Culpeper Real Estate Blog--EXIT Cornerstone Realty

As a seller in today's BUYERS MARKET, you need to stand out from the competition when selling your home...price, curb appeal, marketing, incentives are all great ways to get a leg up on other property owners.  One of the most overlooked aspects of marketing we see is the paucity of information about the property itself, to include well ...

If you have ever bought or sold real estate, you understand that there can be many complexities in a transaction, especially today, when consumers can be confronted with short-sales, foreclosed properties, rent-to-own, auctions, HUD homes, etc. The days of relatively simple purchases are gone and this article confirms the need for a professional ...

This is from MSNBC.  Although the media tends to oversimplify and genralize things, real estate is a LOCAL phenomena. Our area is influenced by the DC market and when we see rising prices there, buyer tend to get squeezed out to our neck of the woods. Keep an eye on things!  10 Cities Where Home Prices Will Rise in 2011 While home ...

LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS EARN PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION TO HELP HOMEOWNERS IN DANGER OF FORECLOSURELocal real estate professionals Ellen & Mike Butters of RE/MAX Crossroads have each earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales. This ...

Since we are well into the housing bubble correction, we are seeing prices in Culpeper down to about what they were in 2003/2004.  This means that there are many homeowners who currently owe more than what their home is worth.  This is known as being "upside down" or "underwater" on your mortgage.  Combine this ...