Ritu Desai- Fairfax/Loudoun County Realtor in Northern Virginia

Are you a home buyer who is still on fence about Northern Virginia residential Real Estate Market ? So let's get your facts straight: Forbes recently released richest counties in the country guess who is on the top of the list? Loudoun (#1), Fairfax (#2), City of Fairfax (#6), Arlington (#9), Stafford County (#12), Prince William County ...

Confused when you are ready the remarks by PRO (Realtors) while searching for home? I have been asked by a number of buyers recently to explain some of the abbreviations in the listings I have sent them. So I thought I would give a list of common abbreviations for those who may search them out on the web in the Northern Virginia Market ...

If you are in the market for a home under $500000 in Fairfax, Loudoun or Prince William county of Northern Virginia, it is a challenge to win a contract without crossing off contingencies or sweetening the deal with higher offer. This trend is getting stronger as we are getting closure to the first time tax credit deadline. However with the new ...

Our January market report are typically lower in volume due to the holidays. Apart from the hangover of the holidays, we had seen a record breaking winter condition during January & Feb. of this year. Even when are barometer was going down , the city of Sterling in Loudoun County Virginia has shown the strong Real Estate market.   ...

Past weekend, I met a potential client who lives International but has a home in Potomac Falls, Virginia. They have decided to sell their home, and wanted to meet up with me to discuss the sale of their home.... Since he had come down for a short business trip he wanted to knock down two birds at the same time. We met at my office, after my ...

Rivercrest (also known as South Bank) is a small development in eastern Loudoun County, Virginia.  The builder that have constructed beautiful homes were M/I homes, NV Homes, Winchester, Ryan Homes, Engle homes, and K.Hov. Homes. It is bordered by the Potomac River to the north, Lowes Island to the east(Trump Golf), Sugarland ...

This topic reminded me of a family whose I had sold a home while back.  They had bought a new construction home. After 5 years living in the home, the husband had a job relocation so they were thinking about renting the home or selling it. Walking around the home I was bit puzzled, the home was decorated as if a picture from a catalog, ...

Loudouners fork out $4,844 annually per home, the most for any county in the southern United States and nearly three times more than the $1,180 national average. In ranking each county, Forbes.com used the 2008 U.S. Census’ American Community Survey, which is conducted annually. The survey, which is sent to one in every 40 homes, ...

This video has been floating all around the internet world. While it has cause a big news in our real estate industry, I am still half unsure how much of the numbers are true. But I am sure as a common person, I would be upset if my tax money used this way.   Profits from Indymac Short Sale 

Positive news for the home seller in Fairfax County, Virginia!!! As per the data release by MRIS our local MLS, the average days of the market has continued to declined in the area .  The statistic from the month of January shows a huge decline in number of days that takes the home to go from Active status to Under Contract.  We have ...

Positive news for the home seller in Loudoun County, Virginia!!! As per the data release by MRIS our local MLS, the average days of the market has continued to declined in the area .  The statistic from the month of January shows a huge decline in number of days that takes the home to go from Active status to Under Contract.  We have ...

Dupont recently released their annual report on top 10 most popular car colors: Silver 25%Black 23%White 16%Gray 13%Blue 19%Red 8%Brown/ Beige 4%Yellow/Gold 1 %Others 1% This will help when you trying to pick that new car color...Do you want to stand out or blend in?

 DC metro area is currently in 3rd position for the snowiest winters on record, behind 1995-96 (46")  and the big one, 1898-99 (54.4").  It is still snowing so the final numbers are yet to be counted, but most of the weather report predicts we may be the snowiest winter on the record!!! Kids are thrilled NO SCHOOL ...

 Since we all are snow  bounded by this snow storm the local county fire and rescue department has put out a reminder to all resident on basic safety.    With the large snowfall that occurred, hydrants throughout state are covered with snow.  Local County Fire-Rescue asks that you take time to clear the area around ...

  Labor Market In the first two months of the third quarter, 2,038 jobs were added to the payrolls of Loudoun County. As a result of these new jobs, the average monthly unemployment rate fell from 5% during the second quarter to 4.7% for July and August. This steady job creation may help to maintain demand for home purchases. Favorable ...