Real Estate News About Woodbridge Virginia and Surrounding Communities

Lovely Home, Quiet Street, Trees, Over 4,000 Finished Square Feet For Just $699,999

Manassas Home With Quick Access To Manassas Park VRE Station

A Huge Home For The Money 

This lovely home on Moore Drive has four bedrooms, four full baths, a huge kitchen, 2-story family room with soaring stone fireplace, private office, and a lot that has been professionally landscaped.  Absolute move-in condition.  I'll let the photos tell the story.

Professional landscaping leads you inside to an inviting 2-story foyer and front stairs to upper level.  By the way, the foyer chandalier
is supported by a mororized lift system that lets you lower to floor level for easy cleaning and light bulb replacement.

Soaring 2-story stone fireplace in family room flanked by windows will dazzle you.  Large dining room with custom moldings, and living
room across the foyer from the dining room.

Family room wet bar, plus a desk space in the kitchen for your convenience.  Look at the wide array of kitchen cabinets!

Large sink in master bath gives you two sinks.  Large soaker tub with views of trees.  Second bedroom and third bedroom share private bath.

Bedroom #2 and bedroom #3 share a "Buddy Bath" or what some folks call a "Jack and Jill" bath. These nice folks have two wonderful boy who share matching bedspreads, so the photos really are photos of two large bedrooms.

There is a wet bar between the kitchen and the family room, plus a kitchen desk nook.  Check out the wall of cabinets!

Breakfast room and kitchen with lots of cabinets.  Corner molding in dining room crown molding is a Mike Garcia custom feature. Large family
room with stone fireplace has plenty of room for bulky, comfy furniture.

Back stairs overlook the family room.  Home office is extra-large for bulky furniture, and stained french doors.

Spacious deck gives you room for a sitting area, plus a table with chairs for outdoor dining.  Screened gazebo with ceiling fan is a cool place to hang out in the summer.  Deck overlooks fish pond.  Moving to the lower level, we start with a home gym.

Large lower level rec room gives you plenty or room for a ping pong table, or pool table, plus a spacious seating area and two large storage rooms.  Charming shed is tucked in the woods for the lawn tractor that stays with the home.  Lush professional landscaping.

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Contact Peggy James or Erick Blackwelder  of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty,14029 Crossing Place,  Woodbridge VA. 22192. Realtors®, call 703-851-3085 (Peggy) or 703-590-2252 (Office) to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Gainesville area's

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Take a Sunday Drive Through Heron Bend Just South Of Manassas Virginia

You Get To Ride In Erick's Car To See The Lovely Neighborhood Of Heron Bend

Real Estate News About Homes Near Woodbridge And Manassas Virginia

You can take a Sunday drive through Heron Bend, just off the Prince William County Parkway, between Woodbridge and Manassas.

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Contact Peggy James or Erick Blackwelder  of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty,14029 Crossing Place,  Woodbridge VA. 22192. Realtors®, call 703-851-3085 (Peggy) or 703-590-2252 (Office) to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Gainesville area's

Equal Housing Opportunity  

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Take A Drive Through Sumptuous Hunters Ridge With Erick Blackwelder

Tour Hunters Ridge Streets And Homes Right Now On Your Computer

You Get A Front Passenger Seat View Of One Of Virginia's Premiere Neighborhoods

Hunters Ridge is a highly sought-after community, with lovely custom built homes, on lush homesites.  You can get a great value right now in Hunters Ridge; 3,000-6,000 square-foot homes are selling in the $525,000-$825,000 range.

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Contact Peggy James or Erick Blackwelder  of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty,14029 Crossing Place,  Woodbridge VA. 22192. Realtors®, call 703-851-3085 (Peggy) or 703-590-2252 (Office) to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Gainesville area's

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Woodbridge Real Estate In The Riverside Community Called Belmont Bay

Belmont Bay Offers You A Lovely Riverside Golf Course, A Marina For Your Boat

You Get Your Own Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Train Station In Belmont Bay

Come Take A Drive Through Belmont Bay With Erick And His Video Camera

Text my phone at 703-677-1120, or call my cell at the same number, or contact me now by email Click Here 

 

Contact Peggy James or Erick Blackwelder  of Erick and Company - Exit 1st Choice Realty,14029 Crossing Place,  Woodbridge VA. 22192. Realtors®, call 703-851-3085 (Peggy) or 703-590-2252 (Office) to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Lake Ridge, Westridge, Old Bridge Estates, River Falls, Middle County, Manassas, Montclair, Dumfries, Occoquan, Dale City, Gainesville area's

