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January 2021 Market Update

Low interest rates, low inventory, covid migration, and vaccines in a non-election year will fuel 2021.  For every 1% interest rates fall, a buyer can afford 13% more home. This means a Jan 2020 buyer looking at $750,000 homes can now...

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The First Ten Days

The First 10 Days: Sellers Get Maximum Value for their Homes Statistics from SmartCharts, a real estate statistics engine, show that buyers in Northern Virginia pay the maximum Price Per Sq Ft (PPSF) for homes in the first 10 days. Northern V...

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Moves of the Year: A 2020 Recap

Here are some of our team's most notable Moves of the Year: Casey updated our Pricing model to include the defining characteristics that rates, and prices, homes as dated, customary, upgraded and renovated. Colby & Morgan ...

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What is Your Home Worth?

What is your home worth? Don't ask the internet!  The accuracy of the online pricing engines (Realtor Property Resource, Realtor.com, Zillow, Homesnap and Redfin) are only accurate 9% of the time!  The Casey Samson Team Pricing Model, th...

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Why Staging Your Home Pays

Why Staging Your Home Pays. Most homes have a traditional style. Today’s buyers are looking for transitional homes. Over 83% of buyers find it easier to "visualize the property as their future home" when it's staged in transitional sty...

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A Local Chef’s Dream Kitchen

We asked a Vienna local and owner/chef at Bazin's on Church, Patrick Bazin, what he would have in his "Dream Kitchen" "Being a Chef and owning a restaurant and catering business for 15 years I have worked in many home kitchens in the Vienna ...

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Four Pillars of Real Estate Success

Selling a Home in 2023 Although inventory is low, and buyers and sellers trade off in control in 2023, 45% of the homes on the market withdraw or expired unsold. It is more important than ever to focus on the 4 Pillars of ...

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Next Generation of Selecting a Realtor

Buying and selling real estate is considered essential!   Coronavirus Paves the Way for a New Era in Selecting a Realtor to Sell Your Home. The coronavirus may have a silver lining in the real estate world forcing Realtors to go online ...

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School Spotlight: Marshall High School

George C. Marshall High School Northern Virginia’s Diamond in the Rough Myth: Marshall has sub par academics based on Greatschools.org sub par score. Facts: Unlike college administrators, Greatschools.org does not give credit for t...

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Three Pillars of Real Estate Success

What's your home REALLY worth? Ask Northern Virginia’s TOP pricing expert Casey Samson, CEO of The Casey Samson Team to find out the true value of your home. How accurate are we? Here is how we do it:  Pillar #1 P...

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