Woodbridge Virginia Real Estate News: November 2009

Woodbridge Real Estate News About A Unique New Carpool Concept

You Can Commute To Work Fast And Easy From Woodbridge When You Use HOV Carpool Lanes On I-95

Homes In Woodbridge Virginia Give You Easy Access To Pentagon, Crystal City, Downtown DC Via HOV

HOV Open To Vehicles Carrying 3+ People: Busses, Carpools, Vanpools, Slugs, Plus Motorcycles

 

Here is the latest concept in carpooling.

 

Bring your own SCUBA gear.

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You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

Real Estate News Woodbridge VA   The BEST Website You Can Search For Homes For Sale

Woodbridge Home Buyers Like You Can Get Easy Access To All Homes For Sale On Beta MLS Database

Traditional Real Estate Salespersons Have Blocked Consumer Access To MLS By Controling Realtor Board

Young Computer Savvy Agents Convince Old Fogies To Allow Consumers Access To MLS Beta Website

Countless agent websites promise you, "Full access to MLS" but cannot deliver on their promise.

Consumers ASSUME Realtor.com has ALL homes listed for sale.  WRONG!! 

Realtor.com is advertising-based.

Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) has refused to allow full consumer access to our MLS.

Why?

Here comes the truthful answer that shall likely dump lots of hate-mail in my email inbox from traditional, old school real estate sales people...

Traditional old-timers who have time to serve as officers of NVAR typically don't like computers, the internet, fax machines... they FEAR empowering YOU, the consumer with full access to MLS.

The old-timers don't "get it".

When I say old-timers, I mean folks whose definition of high-tech real estate tools are typewriters, carbon papaer, snail mail, and one-page contracts.

Their knee-jerk reaction to new ideas is "No!!". 

They suffer from FUD...
Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt

Especially when tons of positive data from cities across the fruited plains that have given full consumer access to MLS proves that Realtors and consumers both benefit when all have full access.

(Okay Erick, get to the point!)

Our dear colleague, Frank Llosa (Handsome guy in photo below), convinced the old-timers to test the concept of full consumer access to MLS with the The First Wiki MLS beta called FranklyMLS. 

FranklyMLS gives you more than just homes for sale.

FranklyMLS tells you which listings are short-sales, foreclosures, bank sales, and normal sales.

FranklyMLS also shows you listings of homes that recently SOLD so you can see the list price, plus the actual SOLD price.

Go to FranklyMLS RIGHT HOW and find out how easy your home search can be.

Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders.

 

Real Estate News About Newly Built Brand New Homes In Time For Christmas

FREE List Of Homes Around Woodbridge Virginia That Are New Homes Where You Can Enjoy The Holidays

Erick Blackwelder & Company Finding New Homes For You In Woodbridge

   

You can enjoy Christmas in your brand new home in Woodbridge.  (Yes, I said "Christmas".  I am not politically correct wimp.)

Just CLICK the link below for your FREE list of brand new homes, and vacant remodeled homes with granite counters, stainless steel appliances, lots of windows, sexy master bath, garages, trees, on quiet streets.

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Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders. 

 

Home Buyer Tax Credit At A Glance For Woodbridge First Time Buyers And Tax Credit For Move-Up Buyers

Found A Web Page About Tax Credits That Gives You A Better Overview Of The Topics Than Could I

One Mouse CLICK Gives You The 411 About Tax Credits For Home Buyers In Woodbridge Virginia

 

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Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dre

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

am home hits the market.

 

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders. 

 

Woodbridge Virginia Foreclosures Purchase Process Video Shows Exactly How It Works

Video Shows You What Agents And Consumers Must Do To Make An Offer On A Foreclosure in Woodbridge

Funny, Funny Three (3) Minute Video Takes You Behind The Scenes To See How Foreclosure Offers Work

Foreclosures attract multiple bids from folks who believe deep in their heart that ALL foreclosures are a "Good Deal".

The video features Joe Citizen posing questions he would be asking his Buyer Agent.

Next, the "Foreclosure Specialist" listing agent is giving answers that are, on the one hand exagerations of real world answers, that are based in fact on truth.

 

Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

 

Equal Housing Opportunity

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders. 

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Real Estate News You Can Use In Woodbridge Virginia

"Charlie" Asks About The Dreaded Black Mold In A Woodbridge Home For Sale

Banks Will Not Give You A Home Loan To Buy A Home With Active Black Mold Infestation

Owner Must Decontaminate Mold-Infected Homes Or Else Buyers Cannot Get The Money To Buy It

Charlie Wants To Buy A Woodbridge Home That Has Black Mold

Seller Has Arranged Black Mold Remediation Next Week By EPA Approved Environmental Contractor

Charlie Asked Me How He Can Protect Himself From Mold Returning To The House After He Owns It

Hey, you visitors to my blog who check back here often to see Mr Erick's updates, have you noticed that Mr Erick can give long, long, long answers to simple questions?

Look, I'm from Texas.  We Texans tend to talk very slowly, and we tend to talk on, and on, and on...

 

 

Charlie,
Black mold mitigation companies follow three steps when a house has black mold that must go.

1. Find out where water is entering the space, then plug/patch/divert/cap the source. Black mold thrives in cool, dark places where lots of water raises the humidity. Typically a buried basement.

2. Demolish and scrap-out any studs, drywall, and insulation that is infected with mold. Some houses just need the carpet ripped out of a rec room, and a circular saw for cutting away the bottom 3' of drywall; I am helping a couple buy a home that has mold on the drywall from floor to ceiling, so ALL of the carpet, studs, drywall, insulation will be removed.

