Taste of Willowsford This Saturday Oct 5 1-4pm

The Waterford Fair is the oldest—and best!—juried crafts fair in Virginia.  The historic village of Waterford welcomes fairgoers from around the world each October for three days of living history, food, handicrafts, and just plain fun.  This year’s Fair is October 4-6, 2013, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

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Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

The Fed recently announced they would continue their current pace of purchasing bonds until the economy was stronger. This bond purchasing program is the reason that mortgage interest rates are at historic lows. Rates began to increase over the last several months just on the anticipation that the Fed would announce that they would be reducing the level of bond purchases last month. When that didn’t happen, rates actually decreased (4.50 to 4.37).

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Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

Friday-Sunday, October 4-6, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Morven Park Fall Horse Trials
This event provides the optimal (and FREE!) spectator experience, traditionally attracting the country’s top riders in this triathlon of dressage, show jumping, and cross-country. Morven Park, 41793 Tutt Lane, Leesburg, Va.

Teresa Davenport | Assistant Director of Development and Communications
Morven Park
P.O. Box 6228 | Leesburg, VA 20178
P: 703-777-2414 ext. 6618
F: 703-777-3282
http://www.MorvenPark.org


Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

Your credit score and your insurance payments- what’s the connection?

You’re likely not surprised when your loan officer asks for your social security number- a thorough credit check is standard when applying for a loan. However, many consumers are caught off-guard when a homeowners insurance agent asks for their social security number.  It’s widely debated, but quite commonly practiced- for an insurance carrier to use a customer’s credit score to determine their insurance premiums.

What does your credit score really mean to your potential insurance carrier?

While many businesses will use a consumer’s credit score to determine eligibility for a

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Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

Lovettsville Fair Ends Today (Sun Sept 29)

Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

Brian and I had a great time at the Bluemont Fair on Sunday.   Wonderful event and great weather.  Really enjoyed seeing the Snickersville Academy (Bluemont’s first school and church—the 1825) and later used as a home of Susie Neal for 30 years. We got to talk with one of Susie Neal's grandsons who told us all about the history of the cabin and the restoration project that is underway.

Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

DULLES, VA [24570 Gum Spring Road along Route 50, Near Aldie/Chantily] – StoneSpring Emergency Center will open to the public on Monday, September 9th at 7 am offering a full-service, state-of-the-art ER for all major and minor emergency needs.

Located at the intersection of Gum Spring Road and Route 50, across from the South Riding and Stone Ridge communities, the 9,600-square-foot ER will be staffed 24/7 by physicians and clinical staff with special training in pediatric and adult emergency medicine.  Services at the facility include an on-site, full-service lab with point-of-care testing, a full range of imaging (x-ray, CT and ultrasound), and expedited transfers for patients who need inpatient or specialty care at Reston Hospital Center.

“StoneSpring Emergency Center provides convenient access to residents of Loudoun County who are in need of emergency services,” said John Deardorff, CEO of Reston Hospital Center.  “Our board-certified ER physicians and clinical staff at StoneSpring bring an abundance of experience in pediatric and adult emergency care.”

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and Read more about the dream to open the facility..

Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email

Today’s InfoGraphic courtesy of our great friend Dave Savage from Mortgage Coach.

Here is an EDGE VIDEO Dave created to help you see how to take this concept and tailor it for specific homebuyers.

Contact Marilee Murphy today for all of your home buying, or selling, luxury homes or new construction needs.  I am dedicated to making sure you have a smooth transition from start to finish. Use my website to search available properties in Loudoun County located, in Northern Virginia, specifically the towns of Sterling/Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg, Chantilly, and Aldie as well as properties in Fairfax County, and Prince William County areas. You can also sign up to receive free listing updates by email