Thanks to Lisa Burrow from Virginia Beach for forwarding me this article: Good Morning America cited data from Zillow this morning which heralded Virginia Beach as the number one place, and Richmond as the number seven place, to buy a home right now. When buying a home, according to Zillow, buyers should “look for communities [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Two Virginia Cities Make Top 10 List of Places to Buy
Posted in Selling Info, Real Estate News, tagged RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX, Zillow, Top 10 Places to Buy, Zillow Top 10 Places to Buy, varbuzz.com on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Notable Quotable: Renata Snapko
Posted in Notable Quotable, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Winners, tagged RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Renata Snapko on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Renata Snapko, Associate in our Arlington office, who was quoted in The Washington Post this past Saturday. The article discussed the tough choices sellers make in this market, with some pulling their properties off the market or waiting to sell altogether. Here’s where the article picks up: Renata Snapko, an agent with RE/MAX [...]
Home Sales Jump in Metro DC
Posted in Market Stats, Listing Info, Selling Info, Positive Economic News, Real Estate News, tagged RE/MAX Allegiance, DC Real Estate, RE/MAX, Northern Virginia Real Estate, DC Housing Market, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX, Northern Virginia Real Estate Stats, MRIS, Montgomery County Real Estate, Montgomery County Real Estate Stats, Prince George's County Real Estate, Prince George's County Real Estate Stats, DC Real Estate Stats on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the Washington Business Journal: The number of homes sold in Northern Virginia was up 10.55 percent in July over the same month last year, with units spending less time on the market. A total of 2,053 homes worth $946.04 million were sold in Northern Virginia, according to Rockville-based market research firm Metropolitan Regional Information [...]
Be Happy You Work Where You Do
Posted in Real Estate News, tagged Cities with Most Underwater Mortgages, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been away at the Inman Conference this week. In my absence I thought you’d be interested in a short list of U.S. Cities With the Most Underwater Mortgages. The list was compiled by Zillow and CNBC reported on the top fifteen, all of which were in California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida. Here are the [...]
We’re Rich…
Posted in Market Stats, tagged Millionaire Households, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Well some of our neighbors are. CNBC ranked the states with the most millionaires (compared to all households in the state). All three of our jurisdictions appeared on the list of the top fifteen. The study defines millionaire households as those with $1 million or more in investable or liquid assets (excluding sponsored retirement plans [...]
Realtor Magazine Top 100 Comparison
Posted in Listing Info, Market Stats, RE/MAX Allegiance News, Selling Info, tagged 2008 Realtor Magazine Top 100, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Long and Foster, NRT, Prudential Carruthers, RE MAX, RE MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, RE/MAX Allegiance, Realtor Magazine 100, Realtor Magazine Top 100, Rose and Womble, William E Wood on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a deeper look into the Realtor Magazine Top 100 Companies list. Let’s compare traditional companies that made both lists. Let’s first check out Average Transaction Sides per Salesperson for companies in our markets: Prudential Carruthers: 4 NRT, LLC (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage): 5 Long & Foster: 5 Rose & Womble: 7 List Average: [...]
Skin in the Game
Posted in RE/MAX Allegiance News, Guest Blogger, tagged RE/MAX Allegiance, RE/MAX, JW Grodt, RE MAX Allegiance, RE MAX on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a guest Blogger today. JW Grodt is the Branch President and Managing Broker of the 100 Associates in the Burke and Fairfax offices. I have often wondered why RE/MAX Associates always out produce other agents. You see it again and again in stats, regardless of where you find them. I came up with [...]
