Virginia Real Estate Listings and Information for 2012

One of the steps to a success home buying experience is getting a mortgage pre-approval from a mortgage company.

The Earl of Real Estate Team is making this process easier by integrating the online Mortgage Application from Joe Lucas of McLean Mortgage into our site.

Doing so will allow home shoppers with a true online one-stop-shop. They will be able to view homes and condos for sale and apply for a mortgage, all on the same site.

The secure application form and information is routed directly to McLean Mortgage and respects the applicants privacy and safeguards their information.

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The Northern Virginia area is a unique real estate environment. National, County-wide and local news sources are slow and do not accurately represent what is happening in Northern Virginia or the individual areas and cities. Our Northern Virginia Statistics and Market Insider information is updated every few days – to keep you up to date. Our statistics are free and easy, so you can be “in the know” with absolutely no risk.

Click on an individual area or city to view the Market Condtions Report and become a Market Insider:

Alexandria, Arlington, Annandale, Ashburn, Burke, Centreville, Chantilly, Fairfax, Falls Church, Great Falls, Herndon, Leesburg, McLean, Oakton, Reston, Springfield, Sterling, Vienna

The reports include:

• Price Trends
• Market Inventory
• Days on Market Trends
• Crime Risk Reports
• Education Levels
• School Reports
• Insider Tips

Here are the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year Northern Virginia Residential Real Estate Tax Rates
(all rates are per $100 of assessed value)

Counties:
Fairfax County $1.070

Arlington County $0.958

Loudoun County $1.285

Cities:
City of Alexandria $0.998

City of Fairfax $0.965

City of Falls Church $1.270

Towns:
Town of Clifton $1.070

Town of Herndon $1.335

Town of Vienna $1.3121

When you look at a listing for a home or condo for sale in Northern Virginia on our site, you will see that we have calculated the annual tax amount for you.

Just ask the founder and former chief operating officer of ForSalebyOwner.com, a website for owner that think that they want to sell a home on their own. The term for this in the real estate industry is to For Sale by Owner or FSBO. I guess he forgot to read the new pricing guide on the site called - Get the Price Right. He spent six months trying to sell his condominium himself, using online listings, open houses and classified ads, before turning over the listing of the 2,000-square-foot condo to a Full Time Real Estate Agent / Brokerage. The FSBO guru had the property priced to LOW. A common mistake that we see when owners are trying to sell a home on their own. The agent priced the property correctly, properly marketed the property, attracted multiple offers and negotiated an offer. It ended up closing for $150,000 more than the FSBO Owner had it originally priced for. Most owners are worried about having to pay for the commission and end up netting less in the long run by trying to do it yourself. Generally, a listed property by a full time professional agent will sell faster and for more money. That has been our track record over the past 10+ years. See Article in WSJ