3. Spray a series of EPA-mandated chemicals on any remaining mold on concrete walls and floors, to kill it, then rinse the mold and spores away and remove the liquid that flushed away the mold from the house. The infected areas are now sanitized. A final coat of chemicals that create a hostile environment for mold is sprayed to prevent future mold growth.

All three steps above are the most effective way to stop the water source, remove infected finish material, then kill the mold on the foundation, slab, and joists.

Your long-term insurance against future mold infection in that space will be Step 1. Do whatever it takes to stop water from entering that space.

 

My parent's 43 year-old house in Mt Vernon got black mold in the basement last year. Mid-Atlantic inspected the space. The problem they found was the foundation's interior perimeter of old clay pipes buried in a bed of gravel under the concrete slab does what all of that old clay pipe does over 40+ years... it softens and it collapsed.

For folks who have a 40+ year-old house with a sump pump in a sump crock buried into the soil under the basement concrete slab, the perimeter of clay pipe in gravel that runs in a loop around the foundation footers beneath the slab is there to collect water that collects beneath the slab, channels the water to the sump crock, where the pump flushes the water up to a pipe that dumps the water out into your yard.

Builders switched from clay pipe to black plastic corrugated pipe that has 4-6 holes 1/2 inch diameter holes to collect water that weeps under the slab, divert it to the sump crock to be pumped up and out int the yard. That black plastic lasts forever, maintenance-free, until the end of time.

Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

 

Equal Housing Opportunity

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders. 

Real Estate News For Woodbridge VA, Congress Extends $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit And Adds New $6,500 Tax Credit For Move-Up Homebuyers

Legislation Gives A Homebuyer Tax Credit Up To $6,500 To Move-Up Homebuyers In Time For Christmas

First Time Homebuyer $8,000 Tax Credit Extended To April 30,2010

Homebuyer Credits For Military Deployed Outside US Now Through April 2010 Qualify To Get Tax Credits Through April 2011

Move-up homebuyers around the Woodbridge area got an early Christmas present from Congress today in the form of a $6,500 tax credit that was added to the extension of the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit, through April, 2010.

The House action follows the Senate's approval on Wednesday and we anticipate President Obama will sign the bill in very short order.

The bill extends the current $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit (which was due to expire at the end of November) through April, 2010. 

But wait... the story gets better.

Move-up buyers will, for the first time, also get a move-up homebuyer tax credit up to $6,500.

Congress added a tax credit for move-up buyers, up to $6,500 for qualified buyers.

Move-up buyers were given a homebuyer tax credit under the previous bill.

The new tax credit of up to $6,500 for qualified move up buyers, and the $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers also come with higher borrower income limits, so more homebuyers will qualify to participate.

The bill increases the borrower income limits for both credits up to $125,000 for individuals, and $225,000 for couples.  

Homebuyers will qualify for the full credit as long as they have entered a binding contract by April 30, 2010 and, they close the transaction by June 30, 2009. 

The tax credit is limited to homes with a purchase price of $800,000 and below.  The bill also includes anti-fraud language that gives the IRS the authority to do greater oversight during the processing of the return.

Members of our military and uniformed services, who are out of the country for at least 90 days between now and April 2010 won't be left out in the cold.

Folks in the military who are deployed outside the country past the April 30 sunset date will qualify to use the tax credit upon their return, through April 30, 2011.

Did this post tickle your curiosity?  CLICK HERE to send your question.  Answers shall be sent by email ONLY, unless you specifically ask for phone call.

You can get computerized, automatic, customized FREE ALERTS by email when new listings of homes that fit your wish-list are posted on the Realtor's MLS.  You'll find out about the newest listings before most Realtors know about them.

That way you'll know when your dream home hits the market.

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Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.

 

      

Equal Housing Opportunity

President Lyndon Johnson lead a vigorous campaign through the halls of Congress that lead to Fair Housing legislation.  The Republican Party members in Congress backed Fair Housing, while most of the congressional Democrat Party members opposed Fair Housing.  Johnson, a Democrat, worked the phones day and night, calling congressional Democrats, calling in favors that persuaded enough Democrats to cross party lines and vote for Fair Housing, and against their party leaders. 

Real Estate News You Can Use In Woodbridge Virginia To Sell Or Buy A Home

Selling Or Buying A Home Can Be A Time That Tests Your Will To Move On And Never Quit

Right Now, Your Realtors Are Working Harder Than Ever With Lousy Results

Think About It... If You Bid On A Home, Along With 15 Other Bidders, One Family Gets The House

You Trudge On To "The Next One" Because Uncle Same Will Give You $8 Grand Cash When You Get A House, And Prices Are Still 30%-40% Below 2005 Top-Dollar Prices.

You stay in the game because for a limited time, houses are having a 40% off sale like at Macy's, and you get FREE money from Uncle Sam to buy now.

So here's a little food for thought from Mr Erick's 20+ years, helping over 2,000 families sell and buy homes.

Go for the gusto!

When you bid on a house you like, give it your all and hold nothing back.

Now is not the time to be Monty Hall playing "Let's Make A Deal", hedging your bets, holding back, or keep an ace in the hole.

It's all or nothing.  So now is the time to go for it so you can enjoy Christmas and New Year's in your new house, opening gifts under the tree, next to the warm fireplace.

Stop being sissies!

Opportunities Are Everywhere...We Can Help You Find Your Dream Home.

 

 

 

 

 

Erick Blackwelder or Peggy James of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty, Woodbridge VA. Realtors®, call 703-590-2252  list your property for sale or to  purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Cannon Bluff, Meadowbrook Woods, Blooms Crossing, Manassas Park, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Ridge, Brittany,  Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Nokesville, or anywhere in Prince William County.