The Right Home for the Right Price - Virginia Beach Neighborhoods

Do you assume that at home’s listed price is negotiable? Of course you do! But how negotiable? Will a seller accept an offer $20,000 below asking price? How about $30,000? Here’s the answer… Sometimes! Since every house is different and every neighborhood is different, every deal will be different. Here are some stories that will [...]

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Virginia Beach public schools are excellent. If finding the best high school in Virginia Beach is important, you have several to choose from; Cox High School, First Colonial High School, and Kellam High School. Kempsville, Princess Anne, and Ocean Lakes are also among the best schools. Cox High School Virginia Beach map First Colonial High [...]

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Click below for more info. 521 Hunts Pointe Drive in Virginia Beach

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$400,000 / 5 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths Click here for a full screen virtual tour. Kellam High School, Princess Anne Middle School, Christopher Farms Elementary. Welcome to Princess Anne Crossing,  a private neighborhood tucked away right next to Christopher Farms in Virginia Beach. The virtual tour tells the story. Enjoy! // Get the <a href=”http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/google-street-view” [...]

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Is my Virginia Beach real estate assessment the same thing as market value? The short answer is “no.” But it should be in the ball park. The City of Virginia Beach Real Estate Assessors Office does its best to assign a value to every property for tax purposes. The current tax rate is $0.89 for [...]

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If you can shift your view into the world of the buyer, you are half way there. Understanding the buyer is the key to a quick and easy sale. Having young children taught me more about sales than nearly 15 years in the Navy. So when I left active duty and fell in love with [...]

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If you are like many people in the market to buy a new home, you need to sell your current home first. You have several options. Make on offer contingent upon the sale of your current home – I am not a big fan of this option because it doesn’t really buy you anything. The [...]

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There are thousands of homes for sale in Virginia Beach and you are probably trying to figure out which is the best one for you. Here’s how you do it. First let me tell you a story to make a point. I was planning a trip to Disney World and started looking for places to [...]

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If you ask ten people their favorite neighborhood in Virginia Beach, you’ll likely get ten different answers. Most people think their neighborhood is the best. If the house next door is for sale and they like you, they’ll try to get you to move into it. “This is the best neighborhood in Virginia Beach!” they’ll [...]

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I like to think I’m an optimist, but I’m really a realist. Things have been crashing down around us lately; rising unemployment, falling house prices, foreclosures. However, as a realist, I am now very optimistic. Unemployment is stabilizing. Home prices in Virginia Beach have stabilized. Interest rates are the lowest we will ever see (that’s [...]

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