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Real Estate How To Protect Your Home from Stormwater (Part II) This week Pat Moran, CEO of Tactical Land Care, continues the conversation on how to best waterproof your home and properly protect your investment. If you didn’t catch last week’s article ‘How To Protect Your Home from Stormwater (Part I)‘ we encourage you to check it out as the information below is a continuation.   […]
Real Estate How Do I Balance Purchasing and Selling a Home at the Same Time? To meet the needs of today’s seller-friendly market, agents must juggle more than ever before to bring all the pieces together. I am often asked which should come first: finding my dream home or selling my current home? To answer that question, I looked back at my sales for the past 14 months and discovered […]
Real Estate How To Protect Your Home from Stormwater (Part I) This is the first installation of a two-part series where Patrick Moran, CEO of Tactical Land Care, has a conversation on how to best waterproof your home and properly protect your investment. After reading be sure to check out the second installation ‘How To Protect Your Home from Stormwater (Part II)‘!     Stormwater Management […]
Real Estate How Hard Is It to Sell a Home in Today’s Market? The short answer, it’s not too difficult to sell a home in today’s market. The longer answer is, to sell a home well in any market, it takes skill, expertise and experience. Selling a home well involves a lot more than just putting a sign in the yard or even getting it sold. Selling a […]
Real Estate A Real Estate Market in Escalation Ever been to an open house on a Tuesday? Me neither… until last week. My client and I walked into a single-family home in Reston priced in the golden $700,000s for (what I thought) was a private showing. The cul-de-sac was packed with cars, and I counted at least five other groups touring the home […]
Real Estate Tips for Handling Maintenance Issues When Buying a Home   Buying a home is an exciting process that isn’t without its fair share of hiccups and mishaps. When you’re interested in buying a home from current owners, it’s important to deal with the maintenance problems and necessary repairs before making them an offer. Here are some tips from McEnearney Associates for handling these issues […]
Uncategorized What are Residential Closing Costs and How Do They Affect Me? One of the realities associated with the purchase and financing of residential real estate is the fact there will be transaction costs generally referred to as closing costs. Understanding, well in advance, what those costs will be is useful in planning for the purchase. Transaction costs can be broken down into two broad categories – […]
Real Estate How Do I Know When it is Time To Downsize? A good rule of thumb when it comes to downsizing is that it is better to do it before you really need to. You never want to be looking for a new home while you are in crisis mode. You want to look for your next home when you are calm and don’t feel pressured […]
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Uncategorized Divest Now, or You Too May Spend a Valentine’s Day as I Did! So many people have had to tackle this task, but it was new to me and I want to share what I have learned from a long weekend. Yes, this relates to real estate and the human condition. My parents were married for 70-plus years, and they traveled the world, read voraciously, and raised three […]
Home Inspiration I Want to Remodel My Kitchen… Where Do I Start? Everyone can’t be the star of the show. Just like any good movie or TV series, everyone can’t be the star of the show. Someone has to play a supporting role, which adds depth and texture to the storyline and balances out the heroine or hero. The supporting cast members are important in their own […]
Real Estate What Are Your Top 3 Tips for Getting Ready to Sell a Home? This is a question that we are asked frequently, as sellers begin to think about their home sale. First, and most importantly, use a Realtor AND choose that Realtor early in the process! Why? Many sellers think they should get their home looking fantastic before they invite a Realtor to walk in the door to […]
Home Inspiration What Defines an Industrial Style Home?   Colonial, split-level, Cape Cod… it’s no surprise that real estate has its own lingo, right down to the style of a home. In an effort to establish a deeper understanding of home styles, both in terms of how they’re built and what they seek to represent, McEnearney presents a series of articles to explore […]
Real Estate What Does a Millennial Buyer Look For? Clearly, my millennial mind was fueled by Spice Girls while writing this article… Homeownership has been a cornerstone of the American dream for centuries. Despite the ever-changing landscape of urban and suburban lifestyles, it still rings true today. According to a 2019 Bankrate survey, 79% of Americans “still believe that owning a home is a […]
Real Estate How Important is Pricing Your Home Correctly? There is a delicate balance in the real estate industry when it comes to pricing a home. If a home is underpriced, you might feel you were cheated of your home’s true value. But in actuality, overpricing would be much worse. We are currently in a seller’s market, and when a home is overpriced, it […]
Real Estate How Did the Challenges in 2020 Affect the Real Estate Market? It is a good thing I had my two-week winter vacation in St. Martin right before the lockdown, because surprisingly enough it was extremely busy from the minute I got back in town. Everyone, both in and outside of the industry, speculated about whether the market would take a nosedive, be similar to 2019 or […]
Featured 9 Enviable Fireplaces On the Market Now in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia During cold months, between polar vortexes and “bomb cyclones,” we are always looking for ways to stay warm in style. One sure way to stay happy and beat cabin fever is to light up a fire. Though a fireplace is on the wishlist for many homebuyers, many residents do not actually use them as often […]
Home Inspiration 10 Steps to Keep in Mind if You are Thinking of Renovating / Remodeling According to Merriam-Webster, “remodel” is “to alter the structure of; to remake.” Whereas “renovate” is “to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing or rebuilding).” So, I hear they aren’t making any more land. Maybe that’s why it’s so expensive. It must also be why some people find themselves looking to remodel […]
Featured 14 Local Shops for Great Holiday Gifts in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia Our Associates are neighborhood experts, and they’ve helped us curate a list of the best shops in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia for great holiday gifts. When you want a one-stop-shop for friends and family near and far, start with one of these local shops. Many offer nationwide shipping and contactless pickup, making your shopping […]
Home Inspiration Playsets, Pools, and Patios… What is the next pandemic must-have for your home? Still can’t find paper towels at your local Target? Me neither. The pandemic has caused many everyday items that we take for granted to literally fly off the shelves. We saw it this summer with playsets and trampolines, but the craze for outdoor enjoyment extended beyond kids play equipment to the outdoor assets a residential […]
Featured 17 Local Artisans Recommended by McEnearney Associates for Holiday Gifts Holiday shopping for all the different loved ones in our lives can be a handful. Why not give yourself a break and turn to some of these local artisans who come highly recommended by our Associates and staff? With true local expertise, our Associates know their communities in the Washington, D.C. area inside and out—and […]
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