Real Estate Have the stars aligned for downsizing?   Despite the pandemic, or partly because of it, the seller’s market in real estate has continued. A several-years-long trend toward fewer houses on the market has only become a more acute shortage. As we all obeyed stay-at-home orders, even fewer of us were selling our houses than in prior years. As safety measures became […]
Real Estate How Do I Create An Outdoor Room?   Think about how you will use the space. What are you trying to create? Additional living space, scenic views, privacy — all of the above? The first thing an outdoor room does is provide additional living space with the added bonus of enjoying nature — the warmth of the sun on your face (wear […]
Real Estate Thinking of Buying or Selling Real Estate? Why Not Choose The Expert?   In this fast-paced Washington-area market, expectations for what a Realtor does today are greater than they have ever been. Some axioms always hold true, though, and one is you get what you pay for. This is especially true for the Realtor you choose to work with when you buy or sell your home. There […]
Home Inspiration Simplify Spring Cleaning: The Marie Kondo Craze After a year of spending more time at home – working, learning, cooking, eating, and entertaining ourselves – this spring may be the perfect time to revisit one of our favorite posts. Read on for more inspiration… Rather than feeling suffocated amongst the heaps of materials we tend to possess these days, why not make […]
Featured 9 Exciting Condos On the Market Now in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia   This year we have seen very tight inventory for townhomes and detached homes as demand has increased. In many areas, the interest in condominiums in high-rise and multi-story buildings is not as strong because of more communal aspects to the lifestyle, but we feel that is worth reconsidering. Condo ownership can be the easiest […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]