Serving Northern Virginia
This isn’t a story about the three little pigs and since all of the houses are brick you don’t have to worry about them being blown over. Instead it is a story about choices that buyers in today’s market have to consider every day. All of the houses are in the same Northern Virginia neighborhood.
The [...]
Reading the latest edition of Money Magazine had me shaking my head. Consumers eveywhere are having a tough time knowing which set of data to believe when it comes to the market in their area and what was written in a leading magazine is just another example of why.
The first article titled “The Last of [...]
In Virginia there is a Lemon Law on the books to protect consumers who purchase a car which is later found to have serious defects. However, there is no such law when it comes to protecting buyers when they are purchasing a home. When the market was hot in Northern Virginia many buyers [...]
A lot is written about the traffic congestion in Fairfax County and it is true we do have our share of jammed roads during rush hour but we also have a huge amount of green space to enjoy when we aren’t fretting about getting to work.
One of the best known parks in our area is [...]
Though you won’t find fried green tomatoes on this tour you will find the Whistle Stop Café at the Quantico VRE Station. When the VRE first began operations along the I-95 corridor in 1992 there were questions as to whether the lack of housing near the train stations would derail the long term plans for [...]
Last week a new twist in Northern Virginia commuting was tested on the waters of the Potomac River. On a windy day with choppy waters a twin hulled catamaran made a run between Quantico and the Navy Yard in DC in 58 minutes. Now if you think that the average driving time along Route 1 [...]
Just minutes from the buzz of the interstate sits the mid-century Fairfax County neighborhood of Holmes Run Acres. Built on a 122 acre tract of land originally owned by a Washington investor by the name of Herman Schmidt the property was named Holmes Run Acres in 1945 and a set of restrictions were put in [...]
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