1303 Ross Drive in Vienna, Va sold in only 1 day!

We helped a couple retiring to Florida remodel, stage and then sell their family home in Vienna Woods. This is a great older neighborhood that is undergoing an influx of young couples starting families, and singles looking for homes with almost an acre of land.
If you have an Estate Sale or Retirement Sale drop us a line. We can take care of everything from contractors, to clearing things out.

Looking in Ballston or Arlington for a great Condo with low fees and a lot of space? Here is a home that is turn-key. Designer colors, hand-scraped hardwood floors, granite. 1705 in the Continental also has the perfect view. Many condos are facing the new construction - not this location! See all the way to Alexandria on a clear day.

We are having an Open House this Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Please drop by and see the largest floorplan offered at 851 N Glebe. Call us for info at 703-626-3855 or visit TalleyHurstHomes.com for a brochure.

Just last week, we closed on a sale of a great little Rambler located close to the Vienna Metro. How long did it take from the Open House, to Sale? It was the same day.

Amazing? Maybe, and we certainly earned our pay from the homeowner. But there is something more. Yes, after about two years, we are seeing a much improved real estate marketplace.

Sure, there are going to be ups and downs, but in the core areas of Northern Va, we see more dramatic recovery. We first saw this in Arlington, and then Falls Church. Now Vienna and Oakton. Some areas of Fairfax are improving, and in Centreville the short sales are slowing down. All good news for the Northern Va area.

One thing that makes our work with sellers so successful, is the marketing blitz we use on the Internet. In 90 percent of our listings, we get offers by the second week. If you are ready to sell - drop us a line and take about 30 mins. to hear what we say.

When I was first in real estate, I was taught an age old phrase - "underneath all is the land". This came from a Latin statement many years old. It is one of those hard facts that folks come back to during hard times.

Over the past week, we have seen oil costs rise, continued unrest in Iran, and the stock market continue its day-trading sine wave that demonstrates so much concern and indecisiveness in our market. Interest rates have ticked up somewhat, maybe a point or so.

We see many with cash buying up land right now at a fast pace. Why? They know land is finite. There is only so much to go around. When land values are low, as they are now, it is difficult to find a downside with a land purchase. That is a very simplistic way to see it, and it is basically correct.
Stock market players say "buy low, sell high".

Back to the title - Cash is King. Lately, we have seen a number of cash-rich buyers looking at properties with land. They know the basics. The bottom of the market is important to investing, but land is the steady value. If you are looking for your home, there are many factors. But, land is always a solid basis for investment.

You can find all of us at Talley Hurst Homes on the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. We like to keep all of our friends and

business relationships alive with the current news. You can also Google Jay or Debra to see what we are up to.

We did ask many of our business friends how they felt about MySpace and YouTube. We are on both of these, but will only be expanding our YouTube

listings. In this world of Internet Portals, we find we must pick and choose.

Our YouTube site will be adding all of our listings in the next few days. We look forward to showing you the best homes in Northern Virginia.