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Arlington raises property taxes by 8.3 percent

While many homeowners still have a bitter taste in their mouths from the crash in housing prices over the past two years, here comes another bitter pill to swallow. Arlington County expects to raise property taxes by 8.3 percent...

Good Pictures Are Worth More than a Thousand Words

Saw this blog post out of Seattle, showing before and after pictures of a kitchen and some external shots of a home for sale. Thought it was worth noting, as I'm increasingly seeing some listings sit there on...

Are there too many strip malls in the D.C. suburbs?

Washington Examiner's David Sherfinski looks at fading strip malls in Prince William County and Montgomery County. "In Virginia, Route 1 from Alexandria to Prince William County is rife with run-down strip malls, "for lease"...

Short sales spike in January

CalculatedRisk has a great chart of short sales versus move-in REO (foreclosures) vs damanged REO, with data provided by Inside Mortgage Finance. Click Here to See an Expanded Chart If you look back at July of 2009, the chart...

Fairfax property tax outlook: Reston likely to bear most of the load for 2010

Firstly, I love love love the blog Restonian. I have some relatives that live out that way and I just find a good two-thirds of the posts to be hilarious. Secondly, now that the Case Shiller index has shown...

Low unemployment helps keep local housing market strong

According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most of the area's suburbs continued to have unemployment well below the national average in December. Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun and Fairfax all reported unemployment rates below five...

Case Shiller shows D.C. prices rose 2 percent last year

The most recent Case Shiller report has been released for December. The New York Times has a great graphic of all the cities in the index and how they performed last year. The 20-city index was down 3 percent...

Mortgage Bankers say delinquencies decreased in fourth quarter

According to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage delinquencies fell in the fourth quarter of 2009 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of loans in foreclosure did rise somewhat, but delinquencies are considered more of a...

The 'Jersey Shore' affect: Does reality TV help local real estate?

After MTV scored a hit with "Jersey Shore," the home, which was once populated by the Situation, Snooki and J-Woww to name a few, is now renting for up to $4,000 per night. If you are...

Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun top healthiest county rankings for Virginia

See where your county ranks at countyhealthrankings.org. The Washington Post reported that the three Northern Virginia counties were ranked as the healthiest in Virginia, although Fairfax had the worst air-quality rating in the state. Here is the full...

Arlington raises property taxes by 8.3 percent

Good Pictures Are Worth More than a Thousand Words

Are there too many strip malls in the D.C. suburbs?

Short sales spike in January

Fairfax property tax outlook: Reston likely to bear most of the load for 2010

Low unemployment helps keep local housing market strong

Case Shiller shows D.C. prices rose 2 percent last year

Mortgage Bankers say delinquencies decreased in fourth quarter

The 'Jersey Shore' affect: Does reality TV help local real estate?

Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun top healthiest county rankings for Virginia

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