Equal Housing Opportunity  

Search Immediate Delivery Homes, Foreclosure Deals, Approved Short Sales, Vacant Homes, Just Listed Homes, Just Reduced Homes, New Homes even For Sale By Owner Homes listed on the MLS Begin Here

Exit Realty Internation Is An Active Participant In Habitat for Humanity

Erick Blackwelder Is An Active Participant In Habitat For Humanity

Exit 1st Choice Realty Woodbridge Will Help Blitz-Build An Entire One In A Day In Orlando Florida

Exit 1st Choice Realty Volunteers Will Help Build FOUR (4) Homes Each Day With Habitat Orlando

Exit 1st Choice Realty Volunteers Will Fly Down For Blitz-Builds Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 20, Apr 24

Have You Promised The Family A Trip To Disney World?

Plan Your Trip To The Land Of The Mouse Around One Of The Build Dates And Let The Family Participate

Your Family Will Have Fun, Build A Life-Long Memory, And Give A Deserving Family A Dream-Come-True

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.

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Prince William County Real Estate Real Estate Rapid Recovery Makes National News

Woodbridge And Prince William County Among Top Five Fastest Recovering Real Estate Markets

Woodbridge and Prince William Homes For Sale Turns Hot According To Associated Press

Pardon me while I jump on my pulpit and preach my usual sermon about the four (4) states that drag down national real estate reports.

• I learned a new term, new slang that has emerged to describe the four states that drastically skew national real estate statistics, causing the helmet-haired cable news reporters to say, "Real estate is in a freefall".
  
    
  "The Sand States": Nevada, Arizona, California, and Florida... they got either deserts or beaches full of sand.  Get it??

Take the Sand States out of the mix, and you will find out that the real estate market is just fine, thank you very much.

(Sermon over. Erick steps down from pulpit.) 

Prince William County is among the top five real estate markets in full recovery mode.

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. 

Homes For Sale In Woodbridge Virginia

Woodbridge Real Estate News You Can Use

Woodbridge Real Estate For Sale Now Back To A Sellers Market

Selling over 2,000 homes over 20+ years in Northern Virginia, and Woodbridge in particular, lots of folks know me as "The Local Real Estate Guy."

Folks often just walk up to me in Safeway, or at Walmart, or anywhere else, and ask me questions about real estate.  I don't know them, but they know me from decades of yard signs with my photo, or print ads, or community events.

The most common question I got this summer was, "When will the real estate market here hit bottom?"

They are surprised, even stunned when they find out from me that the home price "bottom" was hit around April/May 2008.  They are astounded when they find out that sales have been running at a ferociously fast pace through the rest of 2008, and into 2009.

Here is a news report sent to me this morning by a local mortgage expert.

"Existing home sales jumped 7.2% in July - the biggest monthly gain on record. First-time homebuyers are purchasing about one third of all homes sold. This is largely due to the tax incentive, interest rates hovering at historic lows and housing affordability at its best level in more than a decade."

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.

Woodbridge Real Estate News Features A Four Year Young Huge House On Five Acres I Saw This Week

Monster House In A Country Club Community With World Class Golf Course

Million Dollar Woodbridge Home For Just $799,900 That I Saw With Buyers

Lovely luxury executive home on a quiet street with trees and privacy in River Falls, Woodbridge VA.

River Falls offers you homes backing to the greens and fairways of Old Hickory Golf Club.  Old Hickory is among my personal top 5 best golf courses in Northern Virginia.

Check out these photos of a home in Woodbridge, VA 22192:

Note: In my original post, I published the street address so that you could find the house and drive by yourself.  If you liked it, you could call the listing agent from your cell phone, using ther agent's phone number on the "For Sale" sign. 

The listing agent sent me a nasty-gram telling me to remove the address immediately. 

Geez folks, if another agent loved one of my listings enough to take photos and post them on his/her blog, plus the address, I would be THRILLED to have the free advertising, and an endorsement from a colleague.

Different strokes for different folks.

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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.

Woodbridge Home For Sale Purchased Via Internet By Soldier In Iraq

Photo Tour Of Home For Sale Along With Comments From His Fiance' Secures Home Now

Woodbridge Real Estate Popular Among Soldiers Coming To Pentagon Or Belvoir

Scroll Down To See Photos And A Link To The Photo Tour Steve Got Over In Iraq

Over the past 20+ years, my team of agents and assistants have lived by a handful of rules for accepting or rejecting potential clients.

Rule #1 says, we only work with people WE LIKE.

A wonderful man deployed to Iraq was referred to us by one of our favorite clients.

The soldier in Iraq, Steve, is due to return to the US for a staff job at the Pentagon in 2-3 months. 

He wants to have a home bought and paid-for as soon  as he gets home.

