A new FSBO services page has been added to JustNewListings.com.  There are many shortcomings for owners going the route of for sale by owner.  If their goal is to retain some control and save some money, a more effective path is a discounted listing.

Here are the advantages of discounted Virginia and DC real estate listings versus for sale by owner:

MLS--home is listed for buyers to find when they search for phrases such as "northern virginia mls", "annandale virginia real estate", "clarendon condos", etc.

Selling agents with buyers are not afraid to bring by their clients to discounted listings when another realtor is on the other end so long as they are being offered their commission

Expertise--objective advice on how to price the…

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Click here to read original version: 1800 Wilson Condo Bomb Hits Arlington VA Real Estate

After reading the article feel free to view the current active listings in our area for these "hot searches"--and you'll find the other articles in the overpriced category to be much more humorous and biting so check out the menu bar to the left to access those other posts on overpriced listings:

Clarendon Condos 2BR $400,000-650,000

Orange Line Condos 1BR $250,000-480,000

 

A bomb of sorts just hit the orange line  Arlington VA condo market.  It's called 1800 WILSON condominium.  Many owners just lost $25,000+ instantly....The good news it's somewhat temporary and only affects knowledgeable buyers so that leaves a  LOT of buyers left for you to sell your…

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What is the best way to sell an Arlington VA condo?  Should one hire a "high powered" listing agent you see in the paper to get the job done for 6%?  I think not....






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For Arlington VA real estate 2006 was a year when buyers and sellers did not get along.  Hence there were 12% fewer transactions in 2006 versus 2005 for Arlington County real estate.  Of course with prices so high fewer transactions was probably to be expected.  Average list price was 3% higher in 2006 as well, however the median sales price was down 3%. That's a sign something the buyers and sellers were having "issues". 

Average List Price Tumbles for Real Estate in Arlington & Clarendon

What is interesting to note that by January 2007 versus January 2006, the average list price tumbled 13% from $615,771 down to $533,556.  Of course the reason that the median sales price was down only 3% is that the stats had yet to reflect the true (lower ) value… Read Full Post

How to Sell an Arlington VA Condo:

So what's the best way to sell a condo in Arlington Virginia real estate?  I think it's pretty simple to figure out.  Pretend you're going to buy a condo in Arlington VA.  Then make sure your condo is found when using the methods for searching for a home employed by buyers in the 21st century.

Don't get stuck on the idea of photos of your home in the newspaper that make you feel so special, "Look, mom, that's my home in the Arlington Sun Gazette!  Aren't you proud of me, dad?  I'm important now everybody...." 

So who is looking in the Sun Gazette (insert your local community newspaper) to do their home searches?  Probably not the buyers.  But I'm sure other sellers are there looking at their pretty homes.  And… Read Full Post

This townhouse in the urban village of Clarendon is located in the sought after Courthouse Hill townhouse community.  These stately townhouses were built in 1996 a few blocks from the metro.  For out of towners "the metro" is what we call our subway system.  Any home on the orange line corridor carries inherent value when it is a walk to the metro home for sale.  As far as Arlington Virginia real estate is concerned, the Clarendon, Ballston and Rosslyn corridor offer most of the nightlife, restaurants & office buildings in the city. 

 

Clarendon Real Estate in Arlington Virginia by Courthouse

 

    

Rarely avail end unit on the interior with tons of light & bay windows.  Very quiet yet so close to the nightlife, retail & metro.  2 pkg spaces…

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[for the latest version of this article click here: Latest Overpriced Condos in Clarendon, Ballston, Courthouse and Rosslyn -- Part V]

 And here is the Ultimate Guide for Buying a Condo in Arlington in the Clarendon & Ballston area real estate corridor.

After reading the article feel free to view the current active listings in our area for these "hot searches"--and you'll find the other articles in the overpriced category to be much more humorous and biting so check out the menu bar to the left to access those other posts on overpriced listings:

 

Clarendon Condos 2BR $400,000-650,000

Orange Line Condos 1BR $250,000-480,000

 

 

 

It's time for a whole new round of overpriced Arlington Virginia Condos in Clarendon & Ballston.  Orange liners…

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The Right Way to Sell Northern Virginia Real Estate in DC Area

Sellers Stop!!! 

Sellers, the world has changed.  Why are you paying extra to sell your
Northern Virginia real estate using yesterday's methods which are actually more expensive?!?!   The answer is probably that you haven't been researching this intensely as you are too busy.  You do have a life, right?  And I'm sanguine that the "high powered" listing agents whose ads you see all over the place in your Arlington Sun Gazette (insert your own local newspaper) are not telling you how real estate has changed....  In fact they probably don't even know themselves.   And if they did it might make them cry:

Yet they continue to talk you into using themselves to sell their homes for 6%… Read Full Post