My tour of the new Long and Foster building

Here is the video from my tour of the new Long and Foster building earlier this week. A little over the top, if you ask me in today's market if you are pinching pennies. But, not my company!

Gateway Sponsorship of Stone Ridge 5K Race for Education

We raised nearly $4,200 for the Stone Ridge 5K Race for Education. Here's a copy of the big check at the event!

Conference in Miami

Wow!

I ran into a friend of mine this morning who works for another broker in Centreville and he asked me how things were going for us. When I told him how well you were doing this year he said – wow. He said the advice his from his broker was to take time off because houses weren’t selling and for them to wait and see what happens with the market and how the “Relief Package” will affect our market. Hum.

I relayed this story to our buddy and eternal optimist, Kent Eley, and he told me of other agents who have communicated similar stories to one of his lenders. Not just in Centreville, but throughout Northern Virginia. What he told Kent was, agents are turning down business because they say houses aren’t selling, no one is buying, let’s wait and see what happens next year. Yes, that’s right, NEXT YEAR! Isn’t that over 2 months away? Let’s give them the advice someone gave me about my golf game - take 2 months off, then quit!

The questions I pose are: What kind of advice is this? What kind of leadership role is this? How will the agents now communicate with their clients after hearing this advice or believing this to be true? And most importantly, HOW WILL YOU RESPOND?

As we know, from our numbers, business is happening. When houses are in the right condition, staged right and are priced right, they are selling. That means - people are buying – Hello McFly. As we get closer to the end of the year, I challenge you to step it up a notch and take the business that these agents are leaving on the table. There is no time like the present. Help people make the right decision about buying or selling real estate by giving them the facts, and not by letting them believe what they read in the papers or hear on the news. Get it? Got it? Good!

It's true...believe or not!

It’s been almost an overstatement, but it is true...all real estate is local. And it’s local down to neighborhoods.
If you take Northern Virginia as an aggregate, inventory levels are down from their high this year of 17,608 in March to 13,011 as of last week. The Northern Virginia real estate market is alive and well. Granted prices are down, but we have buyer’s buying homes throughout our area.
When you are selling in this market, if your house is priced right, shows well and has been properly maintained, your house will sell. If you are a buyer in today’s market, you may find few homes that meet this criteria and if you do, it may have multiple offers pending. That’s why its critical to have a RE/MAX Gateway agent representing your interests.
Our real estate professionals are educated, well-versed in market trends and have current data that will help you make the right decision when you or someone you know is considering buying or selling real estate. Give us a call for all of your real estate needs or visit us online at www.gateway2realesate.com to learn more.

RE/MAX Gateway Real Estate Information Exchange

We recently changed locations. This is the first blog after we changed locations at Austin's Grill in Centreville. Look forward to posting more blogs with our new Flip Video. Great Information was shared about the real estate and financial markets.