No problem.

We've done the same with other folks coming from Germany, Japan, and other places, thanks to effective internet tools, and strong rapport.

Steve's fiance', Lage, worked with my partner, Peggy to check out the homes Steve picked out on FranklyMLS.com.

Steve had four homes that tripped his trigger, three resale homes and one new home by Ryan Homes.

So Peggy and Lage went out on a mission to check out the homes Steve picked on FranklyMLS.com.

Peg and Lage struck up rapport, like old pals. 

The three resale homes were nice, but not good enough.Then, Lage saw the new home built by Ryan Homes and it was love at first sight.

Not only did the home have all the room and features they wanted, they could also select the color schemes for the exterior, carpet, counters, appliances, and more.

CLICK HERE NOW to see my partner, Peggy James, shoot a video tour of the home he bought, with the help of his fiance'.

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.

Woodbridge Real Estate Market Having A 40%-Off Retail Price Sale Extravaganza!!

Why Buy AN Outfit At Nordstrom For $200 Retail When Macy's 40%-Off Sale Sells Same For $120?

A Buyer Transferring From California Cannot Wrap Her Brain Around Multiple Offers For Homes

Woodbridge Home Prices Bidding Up Because We Have Too Few Homes For Sale And Too Many Buyers

I am helping a nice lady who was transferred to Dulles from Los Angeles buy a home in the Bristow area.

We have seen some lovely homes in her price range.  She was shocked to find out that homes she saw last week all sold, with multiple offers, that turned the sale into an auction, with buyers pushing prices $15K - $25K over list price.

The letter/email I sent to the nice lady is SO GOOD, and SO ARTFULLY CRAFTED, my assistant urged me to share it with you.

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Dear Sally,

In this message I shall give you the same candid talk I would share with one of my cousins, or family members.

First, I hate this market. 

I hate watching homes, good and shabby, get multiple bids, and selling above the list prices.

You said, "I think the Cascade Falls house price is ok if without all holes on the wall and broken doors. It doesn't have washer and dryer and backyard. So it should be lower than the one sold at 230K."

I agree with you.

There are other folks who are shopping for a home in your price range, in the Bristow area, who will bid top-dollar to get that house because most homes in that price range, in that area, need SOME repairs of one sort or another.

"So it should be lower than the one sold at $230K."

"Should" is a word that the banks and sellers do not use.  They see more buyers than the number of homes for sale, they see prices rising with each home sold and closed, so in their world, they should get higher values because Bristow is a rising market, meaning home prices are rising.

Jenny, it is NORMAL for home buyers to look at a home price, and wonder, " What LOW price should we offer?  We should offer less than list price, then negotiate."

That does not work in 2009.

We are in a rising market in 2009.

In "normal" times, buyers wonder, "I wonder how low below list price I should offer for the house.  That's how the game works in "normal" times.

However, we are not experiencing "normal" right now.

The name of the game is, "How much over list price must I offer to beat my competition and win the bid to buy the house?"

Sure, a house may need $3,000 worth of new carpet, and a $3,000 paint job, but they will pay over the list price, and pay $6,000 to paint and carpet the house.

Why?

Because they are getting the house at a price now that is 40% off the 2005 price.

IT'S A 40% OFF SALE FOR HOME SHOPPERS

Just as if you went shopping for clothes.  Would you buy an outfit at Nordstrom at retail price, or would you walk through the mall to Macy's and get the same outfit 40% off retail?

If an outfit you want is $200 at Nordstrom, and you could get it for $120 at Macy's, you would buy at Macy's, right?

That is what is happening in real estate right now.

Those homes in the Pembrooke, Sheffield Manor, and Braemar were $400,000+ houses in 2005.

Home buyers quit buying in 2006, and waited on the sidelines through 2006, 2007, and 2008, watching the prices for those homes drop through $350K, $300K, $275K, $225K.

All of a sudden, all at once, the buyers decided the prices were so low, that it was time to jump into the game, and buy something.

So now a house may come up for sale at $225K, that attracts multiple bids that push the prices up.

There will be SOMEONE who is willing to out-bid everyone else at $240K or $250K.

Those folks aren't crying or upset about paying $15K-$25K over list price.  They are celebrating because they are buying the house they could not afford when it was $400K for 63% below top-dollar at a price they can afford.

So Sally, what's my point?

Sally, the point is you can get mad because houses in Bristow that need cosmetic repairs are selling $15K - $25K over the rock-bottom list price, or you can choose to be happy because you are taking advantage of the special "40% Off Sale!!" going on now.

Dos that make sense to you?  Do you see the logic?  Do you see what your competitors are doing?

Erick

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.