With how rapidly Loudoun County is expanding, it’s not surprising more shopping and retail centers are popping up. Luckily for us, along with the shopping comes a chance for new and exciting places to eat. We’ve scoured the county and found some hot new restaurants that are opening soon!
Lost Rhino Retreat
The perfect place to grab a seat on the patio, sample locally brewed beer and enjoy a menu of vibrant, exciting food. The adventure begins soon!
Basil Leaf Mediterranean Grill
Every dish is customized to your taste, with healthy options made fresh daily, including vegetarian and allergy friendly options.
Burger21
The owners of The Melting Pot Restaurants have created a modern fast-casual burger restaurant that offers a unique variety of high-quality food in a hip environment. And they are committed to their community – each restaurant donates 10 percent of the day’s proceeds to a local charity or school on the 21st of each month.
BonChon Chicken
Bonchon, the Korean word for “my hometown” is cooked-to-order chicken, made with the highest quality ingredients and hand-brushed, piece-by-piece, with savory, secret sauces.
Smokehouse Live
Enjoy the highest quality meats, seasoned and smoked for hours over locally-sourced white oak. Sample local craft & macro beers, as well as bourbons, whiskeys and regional specialty sodas. All while listening to live music from local and touring Country, Bluegrass and Americana Roots artists.
Plan B Burger
“Good Booze. Great Burgers.”
With a tag line like that, how can you go wrong? Offering healthy, fresh, quality food, served with style and fun.
Matchbox American Pizza Bistro
The artisanal pizzas are baked in a brick oven packed with a blend of wood that gives each a unique flavor. Their bistro menu offers ever-changing new and unique flavors.
5ense of Thai St.
This is the place where your senses will guide you. Experience the rustic, vibrant, tasty and fun food that reflects Thai street food.
Redskins Grille
Hail to the Redskins! Located in the heart of One Loudoun, the Redskins Grille will be an 8,500 square foot, state-of-the-art sports restaurant from the G.R.E.A.T. Grille Group.
Eddie Merlot’s Aged Beef and
Seafood
Quality, exceptional service and an unparalleled atmosphere have made Eddie Merlot’s one of America’s great steak houses.
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The JS Realty Team – not only serving Brambleton, serving all of Northern Virginia.
A pre-approval is a commitment by a lender to make a mortgage loan to a specified borrower, prior to the identification of a specific property. The pre-approval process starts with an interview and completion of a loan application, and ends with the lender issuing a pre-approval letter demonstrating that the applicant is a suitable buyer. The lender will typically require at minimum 2 years of W2 statements, 2 years of federal tax returns, 2 month’s of asset account statements, and a satisfactory credit report.
At this step the lender issues a written agreement guaranteeing the borrower a specified interest rate, provided the loan closes within a set period of time. To lock a rate the applicant must have a ratified contract and an established settlement date.
This is when the lender offers the official Good Faith Estimate, Truth in Lending Form and loan disclosures. These documents need to be presented to the applicant within 3 days of lock and will need to be signed and returned to the lender. It is also common for the lender to request additional supporting documentation at this point.
An appraisal is a written analysis of the estimated value of a property prepared by a qualified appraiser. This process is performed to make sure that the property is of fair market value and supports the agreed upon purchase price.
During the processing step the Loan Officer and his/her staff will gather and analyze all of the information to ensure that the applicant’s loan will meet the specific program guidelines. The Underwriter will then complete the final review of documents to verify that all appropriate disclosures and documentation is completed to support the issuance of final loan approval. It is common for the Underwriter to request additional explanations or documentation during this process.
The closing is a meeting in which the sale of a property is finalized with the buyer signing the mortgage documents and paying closing costs. Also called “settlement.” This is where the applicant receives their keys to their brand new home!
purchasing power, your designated agent with The JS Realty Team @ Samson Properties will schedule a home tour. Allow approximately 2-3 hours for your tour depending on your home selection. You are welcome to ride along with your agent, or follow along in your own vehicle.
If we have done our job, as your Brambleton real estate agent, you are prepared, have selected strong candidates, have your financing ready, have a comfortable knowledge of the process and you are ready to buy.
inspection. At the same time as the home inspection, we will schedule any other inspections we deem necessary. We will meet our buyer and Inspector at the home for the inspection. After a thorough inspection, the Inspector will provide us with a full report of the good features as well as areas of concern about the home. We will review this report with our buyer and decide which items we will ask the seller to fix. If there are major concerns that make the buyer too uneasy about the home then we will void the contract and search for other homes. If the buyer and seller agree to the home inspection terms, then we will move on to the next step. As long as we are comfortable with the inspections, we will proceed.
read the disclosure packet and by Virginia law if they are not content with the rules and finances of the community, the buyer can void the contract.
are showing that this year is starting out strong! In January of 2015, closed sales showed a modest increase of +1.8% higher than in January 2014. There were 589 new listings that posted this past January, a +5.4% increase over the number listed in the same month in 2014. The $410,000 median sales price this January was 4% lower than the same month last year, though the $550,000 median sales price for detached homes increased 5.7%. The median list price for new pending sales was $420,000, less than 1% below last January’s $423,982 level for new pending sales. 
contracts need to be carefully reviewed to ensure you know exactly what the potential buyer is proposing. Only after you have reviewed and researched all offers will you be able to proceed to choose the contract that works best for you.
In this 2-part series, we’re walking you through everything to consider when reviewing an offer to purchase your home for a successful and smooth transaction. If you missed PART 1, you can find it 
you need to give them time. Financing is typically 3-4 weeks and it is the weakest of the contingencies. The buyer has control over the home inspection and HOA disclosure contingencies; however they do not have as much control over the appraisal and financing. That is why we want the Home Inspection completed and HOA documents reviewed as early on in the process as possible.
