Kim Darwaza Northern Virginia Real Estate

A Realty Times Feature Article by Kenneth R. Harney Quick passage by the House last week of a bill extending the $8,000 home buyer tax credit next year for military, diplomatic and intelligence personnel serving overseas increases the odds that Congress will agree to an extension, maybe even an expansion, of the entire credit program well into ...

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Northern Virginia: June 2009 The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® reports on June 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 2,169 homes sold in June 2009, a 14.16 percent increase above June ...

I feel like I was so busy yesterday that I didn't get to give Earth Day the attention that it deserves.  Attached is a link from USATODAY which I think is cool becuase it goes through your house and shows you how to make it more green.  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/graphics/going_green/flash.htm Another question I have is for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

$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 ...