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Articles by John Brooks

About John Brooks
John Brooks is a Realtor® with Howard Hanna William E. Wood at its Port Warwick office. He can be contacted at 757-813-0160 or by email at jbrooks@howardhanna.com.
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Ready to make a move?

September 25, 2020 John Brooks 0

Housing prices on the Virginia Peninsula are definitely in a modest uptrend. Some of us may tend to think of rising housing prices with some concern, because two of the most prominent periods of rising [Read More…]

Columns

An annual housing audit

January 27, 2020 John Brooks 0

Winter is an excellent time for what I call an annual personal “housing audit.” For many folks, winter provides the breathing space between the holiday season and spring’s arrival. Tax filing deadlines and busier outdoor [Read More…]

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Are Peninsula home values going up?

September 26, 2019 John Brooks 0

With property values rising in many areas of the country, local residents wonder if that is happening here. There are fewer foreclosures than there were a few years ago. But the question of values rising [Read More…]

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Renovation loans for your dream home

July 29, 2019 John Brooks 0

Like most REALTORS®, I work with both buyers and sellers. On the buying side, homebuyers in the Peninsula market right now — no matter what the buyers’ age or price range — seem to prefer to purchase renovated, like [Read More…]

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How much house can I afford?

January 25, 2019 John Brooks 0

One of the first questions that homebuyers and their REALTOR® need to discuss is financial: What price range are you interested in, or how expensive a house can you afford? In addition to income, credit [Read More…]

Columns

Do you really ever own your home?

October 19, 2018 John Brooks 0

In American culture and society, we are proud to be a “nation of homeowners.” And rates of home ownership in neighborhoods, communities and metropolitan areas are often proxies for evaluating stability of real estate values/tax [Read More…]

Columns

When it is time to sell a house, first impressions matter

May 17, 2018 John Brooks 0

With fewer Peninsula houses on the market this season, it is a good time to think about whether it is “time to sell.” For whatever the reason—upsizing, downsizing, relocating, or changing life circumstances—there will be [Read More…]

Columns

Now is the time to buy a home!

February 26, 2018 John Brooks 0

Probably the most common question asked of Realtors® today, is whether it is now a “good time” to buy or sell residential property. In all honesty, since we are paid through commissions from sales, the [Read More…]

Columns

Forget about granite countertops. Check out the roof first!

October 25, 2017 John Brooks 0

Today’s home buyers are heavily influenced by cable channel HGTV, which has progressed beyond programs that report on design trends, to the point where the network is driving those trends. An example is how granite [Read More…]

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