The national home sale data that has come out recently, like the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, and local data have been all over the place giving a confusing picture of the local real estate market. Here, I am going to look at the McLean, Virginia zip codes 22101 and 22102 real estate sales for January 2010.
Although our memories aren’t always accurate, remember that early 2009 had a cascading stock market and the country was falling into economic turmoil. It wasn’t until March 2009 that a bottom was established.
But please know that this information is reported from MRIS which is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate but should be considered pretty darn close.
Keep in mind, mortgage rates were again falling and super low (around 5%).
Home Sales Numbers for 22101 in January 2010:
- Total Units Sold in January 2010, 24 vs. 13 in 2009 (up 84.62%)
- Average Sold Price in January 2010, $1,243,281 vs. $1,1997,292 in 2009 (up 61.70%)
- In the $700,000 to $799,999 range, 2 sold with 6 active listings
- In the $800,000 to $899,999 range, 3 sold with 15 active listings
- In the $900,000 to $999,999 range, 3 sold with 7 active listings
- In the $1,000,000 to $2,499,999 range, 6 sold with 68 active listings
- In the $2,500,000 to $4,999,999 range, 0 sold with 12 active listings
- Average days on market in January 2010 was 93 vs. 175 in 2009
- The average sold price in January 2010 was 81.54% of the average list price
Keep in mind there were big snow storms that shut down Northern Virginia for more than a week. I even had to push my car up the hill on Route 123 in Tyson’s Corner near International Drive at 10:00 pm one Saturday night!
Home Sales Numbers for 22102 in January 2010
- Total Units Sold in January 2010, 15 vs. 7 in 2009 (up 114.29%)
- Average Sold Price in January 2010, $798,493 vs. $626,429 in 2009 (up 27.47%) *
- In the $700,000 to $799,999 range, 1 sold with 2 active listings
- In the $800,000 to $899,999 range, 1 sold with 5 active listings
- In the $900,000 to $999,999 range, 1 sold with 7 active listings
- In the $1,000,000 to $2,499,999 range, 7 sold with 46 active listings
- In the $2,500,000 to $4,999,999 range, 0 sold with 27 active listings
- In the $5,000,000 & Over range, 0 sold with 6 active listings
- Average days on market in January 2010 was 87 vs. 91 in 2009
- The average sold price in January 2010 was 92.36% of the average list price
**This zip code reflects some extremes in pricing as there were 5 sales under $500k and 7 sales over $1.0 million. The McLean home market includes condominiums in all price ranges.
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I cannot understand the homes around this area (outside of the new construction & mansions) would cost anything near these asking prices.
Anyone who goes to buy here needs to know that there are no disclosure laws and half of the homes CANNOT be added onto… nearly all of these homes are outdated and many have original everything.
Foundations leak like crazy in this area, lots of mold…
Anyway, unless your pocket are full of money I would rethink a purchase in this area.
You will have to gut and or build an entirely new home if you want something that is actually nice to live in…
OVER PRICED for JUNK!
@baffled – Yup, I agree that there are a lot of junk homes in McLean that are either functionally obsolete or should be torn down. It can still surprise me what can sell for $700,000 there, but McLean VA is a classic example of a key value factor called superior location.
McLean is minutes to the Tyson’s Corner which is the #2 employment center in the area, and minutes to Washington DC which is the #1 employment center. And with most Northern Virginians commuting an hour or so each way, these folks in McLean can drive with relative ease. Honestly, it is a quality of life trade off.
Take a look at this post about renovating a McLean Home and the danger of an old sewer lateral … not much fun to clean up that mess
As an active “buyer agent” in the McLean area, I have to say that the location compromise is a driving force in deciding to live there.
.-= Doug Francis´s last blog ..Home Inspection Reports Really Matter =-.