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2012
Here in the close-in Northern Virginia market, (which is composed of Fairfax & Arlington Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax & Falls Church Cities), the lack of quality inventory is THE story now. This is particularly true in the $500K-$300K and <$300K price ranges, where available inventory is d...
02/23/2012
~ January 2012 ~ The Shirlington real estate may have limped in with just 9 condos going to settlement in January, which was below the 13 units that sold in January 2011, though it is historically a slow month following the holidays. What does stand out is the number of units with ratified off...
02/17/2012
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I had previously written about an EMT of the Alexandria Fire Department that died last week in the line of duty, Tribute to Fallen EMT at Fire Station 206 in Alexandria. His memorial service starts in about 15 minutes and a huge turnout is expected. We live just around from Station 206 where J...
02/16/2012
Tomorrow the City of Alexandria and family, as well as firefighters from around the country, will says good bye to Joshua Weissman. Joshua is the EMT that perished in the line of duty last week Tribute to Fallen EMT at Fire Station 206 in Alexandria while responding to an emergency call on I-395...
02/15/2012
This is the scene at Fire Station 206 at the intersection of Seminary Road & N Pickett St in the City of Alexandria, which is located just around the corner from our home. The ambulance draped in black, along with flowers and a photo are all in tribute to Paramedic Joshua Weissman...
02/10/2012
This is almost certainly an issue with user error, rather than something systemic, but why does my formatting not show up in my blog post? I was working on a post Thanks for Holding that Open House on Super Bowl Sunday ~ They Are Effective!which I created in Word and then copied over into WYSIWYG...
02/07/2012
There have been quite a few posts in the couple of weeks regarding the efficacy of doing an open house, if you do one at all, that really brought a lot of comments. I'll get to that later, but most of all I want to say THANK YOU to the several agents in the Alexandria & Arlington real estate mark...
02/07/2012
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We have closed the books on the sales for 2011 in the Palazzo at Park Center with 18 units reaching settlement. These units were spread among three of the four available layouts in the building, with just the larget unit, the Verona not being sold. The type sales within the community was very ...
02/07/2012
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January came in like a Lion! Let’s just hope that the Spring market for the Shirlington real estate market doesn’t go out like a lamb. For the month of January, 6 units went under contract in The Arlington, leaving just 2 properties fully available for sale. Of those two available properties,...
02/06/2012
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