Kim Darwaza Northern Virginia Real Estate

Source: NVAR.com NAR Reports: Housing Affordability Still A Plus; Slow Improvements Occurring In The Economy: Unemployment Still In Need Of A Boost NationwideLawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said historically high housing affordability is boosting sales activity. “In addition to exceptional affordability conditions, steady ...

WASHINGTON (June 2, 2010) – Pending home sales have risen for three consecutive months, reflecting the broad impact of the home buyer tax credit and favorable housing affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator, rose 6.0 percent to 110.9 based on ...

Look How Far We Have Come in One Year: 2010 is On Solid Ground So Far: We Are Headed Out of the Danger Zone, the Statistics Show News outlets have been reporting that our economy is expanding, inventories have been restocked, and a growth pattern is quantifiable.   So how is the local housing market doing now that the first quarter of 2010 ...

2009: It’s a Wrap Source: NVAR - www.nvar.com For those selling homes this past December in Northern Virginia, the average sale price was up a smidge more than 12 percent over December 2008 numbers. And for our Greater Northern Virginia region, which extends west and north of Fairfax County, average home prices spiked more than 18 ...

Northern Virginia: November 2009 The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® reports on November 2009 home sales activity for Fairfax and Arlington counties, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church and the towns of Vienna, Herndon and Clifton. A total of 1,567 homes sold in November 2009, a 42.45 percent increase above ...

From WTOP.com: The local housing market is gaining steam. But it feels like there are two housing markets in one, says John McClain, senior fellow at George Mason University. According to new numbers being analyzed by McClain, existing home sales are up an average of 40 percent in the metropolitan region, when comparing sales from November with ...

Summary of This Weeks Important Real Estate News and Homeowner Information: Sears Commercial & RE/MAX Allegiance Discount Appliance Program - http://tinyurl.com/yfwmwom Flood Insurance 101 - http://bit.ly/4b5aya Northern Virginia Real Estate Statistics for October 2009 - http://tinyurl.com/ycjt9th. National Association of Realtors new ...

  Up, Up & Away:  September Housing Data Shows Four Months Supply of Inventory; Pending Home Sales Up 13 percent; Number of Home Sales Up 2 Percent; Average Home Prices Up 5 Percent Employment Prospects Favorable With Government Agencies: Federal Government Must Hire Tens of Thousands of New Workers to Fill Mission-Critical ...

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Pulte Homes Ranks Highest for a Second Consecutive Year in Overall Customer Satisfaction among New-Home Builders in Washington, D.C.; Winchester Homes Ranks Highest in New-Home Quality WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 15 September 2009 — Pulte Homes ranks highest in customer satisfaction with new-home builders in ...

As summer winds down this week I have noticed even less inventory in the market place.  The $200-350k price range in the close in suburbs still has extremely low inventory.  My buyers in the less than $300k price range are constantly in multiple contract situations.  They have been one of 18 contract, one of 6, etc.  My First ...