Loudoun County's own Karlie Harman of Aldie, a 14 year old female football player and freshman at John Champe High School, is one of three final contestants for the  NFL's competition, “Together We Make Football." Karlie has been a quarterback for the Dulles South Thunder football league for two seasons and was the first girl quarterback to be named Player of the Year in the Northern Virginia Youth Football league.

Well done Karlie!!!

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Another new movie theatre opens in Loudoun County.  This one located at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, VA.  And this theatre has reclining seats!!!

Grand opening is Dec 11 with free small popcorn and small soda with each paid ticket through Dec 17.

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The funding for the second phase of the Metro's Silver Line as moving forward as Fairfax County officials have approved the terms for a $403 million federal loan.

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The Loudoun Board of Supervisors has approved rezoning at One Loudoun to add facilities for day care and continuing care.  A company out of Phoenix Arizona called The Childrens' Learning Adventure will build a facility with pre-school and after school programs and Thrive Senior Living out of Atlanta, Georgia will is slated to build a high-end assisted living facility.

The rezoning also eliminates the phased development of the area which will allow developers to build up to 1000 new homes to fullfil demand.

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Loudoun Board Members approved the public schools calendar for 2015 with students beginning classes August 31 and ending June 14, 2015. Teachers and parents expressed support of the decision.

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There is community support for bringing girls field hockey to Loudoun County as a varsity sport.

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The public has voted and the top two choices are in for the future Metro stations in Loudoun County. Broad Run was the choice for the first station west of the Dulles International Airport, near the Dulles Greenway and Route 606. Ashburn was the choice for the Route 772 station. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will make the final decision.

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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

Many people are holding off on buying a home because they are
concerned that prices will drop again like they did several years ago.
While minor fluctuations can be expected in any market, Market Strategist
and Real Estate Experts expect housing prices to continue to go up
nationwide an average of 3.6% over the next 5 years.  That rate is
slightly ahead of the expected overall inflation rate of 2% per year.
That means a home valued $400,000 today will be worth $494,00 in 5 years.

If you think of home buying as an investment, that is an average annual
return of 8.5% for a purchase using 10% down.

Price: $400,000
Down Payment: $40,000
Gain after 5 Years: $94,000
Return on Down Payment: $40,000/$94,000 = 42.5%
Annual Average: 42.5% / 5 = 8.5%

If you use one of the loan programs that allow a lower down payment your
return will be even greater.

Real estate is one of the safest money growth vehicles available.  Don't
miss out.  You are paying for housing anyway.  Might as well make it work
for you.

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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

Everyone is welcome!

Wed, Nov 19 6:30pm at Long & Foster Real Estate, 46191 Westlake Drive, Sterling, VA 20165. No obligation to work
with Long & Foster - just an opportunity to learn and ask questions.

Please let me (703-217-0697) or the lender, Carleton Chambers (703-433-7418), know of any questions.

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