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Make sure you have marked your calendars for this weekends Art, Wine and All that Jazz event at the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center. Festival Hours:Saturday from 11am-9PMSunday from 12-8PM Enjoy wine tastings from a variety of Virginia and North Carolina vineyards as well as a line-up of Jazz musica...

Looks like Matt is on a mission.  I'm glad to lend him a helping hand.  However if he wins I want him to put a dollar in a slot machine for me and give it a pull. photo courtesy of nodomain1 I love blogging. You may have noticed before, but it's a fact, I love to blog about real estate.  It's goo...

It doesn’t matter if you are young or old you can always find something to do at one of the nine Fairfax County Recreation Centers.Want to take a class? Then check out the “Aerobics to Zoom” list of course available. Want to work out? The each of the recreation centers offers you full work out fa...

For anyone looking to buy a home in Springfield Virginia you will hear the term "school pyramid" used to describe the schools that feed into the four local high schools.West Springfield, Robert E. Lee, South County Secondary School and Lake Braddock Secondary School are the four high schools at t...

Cardinal Forest today retains some of the same feel that it did in the 1970's when the neighborhood was first converting to condominiums from rental units. Still welcoming newlyweds, military families and retirees the community has matured and maintained its charm. Buyers and owners can say thank...

Wonder how you are going to furnish all those rooms in your new home?  Take advantage of the great sale on Model Home furniture this weekend in Gainesville. Gainesville, VA:  Model home furniture sale in Morris Farm, September 26th & 27th. Amazing Grace is at it again!  This time, there will be ...

The last few days in Lake Ridge have been a reminder that fall weather is on the way.The fall activity calendar has been published by the Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association.Residents can enjoy the following events throughout the coming months.Lake Ridge Yard SaleSeptember 2612530 Oakwood...

It was announced today that some agencies in leased space in Arlington will be given until 2014 to make the move to Fort Belvoir.  The infrastructure work will not slow down as eventually the 20,000 plus personnel will desend on the area. The evidence of the BRAC deadline for development and mov...

Most agents are thinking foreclosures will be what dominates 2010 but Chris Ann Clelland has a great take on our future and it is short sales.We are seeing more short sales make it to closing and even a few banks who respond in a reasonable time frame! Will there be another glut of foreclosures ...

This is a great concise post on what constitutes a short sale approval! Northern Virginia's definition of short sale approval generally boils down to the following sentence: Approval by lienholder(s) to accept the net proceeds from the sale of the the home as full payment for the underlying debt...