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2024 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Loudoun
Yep, it’s that time for our annual wrap up of how the luxury real estate market performed in Loudoun. Over time, we’ve watched as the price point considered “luxury” has continued to rise. The first year we did this post was 2010, and it took a $2 million price tag to make the top five.... Read More
2023 Most Expensive Homes Sold in Loudoun
Time for us to do our annual look back on how the luxury real estate market performed in Loudoun over the course of the last year! As home prices have continued to rise, the definition of ‘luxury market’ in Loudoun has adjusted as well. Our average home price rose to $778,048 in 2023, up from... Read More
Golf is Back at Beacon Hill
There hasn’t been a round of golf played at what once known as the Golf Club of Virginia since 2006. According to an article published in the Washington Business Journal, however, “The Preserve at Beacon Hill” will debut in 2024, issuing in a new era of golf in the luxury community that was built to... Read More
Most Expensive Homes Sold in Loudoun, 2022 Edition
It’s that time of year again, where we do our annual look back on how the Loudoun luxury real estate market performed, and bring you the top five most expensive homes sold in the county. We’ve been following the luxury market in Loudoun on our blog since 2010, and honestly a lot has changed since... Read More
Happy Birthday, LoCoMusings!
15 Years of LoCo Stories Fifteen years ago today, LoCoMusings.com was ‘born’ as a modest little corner of the internet to share my thoughts about life and real estate in Loudoun County. Long before agents were able to use social media to reach their clients, before Zillow’s home search and Zestimates were mainstream, I was... Read More
Holiday Celebrations and Events Across Loudoun, 2022 Edition
Loudoun County has a ton of events and festivities lined up for the month of December, if you are looking to get out and celebrate the season locally. From parades and festivals to tree lightings and neighborhoods full of festive decorations, Loudoun always goes big for the holidays. Our favorite tradition is popping by to... Read More
Historic Shenstone Manor Home is On the Market
The historic manor home at Shenstone Farm, built in the mid 1700s, is on the market for sale in Leesburg, Loudoun County Read More
Loudoun Valley Viking Softball Summer Skills Camp
Our own Michael Elias will host a summer softball skills camp at Loudoun Valley in July Read More
Sculpture Art in Raflo Park
Art Sculptures in Downtown Leesburg Have you driven past the big blue hand on Harrison Street near downtown Leesburg? If that caught your eye and made you wonder what was going on in Raflo Park, we’ve got the scoop. On Sunday, we spent a short time with Amy Bobchek of Loudoun Public Art Tours, as... Read More
Most Expensive Homes Sold in Loudoun, 2021 Edition
We’ve been following the luxury market in Loudoun on our blog since 2010, writing yearly wrap-ups of the most expensive homes sold. (I even wrote about it for the Washington Post’s real estate column.) Despite our title as the ‘richest county in the country‘ by household income, Loudoun County doesn’t have a ton of ultra-high... Read More
Most Expensive Homes Sold in Loudoun, 2020 Edition
We’ve been following the luxury market in Loudoun on our blog since 2010, writing yearly wrap-ups of the most expensive homes sold. (I even wrote about it for the Washington Post’s real estate column.) As the ‘richest county in the country‘ by household income, you’d think that we’d have a large volume of multi-million dollar... Read More