Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! If at least once a year, be grateful for what and who you have in your life. Remember…it could always be worse.

Loudoun Community Spotlight: Hawks View Glen in Leesburg

Hawks View Glen is a community of 36 town homes built in 2005 by K Hovnanian Homes. Hawks View Glen is located near the intersection of East Market St (Route 7 business) and the Route 15 bypass in southeast Leesburg, Virginia.

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The typical square footage is just under 2100 square feet with all of the town homes having pretty much the same floor plan. The main differences in the floor plan and square footage is whether the town home has a 3 level bump out or not and how the kitchen is situated. With the bump out, square footage is around 2100 square feet. All of the town homes have a one car garage and are brick front.

You enter on the main (basement) level with the door to the garage immediately to the left or right of the front door. Directly in front of you is a hallway leading to the walk out basement and backyard and stairs leading up to the second level.

As you get to the top of the stairs, the kitchen, eat in kitchen area and sun room (sun room is only there if there’s a 3 level bump out)  is to the rear of the home while the dining room and living room are to the front of the home.

The third (top) floor consists of the master bedroom, master bathroom, 2nd and 3rd bedrooms, full bath in the hallway, washer and dryer and linen closet. The master bedroom and master bathroom are pretty large for a town home especially if it has the 3 level bump out, which puts the bathroom in the bumpout. The master bedroom is the entire width of the town home and almost a perfect rectangle while the master bathroom is made up of the entire 3rd level bump out. The 2nd and 3rd bedrooms aren’t huge, but still a good size for a town home of this size.

The backyards on these town homes are larger (deeper) than average. Most of the town homes in the middle of the community have fences while some of the ones on the north/east side of the community do not and none of the ones on the south/west side of the community have a fence.

The town homes on the south/west side of the community all back to mature trees, the W&OD Trail and small power lines that run along the W&OD Trail. The town homes in the middle of the community back to other town homes. The town homes on the north/east side of the community back to mature trees.

One drawback of the community is that there are no amenities within the community – no clubhouse, no pool, no tot lots, etc. If you want access to such amenities, you’ll have to turn to neighboring communities or general county amenities. But then again, if you’re not a pool person nor care about tot lots or a community club house, you may not care.

The community is currently going through a foreclosure/bank-owned and short-sale frenzy. As of yesterday (July 15, 2009), there are 8 properties for sale or under contract – 5 are short-sales and 3 are foreclosure/bank-owned properties. Everyone who bought a home in this community paid considerably more than what their property is worth today. That can often lead to a high level of foreclosures and short-sales, which seems to be the case in this community at the moment.

On the bright side, these properties are now being purchased at much more affordable prices and during a time when lending guidelines are much more strict than in years past. This should help lead to increased mid to long term stability within the community.

P.S. Click here if you can’t see the slideshow of Hawks View Glen at the top of this post. And click here if you don’t see the embedded Google Map near the beginning of the post.

SEARCH FOR HOMES FOR SALE IN HAWKS VIEW GLEN

Understanding Closing and Settlement Costs

If you are buying or selling a house and are curious as to what closing and settlement costs are for, check out this short video entitled, “Understanding Closing and Settlement Costs” (click here if you can’t see the video)…

Hat tip to Midori Miller

Arlington is “gangsta”?!

Always knew Arlington was “gangsta”… (If you can’t see the video below, click here)

Hat tip to Ben

Coming soon…

Some cool, new things are coming to Loudoun Scene. Stay tuned…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! May we all be so lucky as this leprechaun and find a pot of gold!

LoudounScene.com Update

You may have noticed that there are some issues with the Category section of the blog, as well as some of the widgets on the very right hand column. I am currently working with Typepad and the makers of the widgets to resolve the problem.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you and I hope to resolve the issues shortly.

On a related note…look for some changes coming to LoudounScene.com and LoudounForeclosures.com in the near future. The changes are being made in order to make your experience on the blogs more efficient, rewarding and pleasurable.

-Danilo

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2009 Conforming Loan Limits Increase For Loudoun, DC Metro Area

The 2009 conforming loan limits for Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William, Arlington and other counties and areas in the DC metro area have been increased.

• Loudoun County – $625,500
• Fairfax County – $625,500
• Prince William County – $625,500
• Arlington County – $625,500
• Falls Church City – 625,500

But don't get too giddy about the increases…the higher loan limits will not impact the majority of borrowers and only slightly impact the few that those types of loans are best suited for.

For a complete list of area across the U.S. where 2009 limits have been raised, check out this post over at The Real Estate Bloggers.

Happy 4th!

Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July holiday weekend! See you back here on Monday.

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