tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47878785789204685872009-11-30T20:39:12.968-05:00Northern Virginia Housing Bubble FalloutLet's examine the particles as they fall and hold a lively discussion of the Greater Northern Virginia Real Estate market.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.comBlogger1214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-55312729655750537812009-11-28T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-28T06:00:02.130-05:00Northern Virginia Weekend Bits Bucket 11/28-11/29, 2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com131tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-30727281949742242832009-11-27T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-27T06:00:01.457-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/27/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-80931236327735962752009-11-26T06:00:00.002-05:002009-11-27T13:29:51.711-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/26/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Oh, and have a happy Thanksgiving!Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-74533378965384874442009-11-25T20:54:00.001-05:002009-11-25T20:56:26.812-05:00The Shrinking Buyer PoolWashington Post: "Starting Dec. 12, the automated system that Fannie Mae uses to approve loans will reject borrowers who have at least a 20 percent down payment but whose credit scores fall below 620 out of 850. Previously, the cut-off was 580.Also, for borrowers with a 20 percent down payment, no more than 45 percent of their gross monthly income can go toward paying debts. Fannie declined to Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-69756106580599379582009-11-25T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-25T06:00:06.725-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/25/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-83669096653243270152009-11-24T09:19:00.002-05:002009-11-24T09:27:16.025-05:00S&P/Case-Shiller® September Home-Price IndexThe S&P/Case Shiller® composite index (graph here) for the month of September was released today."'We have seen broad improvement in home prices for most of the past six months,' says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor’s. 'However, the gains in the most recent month are more modest than during the seasonally strong summer months. Fewer cities saw month to month Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-59887344293424329192009-11-24T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-24T06:00:06.749-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/24/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-10557831140658033842009-11-23T15:14:00.001-05:002009-11-23T15:16:38.899-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/23/2009Late afternoon edition . . .Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.From Calculated Risk today:"The key to reducing the overall inventory is new household formation, and the key to new household formation is jobs. Encouraging renters to become owners accomplishes nothing in reducing the overall housing inventory, and leads some analysts to mistake Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-27712858655876343632009-11-21T09:00:00.000-05:002009-11-21T09:04:47.696-05:00Northern Virginia Weekend Bits Bucket 11/21-11/22, 2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com111tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-80415062732658394732009-11-20T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-20T06:00:07.480-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/20/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-89630379543156028022009-11-19T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-19T06:00:00.264-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/19/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-10837735586751969082009-11-18T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-18T06:00:07.564-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/18/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-11602719784182575052009-11-17T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-17T06:00:05.252-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/17/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-72543363217941541842009-11-16T09:40:00.000-05:002009-11-16T09:41:09.935-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/16/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-33161016009983443312009-11-15T00:14:00.001-05:002009-11-15T00:14:52.912-05:00Northern Virginia Weekend Bits Bucket 11/14-11/15, 2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-50333896993272790982009-11-13T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-13T06:00:08.738-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/13/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-33813038587556129912009-11-12T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-12T06:00:07.287-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/12/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-81597552334203821442009-11-11T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-11T06:00:02.761-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/11/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-9701451438255665132009-11-10T18:55:00.001-05:002009-11-10T18:57:44.738-05:00Northern Virginia October Housing SalesSource: MRISHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-49879549920249926772009-11-10T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-10T06:00:00.529-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/10/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-44683556367871410992009-11-09T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-09T06:00:07.577-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/9/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-25506712836996450702009-11-07T09:49:00.000-05:002009-11-07T09:50:55.989-05:00Northern Virginia Weekend Bits Bucket 11/7-11/8, 2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-63175848191405858532009-11-06T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-06T06:00:02.276-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/6/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-60456446960938536522009-11-05T12:13:00.002-05:002009-11-05T12:14:42.844-05:00Fannie Mae Becomes a LandladyHmmm . . . I wonder how many this will actually help."Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday.The government-controlled company, through its new "Deed for Lease" program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787878578920468587.post-24440502734950595092009-11-05T06:00:00.000-05:002009-11-05T06:00:02.227-05:00Northern Virginia Bits Bucket 11/5/2009Please post your local house search updates, MLS finds, on-topic ideas, and links here.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047814803514357292harrietvanewimsey@hotmail.com57