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What Do 8 Of The Top 10 Most Expensive Listings In DC Have In Common?

+ The Answer Is HomeVisit, Your Leading Marketing Provider For Luxury Listings in the DC Region

The Washington Post recently featured the most expensive homes currently for sale in the DC region and of the 10 homes featured, HomeVisit has provided its industry-leading marketing services to all but two. Below we share Fusion Photography, ProHD Video and Virtual Tour links for all 8 of these homes in DC, Maryland and Virginia, ranging in listing price from $3.99 to $12.9 million.

Bottom line: if you have a luxury listing, there's only one solution for all of your marketing challenges- HomeVisit!

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7700 Oldchester Road, Bethesda, MD    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $7.2 million
Listing agent: Marc Fleisher, Long & Foster Real Estate

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with ProHDVideo & Fusion Photography)

3120 Woodland Drive NW, Washington    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $8.1 million
Listing agent: Marc Fleisher, Long & Foster Real Estate

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with Fusion Photography)

9325 Belle Terre Way, Potomac, MD    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $4.995 million
Listing agent: Kimberly Casey and Daryl Judy, Washington Fine Properties

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with Fusion Photography)

1322 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $4.445 million
Listing agent: Peter Lane and Robert Sanders, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with Fusion Photography)

4929 Glenbrook Rd, NW, Washington, DC    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $4.295 million
Listing agent: William F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki, Washington Fine Properties

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with Fusion Photography)

801 Turkey Run Road, McLean, VA    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $12.9 million
Listing agent: Deborah Shapiro and Michael Anastasia, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with agent supplied photography)

2615 30th Street, NW, Washington, DC    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $7.85 million
Listing agent: Jonathan Taylor, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with agent supplied photography)

11206 Richland Grove Drive, Great Falls, VA    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $3.999 million
Listing agent: Penny Yerks and Anj Murphy, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

(features HomeVisit Virtual Tour with agent supplied photography)

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Customer Service Bulletin: Required Credit Card Payment Method Update

On October 15, HomeVisit is changing over to a new bank for our credit card payment processing. As part of this process, and for security reasons, when you place your next order with HomeVisit after October 15, you will be required to enter your credit card information into the system one time, even if you had stored your account information previously.

Authorize.net Verified MerchantWe will continue to use the ultra-secure, market leading, Authorize.net payment gateway system to process your credit card payments with HomeVisit. However, security rules dictate that your credit card information which is stored at Authorize.net cannot be transferred. This is for your protection.

After you place your next order, your card details can be securely stored for your convenience to use on future orders with HomeVisit as in the past.

We appreciate your business very much!

The HomeVisit Team

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It's Here! The New, Improved HomeVisit Virtual Tour Configurator!

+ Set Up Your Virtual Tours In Mere Minutes!

NOW AVAILABLE!  Configuring your HomeVisit Virtual Tour is now easier than ever! With the re-designed and rebuilt Tour Configurator, you'll be able to set up your Tours faster and more efficiently. Featuring new improved HTML5 drag-and-drop functionality and an intuitive full-screen liquid interface, the new Configurator allows you to set up Tours in mere minutes! Try it now!

Take a Quick Video Tour Of This New Improved HomeVisit Feature!

New functionality includes:

• Simple, fast drag-and-drop functionality. Drag one photo or multiple photos at one time. Easily re-sequence selected photos once added.
• Toggle between three different photo viewing sizes: small, medium or large
• Display only the photos that were saved as Tour Favorites in the recently launched Contact Sheet
• Click any image to view photo detail at large resolution
• Easily add Room Name and Description for each added photo
• Simple, quick method for selecting Primary Tour photo

COMING SOON: A totally re-built Manage Listings...everything HomeVisit right at your fingertips! Stay tuned for more exciting enhancements and features to the HomeVisit experience.

