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Recent articlesshow National averages of 1 foreclosure filing for every 563 homes. While the most chatter is about the Top 5 Worst Foreclosure Markets (1. Las Vegas, NV, 2. Chicago, IL, 3. Los Angeles, CA, 4. Miami, FL, and 5. Phoenix, AZ) I wanted to take a minute to compare our local market so you can keep things in perspective. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Foreclosures’
How’s The Foreclosure Market in Arlington?
November 16th, 2011 
Laura 
Posted in Arlington, Foreclosures, Investor 
Tags: arlington real estate, Foreclosures, market statistics, short sales 
No Comments »Extreme Couponing and Foreclosures – What’s the Connection?
May 12th, 2011 Laura If you’re friends with me on Facebook, you’ll know that I LOVE the show Extreme Couponing on TLC. It blows my mind what these people do (and how much time they spend doing it!). Well last night there was an episode which featured a woman who said “see, there’s an advantage to a down market…” [...]
Real Estate Is Local – National Foreclosure Data Versus Northern Virginia
March 4th, 2011 Laura This morning on the Today Show their real estate segment said the national sales data for 2010 shows about 30% of sales were foreclosures. All I can think when I hear that is “but that’s national – not us!” And then I end up yelling at the TV. So I decided to attempt something more [...]
Posted in Arlington, Foreclosures Tags: arlington real estate, Falls Church, Foreclosures, McLean No Comments »What Arlington County Residents Should Know About Our Real Estate Market and Foreclosures
December 16th, 2010 Laura A MSNBC Article today makes headlines by noting that Foreclosures fell to the lowest level in 18 months in November. The article gives some insight into some common causes of foreclosure: Banks’ foreclosure document problems aside, many of the factors that have contributed to the foreclosure crisis are likely to be present next year and [...]
Posted in Arlington, Foreclosures Tags: arlington real estate, Foreclosures, market update 1 Comment »Buyer Strategies for Buying Bank Owned and Foreclosure Homes
February 21st, 2010 Laura So you wanna buy a foreclosure, huh? Let’s go through the process of how a home becomes a bank-owned property and then we’ll go over tactics. First, if a homeowner decides to try and short sell a house it’s placed on the market, subject to 3rd party approval. If that home doesn’t sell as a [...]
