Northern Virginia Real Estate Blog

Be sure to visit this beautiful Arlington Virginia Condo for sale!  Move-in ready, this home is bright and sunny, with warm colors, gleaming Brazilian hardwood floors, amazing kitchen off breakfast area, beautiful living room overlooking greenery, walk-in closets in both bedrooms, updated bath, a...

Minutes to the Pentagon and Washington, D.C.! Overview Maps Photos Description Neighborhood Market Stats $284,900 Condominium Main Features 2 Bedrooms1 Bathroom Location 4323D South 28th RoadArlington, VA 22206USA To get updates on open home dates and other property events, please click the "Lik...

Market Report for Fair Lakes Townhomes, September 2011Townhomes in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax and surrounding Monument Drive are fairing a little better than many communities in the Northern Virginia area. Home prices are up using the median sold price year-to-date through the end of August, ...

Where to Find Cool Real Estate Clip ArtThere is a wonderful site on the web that is a helpful source for cool real estate clip art. RealEstateClipArt.com has hundreds of free real estate graphics, and 3,600 more for just a modest $20 for a two-year membership.  Dustie, an ex-realtor and webmaster...

Market Report The Arlington Condos, Arlington Virginia    The Fairlington area has long been a very popular place to live for the home owner who wants to be minutes from Washington, D.C. and be able to walk to night-life and entertainment, such as Shirlington.  In a stronger housing market, we sa...

I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday...for a Hamburger Today.    For those of us old enough to remember the popular television cartoon Popeye, Wimpy is a familiar figure.  He was forever lamenting that he would “gladly pay you Tuesday - for a hamburger today”.  I heard this perfect analogy with our curr...

Summer DawnA beautiful morning view of a lone heron taking in the sight of the lake and mountain backdrop in Tennessee.  In a few hours this lake will come alive with boaters out trying to get the most out of summer...but for now, it’s peace and quite.  Morning - the lake - and nature...life’s si...

Market Report for Centreville Virginia September 2011This month’s look at Centreville sales year-to-date show that there has been a light decrease in the number in sales in the condo market, about the same number of sales in single family homes, and a slight decrease in the number of townhomes so...

Aerosmith: Same Old Song and Dance! As I reflect on last night’s Presidential address on how he proposes the federal government “fix” our high unemployment rate, the following song by Aerosmith comes to mind.  It's the same old storySame Old Song And Dance, my friendIt's the same old storySame Ol...

Market Report for Fairfax Virginia September 2011This charts home sales year-to-date comparing 2010 to 2011.  It shows that the housing market in our area is down slightly compared to last year at this time.  The results surprise me because in our office we are seeing the buyers coming!  Part of ...