If you're moving to Northern Virginia and you've noticed that housing prices are currently high in your dream areas, and you want to buy a house, chances are that you've considered taking on a fixer-upper. Popularized by TV shows on HGTV, houses in bad need of TLC ...

If you’ve watched HGTV recently or flipped through the pages of a contemporary home design magazine, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the tiny house movement. Designed to be more sustainable, portable, and affordable than traditional homes, tiny homes are, as it says on the label, very small abodes than generally clock ...

It’s been established that, for millennial would-be homeowners, the biggest hurdle to owning their own homes is a lack of down payment. Plenty of young buyers could afford a monthly mortgage payment, but can’t manage to save the large chunk of change needed to secure a house purchase.

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Tiny Chantilly, Virginia is the perfect small town in Northern Virginia. A CDP, it boasts a population of only 23,000 and is only 25 miles west of Washington, D.C. It’s a great place to live and a lot of new Virginia residents consider moving to Chantilly because of ...

Once you’ve decided on the home you want to buy, you generally want to close on it and OWN it as soon as possible. Home buying is strenuous, time-consuming, and stressful. Who wants to drag the process out for longer than absolutely necessary? Not you, I’m willing to bet. And ...

What’s better: a single story house, or one with two (or even more) floors? If you are a buyer actively looking for your family’s next home, it’s possible that you already have a preference. Maybe you grew up in a two-story home and can’t imagine anything else. Maybe you come ...

When you buy a new home in northern Virginia, you have a lot of things that factor into your decision. For most people, location is the biggest criterion. There is also the number of bedrooms, the size of the yard, the quality of the school district, the square footage, and ...

Living in a good neighborhood is a subjective question for many, but it's not all about having the best schools, but instead about the community where you're buying a home as well. And that's because your neighbors will impact your life for years to come. Having neighbors ...

So, you know someone who just moved? How exciting! It’s like all the excitement of getting a new place, with none of the expenses and hassle of packing and moving - you can experience the thrill vicariously. When someone new moves into the area or if your friend has a new ...

Can you use a credit card to make your mortgage payment? The short answer is “yes… kind of.” The reasons you might feel like it’s a good idea to pay your monthly mortgage can vary: maybe you are short on funds, or you think the rewards will be worth ...