The week started out with "National Open House Weekend", the first ever initiated by the National Association of REALTORS. High actively levels were reported by every agent I talked to! I held one listing open on Saturday and one on Sunday, and am pleased to tell you that as a direct result of the Open House Activities, I am currently negotiating a contract on one of the listings!
The week was somewhat slow as news bites go... or maybe I was just distracted... too busy doing work, not enough time to talk or read about it.... But there were a few headlines I saw that I wanted to share:
Mortgage Deduction Appreciation Day: April 15th, otherwise known as tax day, is known in the Real Estate World as
Mortgage Deduction Appreciation Day. Along those lines, here's a story from the National Association of REALTORS about the threat of changing laws regarding that deduction: http://www.realtor.org/government_affairs/mortgage_interest_deduction/
Mortgage Deduction Appreciation Day. Along those lines, here's a story from the National Association of REALTORS about the threat of changing laws regarding that deduction: http://www.realtor.org/government_affairs/mortgage_interest_deduction/
Thanks to all who took action to ensure Congress renewed the Flood Insurance program! Can you imagine having a home in a flood plain and suddenly being unable to obtain insurance? Read the story Here: http://www.realtoractioncenter.com/
A friend of mine is doing a blog series on "Living Small" which is the newest architectural trend... (although is examples are of the extreme). It's fun and quirky... check out his latest post: http://livingsmallus.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-tiny-houses-taliesin-shelters.html
That's just about it.... Below you can find a link to Open Houses in Loudoun. Check them out!
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Don't for get - to lock in your option to claim the first time home buyer tax credit, you must be under contract by 4/30... and buyers, if you're currently looking and losing in negotiations, consider being a "back up". Later, you might be glad you did.
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