regions, but Northern Virginia bucked the trend with positive numbers, according to September housing statistics released by MRIS. Loudoun County saw its first increase in selli...
10/15/2007
Few works of art move me the way Edward Hopper's do.  They capture a time and place we long to have been a part of.  My daughter came home from Virginia Tech to see the exhibition of her favorite artist, Edward Hopper, at the National Gallery of Art in DC and invited me along.  We left in the mor...
10/13/2007
I was extra excited to see our nearby Farmer's Market with corn stalks, pumpkins, and a wide array of apples in early October.  What I wasn't so thriled about was the 95+ degree heat I had to endure to pick them out!  Last week in Northern Virginia saw record high temperatures.  While Christmas d...
10/13/2007
We've all probably met him or even worked with him.  That home inspector with the nervous twitch and desperate need to find something wrong...you know that guy.  Whether you're a listing agent or buyer's agent, a buyer or a seller, you'll understand.Example....my first time home-buyers arrive ear...
09/26/2007
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