Kim Darwaza Northern Virginia Real Estate

Now that the conforming loan limits are over $700k in Northern Virginia it is a great time to move-up.  The $8k first time homebuyer credit stimulated the $200-400k price range in the close in suburbs of DC.  The window for low pricing is definitely closing and multiple contract situations are common.  I am hoping that the change in ...

After being in multiple contract situations week after week since the beginning of the year I feel like the door is closing on great deals on homes in the close in suburbs of Northern Virginia.  I have not written an offer on a single property inside the beltway in weeks that was not one of three to six contract.  Even in Loudoun where ...

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Most people think that REALTORS just help with buying and selling of homes but there is a lot more to our organization.  We also lobby to help keep taxes down and conditions optimal in the real estate marketplace. Dear Fellow REALTOR®, You may have seen news reports about President Obama’s budget proposal that was released ...

Contact:   Kim Darwaza                 Phone: 703-856-2254                 E-mail: kim@kimdarwaza.com  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IN VIRGINIA KIM DARWAZA HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ...

The new FHA loan limits were released and the conforming loan limit has been raised to $729,750 for the Washington Metropolitan area.  To check the conforming loan limits for other markets visit the HUD website at https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/hicostlook.cfm.    To search the MLS for Northern Virginia homes please visit ...

As the housing downturn wears on, some cities are stabilizing and some aren’t. In Las Vegas, the weakest market in the country, prices continue to drop. “I don’t know what those guys were drinking when they thought all this building made sense. If it does work out soon, then there’s some force out there in the universe ...

Good news for Northern Virginia...  At the same time Wall Street is losing jobs and prestige, the nation's capital is gaining steam as it ramps up to fight the recessionLook out, New York. Washington is gaining on you. As the nation's most populous metro area feels Wall Street's pain, the fourth-largest -- Washington -- is ...

The number of homes sold in Northern Virginia spiked 39 percent in January, as more buyers took advantage of falling prices. During the month, 998 homes were sold in the area, which includes the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church as well as the counties of Fairfax and Arlington, according to Rockville-based market research firm ...

$15,000 homebuyer credit cut in compromise "Reuters reported that the Obama administration has shelved a plan for the government to stand behind low-cost mortgages with rates between 4 percent and 4.5 percent." GET THIS INFO OUT NOW TO YOUR BUYERS WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND ARE BACK ON THE FENCE, IT'S TIME TO ACT! A ...