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Local real estate agent Peggy James of the Twins Selling Real Estate Team shares tips about the the local Woodbridge Virginia real estate market conditions and surrounding area's. Learn how to sell your home fast, how to buy your move-up home or downsize. Learn what's happening with new homes, short sale and foreclosure home inventory. Feel free to ask questions or comment.

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2011 

This week's caller asked :"I Know I Can Buy a Home Using My VA Loan. Is It True I Don't Have To Put Any Money Down?" We get this question a lot. The answer is yes! Best of all since  Prince William County Virginia is located near Quantico, Fort Belvoir and within an hour of the Pentagon, the Navy...
07/27/2011
Learn how to start using Google + 1 Buttons read more here Curious how it works? Me too. Add me in one of your circles and let's test it. This is how it works Online. If you are searching for something and you come across a post or a service provider you like a restaurant whatever. Just click on...
07/23/2011
Prince William County Virginia Real Estate Recovery seems to be inching in the right direction.  This year home values have eeked up just enough that many homeowners who call me are getting good news. They learn that they have enough equity to sell their homes! So far this year has been the year ...
07/22/2011
This weeks calls and Internet Inquiries were interesting: The one that really cuts through to heart is the call I received from England one morning early. Caller: " I am calling your from London England. My questions isn't about real estate. However from what I can see it appears your team knows ...
07/18/2011
Someone  recently asked me why I chose to be a full time REALTOR® ?If I were to answer that truthfully, it would be because in the early 90's my first husband had lost his job, and decided he was going to do home improvement.  After one year of that, it was clear he was not cut out to be self emp...
07/17/2011
Last month around the first of June a local homeowner searching the Internet for answers stumbled upon my real estate blog. LakeRidgeVARealEstateNews.com With a week I met with her and in the end I listed her home. I featured her story on one of This Weeks Caller Series:   "We Need Help Selling O...
07/17/2011
When you are thinking of buying or selling a home, one thing that is fun to do is to go to Open Houses. Especially on such a pretty day. Today in the local area their are 34 Open Houses scheduled today between 12-4 pm. Now before I tell you where they are there are a few things you need to know b...
07/17/2011
There are not many things that get to me, however today is a tough one. Many of my customers, friends and co-workers know Bill and I have four wonderful dogs. Well today, we had to put our oldest a shiztu/poodle "Rambo" to sleep today. He has showered me with unconditional love for thirteen long ...
07/13/2011
What is your Reticular Activator?  Ah...that is the part of the brain that gets stimulated when you see something that interests you. So what does that have to do with real estate? Plenty...                                                           Let's say you are pre-approved for a home loan a...
07/02/2011
This week I am starting a blog series called This Weeks Caller. Everyday, I get calls from home buyers and sellers who have questions about the market. Over the past month, I have featured one call a week on the front of our website in the yellow box called This Weeks Caller. These are some of th...
07/01/2011
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