All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
In what is becoming the longest running blog brawl in history (yeah, I know there have been so many classics it's hard to pick your favorite...).... The semifinals of the VARBuzz Second Annual Blog Brawl are being re-run because of voting 'irregularities'. I'm not sure whether there were straw voters involved, hanging chads, miscounted … [Read more...]
Thanks to the support of my friends, colleagues, and readers, I've made it to the semifinals! Voting is open NOW, and runs until 2 pm on Tuesday. Please stop by VARBuzz.com one more time for me and cast another vote for LoCoMusings! I appreciate your help, we are in the home stretch now! You can vote by going … [Read more...]
According to the Loudoun Extra section of the Washington Post, the Purcellville Town Council and the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors have finally reached an agreement that will allow the construction of a new western high school to proceed, and open by fall of 2010. You can read the article for all the details, but it looks like the … [Read more...]
Thanks so much to everyone who voted and helped me get through round one! Round Two of voting is open!!! I'm the first blog you can pick! We only have until Thursday night at 11:59 pm, so don't delay! http://varbuzz.com/virginia-real-estate-blog-brawl-round-two-fight/ Please pass this along, I need all the help I … [Read more...]
I don't usually toot my own horn (much) but I was most excited to find out that I was featured by Mike Price over at the MLBroadcast blog this week! He picks real estate related blogs to write about when he finds one that is compelling for him. (For those of you that aren't familiar with MLBroadcast, the good folks there produce … [Read more...]
If you have ever used Homesdatabase.com to browse for homes on the market, you'll be excited to test out their newest version which is live in the beta phase right now, here. HomesDatabase is the consumer version of the multiple listing service for our area. I think the new version is much improved over the prior incarnation; you can search … [Read more...]
In the last week, we've looked at the market conditions in Leesburg and Ashburn. Here is what I found when looking at the numbers from Sterling. For single family homes, there were 188 homes active and for sale in Sterling, ranging in price from $161,500 for a 45 yr old split foyer in Sterling park, to $1,399,000 for a Cascades area home on … [Read more...]
The Virginia Association of Realtors is hosting its' second Blog Brawl, to determine the top Realtor blog for the state of Virginia. It's set up as bracket style voting, with 16 blogs to start. Round One of voting started today, and I could really use your help to win! The winner of the Blog Brawl gets a full conference pass to … [Read more...]
We just looked at Leesburg's numbers, based on the data in the multiple listing service (MLS)...now, let's look at Ashburn's. For single family homes, taking out the generic builder listings, there were 140 homes available on the market, ranging in price from a 78 year old farmhouse on Waxpool Road for $299,000 up to a $1,590,000 Belmont … [Read more...]
Well, now that things have calmed down a bit and the election is over, I have some time to be able to write a market update! I was so busy answering robo-calls from all the candidates the last few days.. <wink> I was taking a look today at the homes available in Leesburg. If you break out just homes designated in the multiple listing … [Read more...]