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Spotlight Listings: Open Sunday, September 7th

+ Featuring Beautiful Arlington Colonial, Sleek U Street Contemporary Condo, and Grand Bethesda Arts & Crafts Masterwork

Earlier this week, HomeVisit previewed an amazing new 3D imaging service which will soon be available for our customers. Matterport 3D tours of homes will be a game-changing addition to our Virtual Tour product. See this incredible technology in action now: take a 3D tour of our offices. More news on this front coming shortly! In the meantime, enjoy this week's Spotlight Listings below, all featuring Fusion Photography.

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3808 WOODSTOCK ST N, ARLINGTON, VA    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $1,675,000
Listing agent: Christopher Wilkes/Jinny Wilkes/Linda Rogers, Washington Fine Properties
Open Sunday, September 7th, 2-4PM

Located in the prestigious Country Club Hills neighborhood and l mile from Chain Bridge, this home provides easy access to Washington's business, political and cultural centers. Easily accessible to nature center, trails to the Potomac and shopping at the neighborhood of Lee Heights. Features includ: Beautiful center hall colonial built in 2004 has custom woodwork, high ceilings, arch doorways and hardwood floors; Spacious entertaining rooms with excellent party flow; Sunny gourmet kitchen and breakfast area look out to fenced yard and patio; 5 bedrooms and 4.55 baths featuring 4 bedrooms and 3 baths on upper level; Main level bedroom/office with full bathroom; Sunroom, media room and Koi pond; Approx. 5300 finished square feet on 3 levels. (Fusion Photography: Stephen Hansen, HomeVisit)

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2125 14TH ST NW #318-W, WASHINGTON, DC    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $935,000
Listing agent: Tyler Jeffre, Beasley Real Estate.
Open Sunday September 7th, 2-4PM

A prime location and all the amenities of Union Row! This spectacular, light filled contemporary condo lives like a town home with three levels, soaring ceilings, and an open floor plan perfect for entertaining. A chef 's kitchen offers gas cooking, plentiful storage, a large island, plus a gracious dining space. A spacious living room is flooded with south-facing light and walks out onto a lovely private terrace. The second level features the Master Bedroom, with gorgeous master bath and two large custom closets. A second bedroom and spacious bath, along with the washer & dryer round out the second floor. A top-level loft is perfect for an in-home office, secondary lounge space, or could easily be enclosed to act as a third bedroom. Outside the front door, residents enjoy the luxury and convenience of secure garage parking, plus the building is only blocks from the U Street Metro line and all that the 14th & U Street corridors have to offer. This home is truly the epitome of modern urban living! (Fusion Photography: Stephen Hansen, HomeVisit)

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6701 PERSIMMON TREE RD, BETHESDA, MD    View HomeVisit Virtual Tour
Listing Price: $2,350,000
Listing agent: Joseph Rubin, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Open Sunday September 7th, 1-4PM

This grand Arts & Crafts Masterwork in Bethesda is completely finished, staged and ready for immediate occupancy. This beautiful home features ten foot ceilings and generously sized rooms in open, airy floor plan. The main floor features a huge designer kitchen with breakfast island open to family room. An oversized master suite with sitting room highlights the upstairs, which features, five bedrooms and four baths. The lower level features a bonus family/gathering room. Exterior features include low maintenance HardiePlank exterior, stone porch and patio, and a three car garage. (Fusion Photography: Chez Watts, HomeVisit)

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Learn about HomeVisit Fusion Photography and HomeVisit Pro HD Video.

 

NOW AVAILABLE: A Whole New Way To View HomeVisit Photos!

+ New Improved Functionality & High-Res Photos FREE Of Charge

NOW AVAILABLE!  Presenting a whole new way to view your HomeVisit Photography! The all-new HomeVisit Photo Viewer is loaded with new functionality that makes reviewing your photo shoots for Virtual Tours and Print incredibly fast and simple. And starting today, all high-resolution photos will be available, free of charge, to all HomeVisit customers.

 

Take a Quick Video Tour Of This New Improved HomeVisit Feature!

