Category: Ashburn
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
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
Starting 2021 With a Seller’s Market in Loudoun
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware that it’s a seller’s market in Northern Virginia right now. I’ve been a Realtor since 2004 and these are easily the lowest inventory levels I can remember seeing. Every morning, I log into our multiple listing service to take a look at new listings,... Read More
Hotlist: New Construction Homes in Loudoun
Looking for your next home but really want to buy one that’s brand new? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of the 12 most popular new construction listings in Loudoun, followed by a link to ALL new construction listings. Keep in mind that the information on those listings is typically the base price for... Read More
How to Sell Your Home and Buy Another Without Losing Your Mind
Worried about how to sell and buy at the same time? It’s okay: I get this question from just about every client who is thinking about selling. Keep in mind that we operate in Loudoun County, so this information is specific to our area. If you live in another state, you’ll want to check in... Read More
Worth the Wait: a LoCo HappyDance
We are doing a bit of a happy dance here at LoCoMusings World Headquarters…because this is a moment we’ve been waiting for. You are now able to see SOLD listing information on our site! For years, our multiple listing service didn’t give us the option to be able to include that data on our website.... Read More
Hotlist: 12 Newest Listings in Ashburn
It’s Thursday, and if you are currently shopping for a home you know what that means…hello, listings! With a limited amount of homes for sale right now, Thursday is the day to go on market. Time for the serious buyers to see new listings before open houses and jockeying for showings on the weekend. Personally,... Read More
Virtual Staging? Absolutely Works.
“Is it better to show our home empty, or with our furniture in it?” That question inevitably comes up in most of our pre-listing conversations with our seller clients. And it’s a fair one: would a buyer more easily be able to envision living there if the space was empty or if the home still... Read More
Commuting from Loudoun to DC
How can I commute from my Loudoun home to work in DC? Working with so many clients relocating to Loudoun over the years, I have had plenty of opportunity to see firsthand how much of a role commuting distance plays in the home buying decision. With so many Loudoun residents commuting to Herndon, Reston, Tysons/McLean,... Read More
Most Expensive Homes Sold In LoCo, 2018 edition
In 2011 we started writing a January recap of the most expensive homes sold in Loudoun County during the previous year. While we missed a year in 2017 (too much eggnog, I guess?) we are back on track this year. As in prior years, it takes a sale price nearing a couple of million bucks to... Read More
Time for a Holiday House?
We’re rolling into the middle of November, so if you are looking to be in new digs before the holidays, now is the time to get under contract. Yes, a good lender can get you into your home in a 30-40Â day window of time…but that’s a post for another day! Obviously this is a quieter... Read More
Home Much Home for $400K in LoCo, April 2016
Last month we wrote about what you could buy in the $400,000 price point and there was little surprise about what we found. In our sales meeting this morning we talked about how quickly homes were selling and thought it was worth a closer look. We were shocked to see there are only 6 more homes available... Read More