There are a whole lot of renovated or ‘flipped’ houses on the market these days! The real estate industry is thriving in Richmond, and people know that there...

The market is shifting. Not dramatically (at least not yet), but as we've discussed in our January blog, we're seeing the market start to settle. It was al...

Recently I took a trip to New York City for the week long Inman Real Estate Conference. "Inman Connect is a week-long event bringing together more than 4,000...

We’ve all gotten pretty used to the way things have been in real estate for the last few years: interest rates were very low, selling times were very short, ...

Imagine...you're under contract, you've made it through inspection negotiations and are almost at the finish line...then the home doesn't appraise. What hap...

For the past few years, the Richmond real estate market has been performing exceptionally well. Houses all over the metro are appreciating quickly, and if yo...

Imagine this:  You and your family decide to start looking for that new home.  Where is the first place you look? If Zillow isn’t in the top few places, you w...

Real estate is all about the spring market. Between March and July it’s full speed ahead and come the beginning of the school year, if you haven’t made your ...

‘Why do we need a Realtor?’ As Realtors, we hear this question a lot, so we’ve gotten pretty used to it. Honestly, now we love to get this question. Why? Bec...

Pretty is Expensive. Pretty can be Cheap. Not paying too much for a house can be difficult in our current market. Home Sweet RVA would like to reveal a few i...

In this crazy market we live in right now, off market transactions have become more of the norm than ever before. We want to give you some perspective on wha...

In real estate, home values traditionally are based on recent history. But market stats show that, without using a little expert intuition, your asking price...

It’s not uncommon for a client to come to us with with the goal of selling their home and buying a new home at the same time. We’re used to it, and we unders...

You’re about to close on your home. You’re all set. The boxes are stacked everywhere. The moving company just confirmed their arrival for tomorrow. A cleanin...

You’ve probably heard this old adage somewhere along the line: “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.” And you get it, I’m sure. Now, we could ask the bigger q...

We know it’s still December, but the spring market is quickly approaching. As a matter of a fact, this December has been our busiest one on record. Bidding w...

Most people don’t think this way but when you are buying a home, you are actually buying two things. the actual property (i.e. — the land and the improvement...

Maybe this is an oversimplification, but it feels like our industry is filled with three types of people…Realtors, Salespeople, and Agents. And yes, this is ...

The last few spring buying seasons have ranked pretty high on the insanity scale: multiple bids, bids over ask, bidding wars. Well guess what? This spring lo...

If you want to know how much your house is worth, just ask … anyone. Your neighbor, your plumber, your father—they all have a great idea what the value of yo...