The following was recently posed on VAR’s blog. My response follows. What are your thoughts? Jovan Hackley writes: What do YOU know? No, really, tell me. Comment and let me know what 5 things YOU would tell prospective buyers and sellers about today’s real estate market. I can tell you what the research says, but [...]
Archive for January, 2009
FACTS: What would you tell buyers and sellers about today’s market?
Posted in Listing Info, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged Housing Market, Housing Market Facts, Jovan Hackley, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Real Estate Market, VAR Buzz on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
RE/MAX Allegiance Burke Office Number One in Fairfax County!
Posted in Listing Info, RE/MAX Stats, Selling Info, Winners, tagged JW Grodt, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX Burke, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX Burke, REMAX Alleigance on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to JW Grodt and the Associates of the Burke office, which had more sales in Fairfax County in 2008 than ANY other real estate office!
Hitwise US – Top 10 Industry Search Terms – December, 2008
Posted in RE/MAX Stats, Real Estate News, tagged Hitwise Real Estate, Hitwise Real Estate Search Terms, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The terms listed below are ranked by volume of searches that successfully drove traffic to websites in the Hitwise Business and Finance – Real Estate category for the 4 weeks ending December 27, 2008, based on US Internet usage. Rank Search Term Volume 1. realtor.com 1.98% 2. remax 0.61% 3. zillow 0.58% 4. real estate [...]
Northern Virginia: December Report
Posted in Market Stats, tagged Greater Northern Virginia Real Estate Stats, Loudoun Real Estate Stats, NVAR Stats, Prince William Real Estate Stats, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sales activity in Greater Northern Virginia (NVAR jurisdictions plus Prince William, Loudoun and the Greater Piedmont counties) for December 2008 continues to show an increase from 2007. The number of Greater Northern Virginia region homes sold in December was 3,032, a 48.63 percent increase from December 2007′s total of 2,040 sales. This marks the ninth [...]
Washington Area Home Prices Stronger Than National Average
Posted in Market Stats, Real Estate News, tagged DC Housing Market, DC Housing Prices, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, REMAX Alleigance on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Existing homes in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. are holding their value better when sold than houses nationwide. Sales are also ahead of the national pace. Total sales in the U.S. advanced 6.5 percent in December from November, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing home sales in the South, a region that includes the [...]
Washington, D.C. Tops List for Real Estate Buys
Posted in Market Stats, Real Estate News, Selling Info, tagged DC Real Estate, Housing Market, Positive Economic News, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Washington DC Real Estate on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The nation’s capital leapfrogged London this year as the world’s best city for real estate investment. With the federal government on a path to grow bigger and increase spending, the new programs will need offices and its employees will need homes. Forbes magazine turned to the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate for the [...]
Tax Credit Repayment Likely to be Eliminated
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged $7500 home buyer tax credit, home buyer tax credit, Housing Market, Housing Tax Credit, RE MAX, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The House Ways and Means Chairman has voted out the tax portion of the economic stimulus on a party-line vote, 24 – 13. It contains a provision that would eliminate the repayment feature of the $7500 first-time homebuyer tax credit for purchases between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009. An amendment that would have [...]
Hampton Roads: December 2008 Report
Posted in Market Stats, tagged Housing Market, Housing Market Stats, Housing Stats, Housng Sales, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Virginia Real Estate on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
REIN’s December 2008 is too big to post in the blog, so click here for the info.
Existing Home Sales Posts Surprise 6.5% Gain
Posted in Market Stats, Positive Economic News, tagged Housing Market, Housing Market Stats, Housing Stats, Lawrence Yun, NAR, National Association of REALTORS, Positive Economic News, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Existing-home sales rose unexpectedly while inventory declined, led by a surge of sales in the West, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – jumped 6.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 4.74 million units in December from a downwardly revised pace of 4.45 [...]
