Gary Lange's (glange96) Blog

As promised, here are the remaning list of questions to ask at a new construction site.  Hope these questions help you!   13. Will we be able to see the site plan prior to the start of the home? How deep is the rear yard and what is the minimum distance between homes? 14. What other communities h...

We have builders constantly asking us to come to our meetings so they can let our agents know what they have in their inventory, projects coming up and incentives offered.  Most of them bring breakfast and a few bring door prizes.  They really know how to win the agents over.  Free food and prize...

April continued to be a solid month for Northern Virginia real estate. Closed sales were up 15.56% year over year and 16.45% month over month. Average sales price was up 5.21% while inventory and days on market continue to decline 21.75% and 14.75% respectively. Check out the latest market absorp...

It was a lovely spring morning in our nation’s Capitol.  The weather was perfect and the backdrop at the base of the Washington Monument couldn’t have been any better.  We’ve been promoting the Realtor® Rally for some time now and I wasn’t sure what to expect.  How many people did they expect?  W...

I was speaking with one of my new agents the other day about the best way to set up her website.  I’ve asked agents in the past why they have a website and most of them say to appease sellers and to try to get leads.  I usually follow that up with “well, are you getting any leads?” and usually th...

CBRB DC Metro CE Classes through 6/9/12 Continuing Education Schedule Complete list of all future CE classes Week of 5/13-5/19 Class Date Time Location Instructor DC CE MD CE VA CE VA PL Cost ABC's of Home Warranty May 14 11:00-1:00 Georgetown Tony Kinch 2.0E 2.0E 2.0E 2.0E $24.00 Register ABC's ...

You know this business is so interesting. In any given office you have agents that have the same opportunities with training, tools and systems but have such drastic differences in the level of business they do. One agent may consistently be a top producing agent while another struggles to get an...

I was talking to our in-house loan officer the other day about condo purchases. The market has been hot for all types of properties, but I did want to make sure we were on top of things especially when it came to helping someone purchase a condo. He gave me some guidelines I thought I'd share as ...

As the temperature rises, so does the real estate market. For the first time in a very long time, positive headlines dominate real estate news sites. Those of us at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are excited for our clients and customers who are making their home buying and selling goals a...