Mary De Luca's (marymadog) Blog

Condominium is a type of ownership while a townhouse is a type of architecture.All around Arlington & Alexandria many of the townhouses are condo ownership. Park Fairfax, Fairlington, Windgate & Arlington Village are good examples of townhouse communities that are also condos.Condo OwnershipCondo...

I had a closing today with two clients I’ve been working with for a few years planning their first home buying experience after they got out of law school. They were lucky enough to find a listing that offered a free 1/4 point buy down on their loan for the first year. As we sat in closing today ...

In 1986 the Arlington County Board created a plan to revive life into the once grand “Main Street” — Columbia Pike in South Arlington. We have seen the plan, the revised plan and the updated plan. Until last year when we actually started to see some action. The first project on the Pike is now be...

As we rush around anxious to serve out clients, we forget to take care of ourselves.  The sad story on the news last night here in the Washington DC area was a man shot in his home in Bowie, Maryland. As the story developed, it is revealed that the man was not the owner of the home, but instead a...

We were notified this week that our local MLS- MRIS has increased its fines to agents who manipulate the Days-on-Market (DOM) count by re-listing or recycling "old" listings. Personally I think it's a good thing because when you try to follow the rules, someone else is out there finding a why aro...

A recent post by Lauren Warden of Albuquerque, NM asked "How Good is Your Website?" got me thinking. How well do you use your website? And I don't mean just adding content. Information rich websites are definitely the way to go- but do you use the other features of your website? With the help of ...

What good is a cyber café when you can't connect to their network? I have connected networks in all shapes and sizes all over the world- but this new little cyber café near my house is giving me a headache. It's the forth time I've come here and I can't connect to it. I've called it all sorts of ...