Arlington, VA Regional Real Estate Blog

The National Cherry Blossom Festival, partners and friends, gathered today to announce plans for the 2011 Festival and the predicted peak blooming period of the cherry blossoms - MARCH 29 – APRIL 3! This year’s Festival boasts nearly 400 free events and performances surrounding traditional and co...

GCAAR released its February housing report for Washington DC.  For condos and co-ops the total number of listings is down from the 2010 numbers, the number of contracts is up from February 2010 and settlements overall are up from their 2010 numbers.  The median sales price is down from 2010, the ...

NVAR has released their monthly sales stats for February.  February overall in Arlington, from a year ago has shown gains, both in terms of sales price and number of properties on the market and sold.  Condo sales price is up from $365,403 to $445,512 on avgerage.  Single family detached homes is...

  The Park Princess, located at 1245 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, may well be one Washington D.C.'s ugliest condo buildings, has been dethroned.  Not by a less appealing condominium (though some developers are trying hard), but by owners, who no longer felt the name suited the associatio...

Buying a home for the first time or for the fifth time is still a stressful event.  Getting an agent to assist you with the process is one way to help reduce your stress and know the transaction will go as well as possible.  As the spring market begins, it is important, especially for buyers to u...

Silver Spring will be getting a new apartment complex. Last week, Priderock Capital Partners LLC and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners broke ground on apartments at 8021 Georgia Avenue, a nine-story complex that will offer 210 units and two levels of underground parking. The complex will be compri...

I had been working with this buyer cleint since January.  We looked in limited area, since he had an idea what he was looking for and we had a price range to work with.  We found a place that is close to the metro, recently updated, in a small condo building that has parking (parking is a premium...

As the NCAA tournament has started and half the teams have been elimated, there are still many great games to be watched.  Even if your team did not make the tournament or has been elimated, it is still fun to get out there and enjoy the games.  The Washington Post complied a list of top tourname...

As the spring approaches and time for spring cleaning, some helpful hints on how to get rid of that pesky soap scum from the Washington Post. Do-it-yourself: How to remove soap scum     Gene Austin Friday, March 18, 2011; 7:50 PM Q. I have a fiberglass shower wall and tub that have accumulated a ...

As there are still many foreclosed or short sale properties on the market around the country, banks might really starting to market them.  I hope with this new marketing and sprucing up effort that banks help improve their very slow system for processing a contract and getting it sold.  Realty Ti...