All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
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...]
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...]
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...]
From David Oakley at his World Champions Karate school in Leesburg: As you may have heard, WCK has 5 students who earned spots on the US Karate Team. Congrats to Dan Venezia, Melissa Lohaus, Colby Oakley, Brett Morris, and Michele Kasen. They will be traveling to Orlando, FL this November to compete against people from all over the … [Read more...]
Back in February I wrote about Katie Ward, a 16 yr old high school student from Ashburn, who was collecting teddy bears to send to children in hospitals in Balad, Iraq. She wanted to give the children whose lives have been disrupted by war “something physical to hold while they are in the hospital.” Here is an email that she and her … [Read more...]
This week, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the 40 acre Play To Win sports complex proposed for the north end of Belmont Ridge Road near Route 7. Supporters came and spoke about the dire need for athletic fields in the county, while others voiced concern regarding traffic, lighting, and noise issues. The … [Read more...]
With four kiddos in tow, it's more than a notion for our family to have a successful trip to the movie theater these days. Considering how many people live in Loudoun County, and how crowded the theaters can get on busy weekends (six seats, all in the same row!) it's sometimes difficult to make it work. We love going to the movies though, so … [Read more...]
I bring statistics to my posts here at LoCoMusings on a fairly regular basis, but today I want to bring you my personal experience. We've heard about the housing crisis in the media, at a fever pitch, for the last year. (Anyone who watched the Ice Age movies? "Doom on you! Doom on you!"). Really, though, we started seeing signs that the … [Read more...]
It was about that time of the month for me to do a new statistical analysis of the Loudoun County market, but this month I'm going to direct you to a post at Loudoun RE Blog: Loudoun County Real Estate Market Showing Continued Signs Of Strengthening. From the numbers that fellow Realtor Danilo Bogdanovic has pulled from our multiple listing … [Read more...]
Time for a market absorption rate update for Ashburn, Leesburg, Hamilton, Purcellville, and Round Hill. Based on MRIS data from this morning, here are the current absorption rates for the towns and home types: (Market absorption is the number of months it would take for the current inventory of homes to sell at the rate at which they are … [Read more...]
