When you look at long term trends in the Real Estate Market here in Northern Virginia, one thing has consistently remained true over the last couple of years.  The number of listings on the market has consistently gone down.  In the Northern Virginia area, the number of houses on the market was down 28% from [...]

The Northern Virginia Real Estate Market continues to clip along at about a pace that would sell all the houses on the market in 3.5 months.  This is the type of market where prices would be expected to rise, and indeed have been rising.  In the spreadsheets below, you can see that in most jurisdictions, [...]

The real estate market cooled slightly in August from July.  This is typical of what happens each year as fall approaches.  In August, buyers had a little easier time finding a house that earlier in the summer.  Nonetheless, houses are moved a lot quicker this August than the previous three Augusts.
We continue to see price [...]

The major change we saw in the market this past month is that prices are climbing.  The lack of inventory has become a real problem, with about a three-month supply of homes on the market in Northern Virginia in general.  Bidding wars are taking place on many houses right now.  I wrote two offers for [...]