February 4, 2012

A drive down New Mountain Road in Aldie, Virginia

A drive to see a piece of land on New Mountain Road just off Route 50 in Aldie, Virginia, and a nice look at the Virginia countryside. It’s 4.7 acres and they are asking $299,000 for it.

Figuring out the Vienna Home Market… May 2009

With all you read about the housing market, buying a Vienna home in 22182 appears to be a better bet right now. But if you are a seller with a home priced over $800,000 then you will be sobered. I just looked over resale data from MRIS of the Vienna zip codes ( 22180-22182)  for [...]

Town of Vienna real estate tax rate 2009-2010

Revised Town of Vienna VA real estate tax rate 2011-2012 The Vienna, Virginia Town Council adopted a new budget on June 20th for fiscal ’11-’12. The town’s real estate tax rate will be 22.81 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Town of Vienna homeowners also pay Fairfax County real estate tax of $1.04 per $100 [...]

Yes, the buyers are out there… but move-in-ready homes aren’t

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I was searching for a town home with a client last week in Centreville, Clifton and Fairfax and saw an interesting trend. The trend was in homes that were regular sales, not the foreclosures or short-sales which seemed to be about 50-60% of the market. So, let’s consider the regular sales to be 40% of [...]