The Northern Virginia Real Estate Market continued to sell at an even faster pace in May. In the Norther Virginia area (including Alexandria, Arlington, Falls Church City, Fairfax County, and Fairfax City) 32.69% of the homes on the market sold during the month. Fairfax County led the way in that area with 33.68% selling. And [...]
The Northern Virginia real estate market had homes selling more quickly in March than in any month since January of 2006. The supply of homes in the Northern Virginia market, defined as Arlington and Fairfax Counties, along with the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax, was at a 3.5 month supply in March. Prices [...]
Market Statistics were published this morning by MRIS and my summary spreadsheet is below. All areas of the Northern Virginia Real Estate market showed strength in February, both when compared to recent months and to past February data. The market for the Northern Virginia area (including Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church City, Fairfax County, and Farifax [...]
January saw sellers chances of selling their homes improve steadily. In the official Northern Virginia area, defined as Arlington, Alexandria, Fairax County, Falls Church City, and Fairfax City the supply of homes on the market declined to under 5 months. This was due more to an increase in sales than a decline in listings. This [...]
In a buyers market like we have in Northern Virginia, people who are looking to sell their current home and purchase another have a tough choice to make. Should they sell their current home, or purchase their next home first? There is no one-size-fits-all answer, but here are a couple of scenarios to consider: Sell [...]
The December 2008 numbers have been released and are in the spreadsheet below. Please note at the bottom of the spreadsheet, you can click on the various tabs to see the sales statistics for homes in different jurisdictions of Northern Virginia. For the most part sales remained fairly steady from Novemeber to December. For “Northern [...]

If you are searching for a house near a metro, you’re probably not finding them all. And it’s not your fault. It’s the listing agent’s fault. Agents who list houses within walking distance of Metro Stations are NOT including that in their listings. So when you search for them, you’re not finding them. (You’ve GOT [...]
