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The 2012 Report is in and dozens of Virginia, Maryland and D.C. schools made U.S. News & World Report‘s list of the highest ranking high schools. To produce the report,  21,776 public high schools were analyzed in 49 states and the District of Columbia. This is the total number of public high schools that had 12th-grade [...]

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More Americans are showing a preference for living closer into the city than the outer suburbs, according to newly released U.S. Census data. The annual rate of growth in American cities and surrounding urban areas recently surpassed exurbs for the first time in two decades. . Residential exurbs on the edge of metro areas once [...]

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Loudoun County in Virginia held to its designation as the county with the highest MEDIAN household income. www.LoudounTimes.com published a great article on that topic: “The county has held the top spot, intermittently swapping with neighboring Fairfax County, for the past five years. Loudoun’s median household income totals $119,540 followed by Fairfax County with a [...]

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Real estate agents are always bombarded by SPAM email, bogus advertisers who promise that only their companies deliver miracle results and are the best deal around, not to mention the ever pushy viagra marketeers, etc  - we are used to it. It is almost an expected part of our business because our e-mail addresses are [...]

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Senate Passed Loan Limit Extension Amendment – FHA loan limits back at $729,750 - click the link for more information: http://viviannerutkowski.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/conforming-loan-limits-for-conventional-mortgages-and-fha-loan-limits-at-729750-for-high-cost-of-living-areas-in-northern-virginia-and-arlington-county-va-fairfax-county-va-fauquier-county-va-lou/ . On October 1, 2011, mortgage loan limits for the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) dropped from temporary levels to reduced limits based on permanent criteria established by Congress [...]

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Leesburg Virginia won Money Magazine’s List of the Best Towns to Live for Northern Virginia area and was placed at number 4 on the Money Magazine’s List of the Top 100 Places To Live in United States for the year of 2011. Money Magazine also placed Herndon VA at number 34, just ahead of Oakton VA at number 36 on the [...]

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Fauquier County Virginia adopted the Budget for the new Fiscal Year 2011 – 2012, which begins July 1, 2011 and ends June 30, 2012. Compare the tables of real property (real estate) and personal property (vehicles, etc.) tax rates for Northern Virginia counties. . Fauquier County Virginia real estate tax rate and personal property tax rates per $100 of assessed value [...]

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The real property (real estate) tax rates per $100 of assessed value for the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 for Arlington County VA, Fairfax County VA, Fauquier County VA, Loudoun County VA, and Prince William County VA are as follows: ARLINGTON FAIRFAX FAUQUIER LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM  $0.958  $1.07  $0.97  $1.285  $1.204 . The personal property (vehicles, etc.) [...]

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October 1, 2011 the government plans to scale back the size of “jumbo” mortgages it guarantees in high-cost real estate markets, which includes Washington, D.C. area and Northern Virginia counties that I serve as a real estate agent: Arlington County VA, Fairfax County VA, Fauquier County VA, Loudoun County VA, and Prince William County VA. [...]

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Interest Rates for FHA Loans, VA Loans, and 30 Year & 15 Year Conventional Fixed Mortgage Loans in Arlington County Virginia, Fairfax County Virginia, Fauquier County Virginia, Loudoun County Virginia, and Prince William County Virginia

To check the latest interest rates for FHA loans, as well as 30 year & 15 year conventional fixed mortgage loans and VA loans in USA and in Arlington County Virginia, Fairfax County Virginia, Fauquier County Virginia, Loudoun County Virginia, Prince William County Virginia, visit: http://www.realtorviviannerutkowski.com/mortgagenewspopup.shtml . The 2010 independent audit of the Federal Housing Administration, a branch of [...]

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The sluggish economy and the sluggish housing market of the 2007-2010 influenced homeowners’ preferences as to home space, designs, and floor plans. The most dominant home features that homeowners look for in the homes now are affordability, and function over extravagance, according to the latest American Institute of Architects Home Design Trends Survey for the [...]

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Fairfax County, Virginia and Loudoun County, Virginia are the counties with the highest MEDIAN income in the USA for the last few consecutive years. Read more about it on my March 19, 2010 blog: http://viviannerutkowski.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/loudoun-county-virginia-tops-the-list-of-americas-25-richest-counties-in-2008/ However, the Washington, D.C. region remains also one of the most expensive in the country. The Washington area families now [...]

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Fauquier County Virginia adopted the Budget for the new Fiscal Year 2010 – 2011, which begins July 1, 2010 and ends June 30, 2011. Compare the tables of real property (real estate) and personal property (vehicles, etc.)  tax rates for Northern Virginia counties. . Fauquier County Virginia real estate and personal property tax rates per $100 of assessed value are [...]

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The real property (real estate) tax rates per $100 of assessed value for Arlington County VA, Fairfax County VA, Fauquier County VA, Loudoun County VA, and Prince William County VA are as follows: ARLINGTON FAIRFAX FAUQUIER LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM  $0.958  $1.09  $0.97  $1.30  $1.315 . The personal property (vehicles, etc.) tax rates per $100 of [...]

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  ForbesWoman published a list of the best cities for working women raising children. To pick the 10 best cities, Forbes factored in crime rates, quality of the schools, availability of good healthcare, employment opportunities with high earning potential, and a budget-friendly cost of living. Here are Forbes’ top choices: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. Washington, D.C. Boston, [...]

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According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Home Buyer/Seller StudySM, Keller Williams Realty, Inc., the third largest real estate company in the United States, has received the highest overall satisfaction ratings from home buyers among the largest full-service real estate firms for the third year in a row.  . The company also ranked second [...]

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  Virginia and Maryland are offering tax-free shopping to help out with back-to-school time. Aug. 6 to Aug. 8, 2010 is scheduled as a sales tax holiday in Virginia. School supplies under $20 will be exempt from sales taxes, so will clothes and shoes under $100. In Maryland, “Shop Maryland Week” will be Aug. 8 [...]

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  The Forbes Magazine reported that Loudoun County tops the list of America’s 25 richest counties for the second consecutive year in a row. Loudoun County is followed by Fairfax County, Va., Arlington County, Va., Stafford County, Va., Prince William County, Va., Charles County, Md., and Alexandria City, Va. Loudoun County, Va. median household incomes [...]

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The residential rental market was plagued by falling rents and rising vacancies during the last few years, very much like the commercial real estate market. Nevertheless, investments in apartment complexes are generating annual returns of 7%-8% because purchase prices for investors have declined. . Purchasing a rental property requires putting down at least 30-50 percent [...]

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The IRS has spelled out additional guidelines for eligibility for the home buyer $8,000 tax credit when co-borrowers purchase a property. When a home-owning parent of an adult child co-signs for a mortgage and both names appear on the note, the IRS says that under some circumstances, the first-time home buyer can qualify for the [...]

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