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2021 Year in Review

2021 Year in Review "A Year Like No Other" We have built the strongest team possible and created strategies that help buyers and sellers in every market. We keep an eye on the market like a hawk and keep our clients aware of the latest condi...

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First Three Quarters of 2021

CST Top Stories for 2021 Seller receives $100k over list with 1 week in Naples, FL with airfare and 2 weeks in Sedona, AZ Buyer bids $150k over their own bid. Only bidder. Buyer bids $175k over their own bid. Only bidder. Buyer ...

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Waiting to Sell Your Home? The Wait is Over!

Waiting to Sell Your Home? The Wait is Over! In some markets, we are getting so many contracts in the coming soon period that sellers have the option of selecting a great contract without going active. These contract may be 10's of thousand...

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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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