New functionality includes:

• Download all web images with one simple click (your choice to include every shot or just those included in a Virtual Tour, in the same order you configured)
• Download any individual image - web or high-resolution print quality - with one simple click; high-res photos now available free of charge
• Easily toggle between three different photo viewing sizes: small, medium or large
• Simple, one-click Save To Print Favorites functionality makes selecting images for your Print Materials a snap
• Click any image to view photo detail at full resolution
• Image slideshow allows you to click from one photo to next and back, with full Save and Download functionality available
• Email any photo to any address via simple web form (share with colleagues or advertisers)

COMING SOON: Simple one-click Save To Tour Favorites functionality will integrate tightly with a brand new Virtual Tour Configurator. Creating HomeVisit Virtual Tours is about to get a whole lot simpler and faster! Stay tuned for these exciting additional features, as well as many more improvements to the HomeVisit experience.

 

What Do George Clooney, Matt Damon & Ray Lewis Have To Do With HomeVisit?

+ HomeVisit Fusion Photography Captures Two Notable DC Area Listings

Every home on the market tells a story. And as an agent or broker, why would you trust anyone other than HomeVisit to help you tell that story? Here's two recent listings that we proudly helped market. Let us help tell the story of your next listing!

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Dazzling U Street Condo, Formerly Used As Set For Oscar-Winning Film "Syriana", Incites Bidding War!

Movie buffs may find the living room of this three bedroom DC condo familiar: 2100 12th Street NW served as the home for one of the main characters in the 2005 film "Syriana", starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. Listed by Daryl Judy and Kimberly Casey of Washington Fine Properties, this home, now under contract, received seven offers within days of listing-- all at or above its $1.125 million list price! View HomeVisit Virtual Tour Now!

Fusion Photography: Nathan Stewart, HomeVisit

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HomeVisit Shoots Home Owned By Legendary Former Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis!

Here's a new listing that will appeal to fans of the gridiron. The Creig Northrop Team of Long and Foster Real Estate is proud to list this Owings Mill home owned by future Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis. Be sure to check out the lower level trophy, gaming and media room! View HomeVisit Virtual Tour Now!

Fusion Photography: Bryan Vaughan, HomeVisit

 

HomeVisit Appears At Long & Foster Gold Team Brunch Event

+ Congratulations to Sales Associate Elley Kott, Our Raffle Winner

This past Tuesday, February 18th, HomeVisit attended Long & Foster Real Estate's Annual Gold Team Brunch, held at The Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center. The networking event was attended by hundreds of Long & Foster Top Producing Sales Associates from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. HomeVisit has appeared at several Gold Team events in the past and was thrilled to once again participate.

HomeVisit Business Development Manager Dave O'Brien and Sales and Marketing Manager Adam Elnagdy spoke with well over 150 Sales Associates, provided complimentary Print Sample Packages and live demonstrations of HomeVisit's Virtual Tour and Floor Plan Tour. Dave and Adam very much enjoyed the opportunity to speak with so many long time HomeVisit devotees, as well as many potential new customers. As always, it was great to match faces to some familiar voices.

Attendees were also thrilled to learn the recent news of HomeVisit offering its Fusion Photography standard for all photography orders, at no extra price. Congratulations also go out to Elley Kott from the Bethesda Gateway Office, this year's Fish Bowl Winner of a Free Full Fusion Photo Shoot and Virtual Tour.

HomeVisit would like to thank Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. for hosting this fun event. Watch this space for announcements of future events!

 

HomeVisit Is Now Doing Full Fusion For All Listings

+ Every Single Photo, Every Single Listing -- At No Additional Cost!

Have you noticed a difference in quality for your HomeVisit photography lately? For the past two months, we have been shooting full enhanced Fusion for every single photo of every listing! We couldn’t be more excited to share the news of this giant upgrade — at no additional cost — for every single HomeVisit customer. When you choose HomeVisit, we want you to be confident that you are getting the absolute very best quality and service across the board for your listings. Our Fusion Photography, which has been tested and refined for over two years, gives you quality images for web and print that are unmatched by any competitor. Now when you place your HomeVisit order, there is no longer any need to choose between Standard and Fusion Photography...all orders are automatically upgraded to full Fusion! HomeVisit Fusion Photography: the best photographers, the most advanced equipment and the most innovative processes...for every one of your HomeVisit listings!

