Tips Buyers should use when the Inventory of homes is low.

The Northern Virginia Real Estate market is Hot ~ and the inventory is now trending at record lows. We’ve come a long way since the darkest hours of the bottom of the home market in 2009. Now, buyers are finding the competition for homes surprisingly stiff. The days of touring twenty homes listed in Fairfax or twenty townhomes for sale in Manassas and deliberating over the tiniest details have slipped away.

So what can you do to increase your odds at landing a home that you can love? Here are a few tips to help as you navigate this increasingly active market:

Whether you sell your home in Washington DC or Sell your Home in Manassas, know that your front door means more than you think

When you're preparing your house for the market, almost every agent will explain how valuable curb appeal is when it comes to marketing your home.   Curb appeal can mean a lot of things, of course, ranging from wholesale replacement of the roof, paint, and landscaping, to a few tidy details designed to spruce up the place.

I have sold plenty of homes for sale in Prince William County and also Real Estate in Fairfax Virginia and over the years the #1 Upgrade that triggers $$$ is the quality impression given by your front door. Truly the best (and most cost-effective!) tune-ups you can make works both from the curb and from up close.  It's a little something I like to think of as the “Front Door Tune-up.”

The front door is a focal point on your home, both from a distance and up close. Here's how to leverage it for maximum impact: