11/19/2009 9:55:00 AM
DID YOU KNOW...?
about these interesting statistics comparing October 2008 to October 2009 for some of our metropolitan markets? Single-Family Detached Home Inventory : Washington, DC -16.3% Arlington Cty -28.5% Fairfax Cty -44.0% Montgomery Cty -45.7% Prince George's ...
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10/8/2009 11:14:00 AM
Red Line news: Development planned for Brookland/Catholic University
Abdo Development, the company that helped revive Logan Circle and H Street NE in the District, hopes to restore the economic vibrancy of another part of the city by building a mixture of stores, housing and restaurants directly across from Catholic University ...
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9/18/2009 9:43:00 AM
Crunch time for the $8000 1st-time Buyer Credit: Can you get it done?
Unless Congress extends it, the $8000 1st-time Home Buyer credit is set to expire on Nov. 30th. This means you must close - not just be under contract- on your new home by this date. Here are some suggested benchmarks to ensure that your deal closes in time ...
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9/11/2009 2:28:00 PM
D.C. Ranked #4 for Cities with the Best Higher Education
We may not be ranted as high as Boston, San Francisco or New York, but higher than any other U.S. city. The D.C. Metro area was recently ranked the fourth-best in the country for higher education. Also noted was that the D.C. area is home to over 140,000 college ...
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8/21/2009 8:46:00 AM
NAR Reports 2nd Quarter Sales of Existing Homes*
The National Association of Realtors' (NAR) reported sales of existing homes as of the end of July: District of Columbia +18.8% from last Quarter + 5.6% compared to last year Maryland +15.2% from last Quarter + 4.4% compared to last year Virginia - .7% ...
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8/20/2009 11:10:00 AM
Metrorail Stations to get Cell Service
Metrorail will launch wireless service for Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, AT&T and T-Mobile customers on October 16th at 20 of its busiest underground stations. Here they are (alphabetical order): Ballston-MU Bethesda Columbia Hts. Crystal City Dupont Circle ...
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8/6/2009 11:31:00 AM
Buyers, Sellers Rank Real Estate Companies
Coldwell Banker scored highest on the
customer-service rankings among home sellers, and Keller Williams
ranked first among home buyers in the annual J.D Power and Associates 2009 Home Buyer/Seller study . The study measures customer satisfaction
with the largest ...
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6/26/2009 11:33:00 AM
Best Cities for Finding Opportunity
Where are the best cities to live in the United States if you want to work hard and get ahead? Forbes magazine examined the nation’s 40
largest metropolitan statistical areas and based on the number of
Forbes' 400 best big companies and 200 best ...
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6/26/2009 11:28:00 AM
Top Rising, Falling Housing Markets
When the recovery in housing finally comes,
some housing markets will rebound sooner than others. Real estate
forecasting service Local Market Monitor, which covers the nation’s 300
largest markets, has identified 13 markets where it predicts home
prices ...
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6/22/2009 1:50:00 PM
For Rent: the stuff that we rarely use
A number of Web sites have spring up encouraging people to look
around their homes for things they can do away with temporarily - for a
fee. Conversely, people can rent items they only need once or
twice. Here are some of the peer-to-peer renting sites: Zilok.com ...
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