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There are no little deals

There are no little deals.

Every transaction is a huge transaction for the buyer, and usually the seller, too.

Dismissing the “little” deals as such is detrimental to everybody involved. We were all, at some point, a “little deal” ourselves.

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.

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When Should Buyers Pull their Credit (when buying a home)?

When Should Buyers Pull their Credit (when buying a home)?

I asked Matt Hodges with Gray Fox Mortgage  a couple simple questions a lot of my buyer clients have, and thought you'd find the answers useful. When should buyers let their lender pull their credit? Regardless of when a buyer wants to purchase, if they…

Artificial Housing Inventory in Charlottesville

Artificial Housing Inventory in Charlottesville

I'm guilty of this, too. For houses that come on the market in Charlottesville and the Charlottesville area, what I'm seeing is this Home is listed as a Coming Soon on Monday/Tuesday so that we Realtors can tee up our buyers. House is activated on…

Chimney Inspections: A Good Idea

Chimney Inspections: A Good Idea

I'm recommending chimney inspections to my buyer clients now. Just like I started advising septic inspections around 2010, I think chimney inspections should be default inspections -- or at least suggesting them should be my default now. More often than not, if I ask an agent if…

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.