All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
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...]
UPDATE: This article was written for the 2008 Fall Fest...the date for 2009 is SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th, from 2 to 6 PM! Enjoy! So the fun folks over at the Brambleton Community Association are planning a huge fall festival to be held Sunday, October 26th from 2 to 7 pm. For live music, they'll have the Paul Green School of Rock Music … [Read more...]
Yes, it's definitely fall in Loudoun County. That little maple tree in the foreground is blaze orange now. That took about two days for it to go from a little orange, to really orange! And the swingset is empty. The kids are all in school. Enjoy. Bet those leaves will all be gone by the time I blink! We'll be back to regularly … [Read more...]
Fresh out of the oven at our multiple listing service...the current number of homes for sale in Loudoun County is... 2,266. With 428 homes under contract, that puts the market absorption rate at 5.3 months (the amount of time it would take for all of the homes on the market to sell, at the rate at which homes are currently selling.) Of those … [Read more...]
Looking to combat the high number of overgrown lawns in the county that have 'sprung up' with the high number of foreclosed homes, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance on September 8th that will give the county more authority to cut tall grass. It applies to homes on lots smaller than a half acre, when grass is taller than 12 … [Read more...]
Did you notice that my blog has been a little quiet for the last week or so? The school year has begun for Loudoun County, and with it the fall youth sports season is in full swing. If you see me in the evenings playing taxi for my kiddos, please wave! Never a dull moment... A few things of note have happened for Loudoun County in the last … [Read more...]
As an aside, I went on a listing presentation this past week. The townhome that these folks want to sell is absolutely, positively, pristine. From top to bottom. As I walked through the home with them, before we even got upstairs, I told them, "I could comfortably put a lockbox on your front door, and a sign in your yard, RIGHT NOW, and not … [Read more...]
Got a "Beazer Insider" update this week with some immediate delivery homes at very good prices! In their townhome community at Lansdowne Town Center, they have a Vickery model, brick front, two car garage townhome for $389,990, with three bedrooms, two full baths, and two half baths; the kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless steel … [Read more...]
Seller funded down payment assistance programs are set to be eliminated by this fall, unless Congress approves the FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 6694). The Department of Housing and Urban Development apparently would rather eliminate these programs entirely than regulate … [Read more...]
