If you are planning to buy or renovate a home, RPA may be something that will impact you and the value of your home more than you expect. A Resource Protection Area (RPA) is created to limit development around water bodies with perennial flows. The goal is to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its […]
About five years ago, I wrote an article titled Rebuilding Pimmit Hills, reflecting on the transformation of the neighborhood as small, post-war homes were steadily replaced by larger, modern builds. While progress in inevitable, the modern homes bring with them different demographics with different priorities. At the time, I wrote: “With each home gone, one […]
In response to reports that he was gravely ill or had died, Mark Twain reportedly responded: “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Same goes for the real estate market. While the reports of job losses, stock market downturn, and still high interest rates are unsettling, the real estate market in Northern Virginia […]
If you own a home in Fairfax County with bamboo on your property, you may be in for a surprise come January 1, 2023. Run amok bamboo has become an issue and the bamboo is difficult to remove and contain. A new Fairfax County ordinance goes into effect on that date, and neighbors can report […]
Back in 2015 I wrote an article titled “Pimmit Hills 2015 – “Should I Stay or Should I Go!.” The article spoke of the changes taking place in the neighborhood with old small homes being demolished to make space for larger new ones. While progress in inevitable, the modern homes bring with them different demographics with […]
Summer is coming to an end and the real estate market in Northern Virginia ended up being surprisingly robust in spite of the economic uncertainty. While sales slowed significantly in the spring the summer has been very good for most sellers. The overall listing volume for the year is still down – the number of […]
The real estate market in Northern Virginia has remained open for business throughout the COVID crisis. Will sales slowed significantly in April, May and June it is back to business as usual in July. The overall listing volume for the year is down – but the number of listings increased significantly in June and July […]
The 2020 spring is here and Tysons Corner Virginia would normally be filled with excited buyers, hopeful sellers and busy real estate agents. Instead, we have home buyers and sellers worried about getting infected and lenders having to deny loans for furloughed or out-of-work applicants. All is not lost. Homes are still being listed, […]
Back in March 2015 I wrote an article titled “Pimmit Hills 2015 – “Should I Stay or Should I Go!.” The article spoke of the changes taking place in the neighborhood with old small homes being demolished to make space for larger new ones. While progress in inevitable, the modern homes bring with them different demographics […]
The 2020 spring is almost here and the real estate market in Tysons Corner Virginia is onto another great start. January started with a record number of closings (almost double the number from January 2019) and there were a lot of new listings (79) as well in the Tysons Corner area (zip codes 22102 and […]