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        <Description>&lt;h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are considering &lt;a href="http://www.blockrealestategroup.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;selling your home in Alexandria, Virginia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, it is important for you to understand the timing of the current real estate market.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Despite media reports, properties are still selling in Northern Virginia, albeit slower than in years past.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;As of December 1st, 2007, the &lt;strong&gt;average amount of time on the market&lt;/strong&gt; for all properties currently available in &lt;strong&gt;Alexandria is 93 days.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; The amount of time it takes to sell a home can vary quite a bit depending upon the price range.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The chart below provides a &lt;strong&gt;breakdown by price range&lt;/strong&gt; of all homes currently on the market in &lt;a href="http://www.blockrealestategroup.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Alexandria, Virginia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Red columns indicate that the homes in this price range have averaged more days on the market than the overall average of 93 days. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Days on Market in Alexandria, Virginia" height="424" alt="Days on Market in Alexandria, Virginia" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/1/2/0/4/ar119651118140218.JPG" width="590" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Almost all homes under $900,000 hug the overall average of 93 days on the market, with many of the particular price ranges being somewhat below.&amp;nbsp; Looking at the chart, &lt;strong&gt;it is readily apparent that higher priced homes are taking quite a bit more time to sell&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Alexandria homes in the $1.5 million to $2 million price range have been on the market for an average of 116 days.&amp;nbsp; Those over $2 million have averaged 1/2 year on the market.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's the trend?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexandria homes that sold in November 2007 spent an average of 51 days on the market.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Homes that are currently under contract and pending sale were on the market for 75 days before receiving an accepted offer.&amp;nbsp; Active listings have been on the market for 93 days. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time to market a home for sale in Alexandria is increasing.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Days on Market Trend" height="390" alt="Days on Market Trend" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/1/5/5/0/ar119651184105513.JPG" width="563" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This upward trend of days on market will result in downward pressure on pricing for Alexandria homes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Average prices in Alexandria&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Currently available homes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; $523,127&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;under contract:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; $497,935&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt; sold November 2007:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; List Price $500,742&amp;nbsp; Sold Price $488,312&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With more time on the market, you should see current listing prices reduced to be more in line with average sold prices for November. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a complete market analysis of your home, contact &lt;strong&gt;Brian Block, RE/MAX Allegiance at 703-626-0715 or by e-mail at &lt;a href="http://mailto:brian@brianblock.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&lt;u&gt;brian@brianblock.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuemyvirginiahome.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;Click here for a confidential online comparative pricing analysis of your home&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;</Description>
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