Phone Mark at (703) 657-8112

• We Buy Houses • Investment Capital for Residential Projects • Private Lending Offered Hello, my name is Mark Luther and I am a native of the Washington DC area. I have been actively involved in real estate for over 10 years. My experience includes the purchase of property, the sale of property as well as the development of new and renovated homes. As a full-time real estate professional, I maintain a keen awareness of the marketplace. Most importantly, real estate is my passion and I love what I do. This will become clear the first time you speak with me. My guiding principle is to offer great service and swift follow-through for every task I am involved. When I take on a project, I move with 110% effort until the project is completed. Over the past 10 years, I have demonstrated this approach with great success. Please feel free to contact me with all of your real estate needs. I look forward to hearing from you. Mark

For expert Arlington County real estate services, we are your solution.  We have greater then twenty years experience in Northern Virginia real estate sales.  Whether you are in Fairlington, Ballston, Clarendon, Courthouse, Crystal City, Langley, Lyon Village, Pentagon City, Rosslyn, Shirlington, Virginia Square, Westover, Williamsburg, or anywhere in the Arlington market, we are your solution.  We know the neighborhoods including Arlington Forest, Arlington Heights, Arlington Ridge, Arlington View, Aurora Hills, Barcroft, Claremont, Columbia Forest, Country Club Hills, Crescent Hills, Dominion Hills, Douglas Park, Forest Hills, Lyon Village, Madison Manor, Penrose, Waverly Hills, and Yorktown.

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Selling/Listing Your Home
Find a buyer and an agent to handle the details to ensure a successful real estate transaction. Providing advertising and marketing your home for maximum exposure As a local area expert with knowledge of the communities our objective is to work diligently to assist you in meeting your real estate goals. Arlington county Real Estate services include:
-Open House
-Home Brochures
-Negotiating Contracts
-Assuring Buyer financing
-Contingency completions
-Appraisals
-Inspections
-Insurance for new homes
-Notification to sellers’ lenders
-Settlement

Buying Your Home
We work with you every step of the process in buying a house from pre-qualifying you to giving you the keys to the house of your dreams. When you are buying or selling property in today’s real estate market, it’s important to have confidence in your real estate professional to provide you with the specialized real estate service you deserve. This process involves:
-Dealing with the banks
-Getting you the best rates
-Finding your home
-Negotiating the contract
-Doing inspections
-Finding home insurance
-Choosing settlement attorneys
-Closing

Northern Virginia Properties
When you are an informed buyer or seller, you’ll make the best decisions for the most important purchase or sale in your lifetime. We keep you informed on trends in the marketplace using the latest statistics in your local area. With property values continuing to rise, real estate is a sound investment for now and for the future. Arlington County Real Estate represents buyers and sellers in the following areas:
-Fairlington
-Arlington
-Alexandria
-Mayflower Square
-Georgetown Woods
-Hollandtowne
-Van Dorn Village
-Springfield
-Manassas
-Manassas Park
-Paradise/Bull Run
-Prince William County
-Fort Belvoir
-Falls Church
-Pentagon City
-Manassas Park
-Loudoun
-Fairfax,
-Annandale,
-Shirlington
-Vienna
-Oakton
-Franconia
-Newington
-Pentagon
-Centreville
-Chantilly
-Sterling
-Leesburg
-Kingstowne

REAL ESTATE GLOSSARY
Appraisal - A service performed by a licensed or certified appraiser, who estimates the value based upon the highest and best use of real property.
Commercial Real Estate - Property used for business, office buildings, industrial property, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores that are intended to be operated at a profit, either from capital gain or rental income.
Comparative Market Analysis – An estimate of home's value compared with other homes.
Cost Value - The value of a property can be estimated by summing the land value and the depreciated value of any improvements.
Exclusive Right to Sell - The broker is given the exclusive right to market the property and represents the seller exclusively.
Fee simple Value - The fair market value of a property without external factors.
FSBO - "Sale By Owner"
Income Value - In a commercial income producing property this approach capitalizes an income stream into a present value.
Insurable value - is the value of property covered by an insurance policy. Generally it does not include the site value.
Investment value - is the value to one particular investor, which may be above or below the market value of a property.
Leased fee value - The property owner's interest in a property by existing long-term leases that may be at, below, or above prevailing market trends.
Listing agreement - A listing agreement or contract between broker and seller is a written agreement to list a property for sale.
Market Value - The price that a property should bring in an open market. Forming an opinion of market value is the purpose of many real property appraisal assignments.
Mortgages - Bank loans for which the property itself is collateral. Banks are willing to make such loans because, if the borrower does not make payments, the lender can foreclose.
Multiple Listing Service - A database, which allows real estate brokers representing sellers under a listing contract to widely share information about properties with real estate brokers.
Open Listing - The property is available for sale by any real estate professional that can advertise, show, or negotiate the sale.
Property Management - managing real estate in exchange for a percentage of the gross rent collected each month.
Real Estate - A legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings.
Real Estate Agents – A licensed real estate agent is a professional who has obtained either a real estate salesperson's license or a real estate broker's license.
Real Estate Brokers – A party who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate and attempts to find sellers who wish to sell and buyers who wish to buy.
Real Estate Developer - makes improvements to property and increasing its value. The developer may be an individual, company or corporation.
REALTOR - A member of the National Association of Realtors. All Realtors are brokers/salespersons, but not all brokers/salespersons are Realtors.
Relocation services - Relocating people or business to a different state or country.
Sales Value - The sales comparison approach looks at the price or price per unit area of similar properties being sold in the marketplace.
State License - To obtain a real estate license an applicant take a minimum number of classes before taking the state licensing exam. In order to work, salespersons must then be associated with a real estate broker.
Value-in-use – The net present value (NPV) of a cash flow that an asset generates for a specific owner under a specific use.

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