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Distressed Properties Statistics Update

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Jul 27th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

For the time being, the numbers regarding distressed properties have changed significantly over the last several months.  Not long ago, when I would perform a search of potential homes for a buyer, I would find easily over half of the listings were a distressed property of some sort.  Not so today. Fredericksburg Real Estate Region […]



Real Estate Sales Transaction Report – July 20, 2010

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Jul 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

This report encompasses the last seven days real estate sales in Fredericksburg City, and the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George and Caroline.  Spotsylvania Homes Sold:  15 Minimum Sales Price: $114,900 Maximum Sales Price: $477,000 Average Sales Price: $233,947 Average List Price: $247,907 Average Days on Market: 61 Stafford Homes Sold:  22 Minimum Sales Price: $40,000 Maximum […]



Successful Short Sale Case Study # 2

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • May 25th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

The owner of this home contacted us several months before we actually listed the home for sale.  During our initial conversations, we explained the options available to the homeowner to avoid foreclosure.  We also explained the dangers of working with investors who had contacted him in an effort to purchase his home and “do a […]



Short Sales

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • May 21st, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

We have developed a name for ourselves as short sale experts within the Fredericksburg real estate market, and have recently developed the Fredericksburg Stop Foreclosure Institute.  As a result our team fields a lot of inquiries about short sales and options to those facing foreclosure.  Answers to many of these questions can be found on […]



Fredericksburg Stop Foreclosure Institute is Live

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • May 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

Our website is now live at the Fredericksburg Stop Foreclosure Institute.  If you need answers or information regarding your options when facing foreclosure, help with a Loan Modification, or answers to questions about short sales, then visit the site today.  Help is only a phone call or an email away, and our services are free […]



First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

The tax credit has officially been extended for buyers who are in a purchase agreement prior to May 1, 2010 and close prior July 1, 2010.  For full details as to how it applies to buyers here in the Fredericksburg real estate market, click the following link to see a flyer regarding the details of the extended […]



HAP Checks are in the Mail

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

After months of waiting, some home owners are now receiving the benefits from the HAP program which was signed into law February 2, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These checks would have been mailed out sooner, but the tax requirement (discussed in previous HAP blogs) delayed the process as officials […]



Country decorating and functional tips – Nancy’s Country Tidbits

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

Over the last two weeks I have had the special privilege of spending a lot of time with my wife’s cousins Jimmy and Nancy.  They came to visit us from further down south in the Peach State, and helped us work on our new home. 
Nancy has an exceptional eye for detail and a fantastic knack […]



Proposed Bill to Help Homeowners Moves Forward

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Sep 28th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

The Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) is somewhat old news in regard to this new proposed bill.  This new bill being proposed within the House Ways and Means Committee would be an extension to the HAP program for service members and some federal workers, and could have an impact on those people in the Fredericksburg real […]



114 Oaklawn Rd in Stafford – PREFORECLOSURE

By From http://fredericksburgrealestateblog.com • Sep 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

Another short sale/preforclosure listing in the Fredericksburg real estate market offered by The Edmisten Team.