What is HomeVisit Fusion Photography? A HomeVisit exclusive, Fusion Photography combines multiple shots, lighting effects and processing to create a single image that offers as 3-5 times as much visual range, detail, clarity and color. Fusion Photography creates images that are as close to what the naked eye see’s as possible. What is the Difference Between HDR and Fusion Photography? HDR is any photography process that combines multiple exposures to create a single, superior image. While other companies claim to offer HDR or some form of Fusion, HomeVisit's Fusion process is unique and exclusive. After over two years of intensive testing, we have developed a proprietary method of shooting and processing that we believe offers unparallelled quality, for web and print, at affordable pricing. Why Is Fusion Photography Important? The answer is simple: buyers demand more photos and better quality images. Since we started shooting exclusively Fusion, we’ve seen our Virtual Tour statistics jump: buyers now view an average of 41 photos per Tour visit and have spent an average of nearly 9 minutes inside each Virtual Tour! Better images also allow you to create better, more effective video and print marketing as well.

Check Out A Few Recent Fusion Examples + Whether It's A Million Dollar Estate or 1 Bedroom Condo, Fusion Brings Unmatched Quality!
959 DOMINION RESERVE DR MCLEAN, VA $2,895,000 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: Mark McFadden, Washington Fine Properties		851 GLEBE RD N #1604 ARLINGTON, VA $614,500 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: Diane Schline, Century 21 Redwood		4904 VALLEY VIEW OVERLOOK ELLICOTT CITY, MD $1,400,000 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: Creig Northrop, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
1435 CHAPIN ST NW #303, WASHINGTON, DC $520,000 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: Jeff Brier & Martin Toews, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage		1192 DOLLEY MADISON BLVD MCLEAN, VA $1,699,000 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: William F. X. Moody, Robert Hryniewicki, Adam Rackliffe, Washington Fine Properties		1507 KORTH PL SILVER SPRING, MD $449,900 · view Virtual Tour Listed By: Gregory Hangemanole, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
View More Fusion Examples at homevisit.com/photography

 

Just Sold: Nearly A Quarter-Million Above Asking!

+ One Last Look At This Unique Contemporary, Eco-Friendly DC Home

Late last November, we shared with you one of the more unique listings in recent memory, 2830 Upton Street, NW in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of DC. An unassuming rectangular exterior gave way to a stunning contemporary space within. We received word that this amazing home not only sold within days of hitting market, but actually closed at nearly a quarter-million above original asking price! Congratulations to listing agent, Nancy Taylor-Bubes of Washington Fine Properties on the sale of this architectural marvel!

View the Virtual Tour of this home and read the recent post at UrbanTurf for more details.

 

HomeVisit Holiday Tradition: A Donation to Toys For Tots On Behalf Of Our Customers

+ Seasons Greetings From Your Friends At HomeVisit

On behalf of all of us at HomeVisit, we wish you and your families all the best for the Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! Once again it has been our pleasure and honor to work with you this year and we can't wait to do even more together in 2014!

HomeVisit is proud to continue what has become a holiday tradition. As usual, we considered sending out holiday cards to all of you, but realized that if we took the cost of all those paper cards, envelopes and postage, we could make a nice donation on behalf of all of our customers to our favorite charity.

This year we are making a $3,000 donation to the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation on behalf of all HomeVisit customers in hopes that some children will receive toys this season that would not otherwise. Please visit the Toys For Tots web site if you care to make a donation:

• Make a Donation To Toys For Tots: http://toysfortots.org

Thank you again for your business with HomeVisit and Happy Holidays,
Roberta Macarevey & Bryan Vaughan and Everyone at HomeVisit