Arlington County, Virginia Among the Smartest Places in the World

We are so smart!  Arlington County Virginia that is.
Arlington County has been named one of 21 “Smart Communities” by the Intelligent Community Forum, a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st Century community.
Wow!  Arlington County Virginia was selected to qualify for being a Smart21 community, from about 400 jurisdictions across [...]

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Arlington VA “Abbie” results are in

More than 5,000 Arlingtonians voted for their favorite local businesses and venues in the 2009 People’s Choice Arlington Best Business “ABBIE” Awards, Arlington County officials announced today. Among the winners:
Whitlow’s on Wilson Bar & Grill won Best Neighborhood Bar and Best Happy Hour
Lost Dog Café won for both Best Family Friendly Restaurant and Best “Bargain” [...]

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Calling all data geeks

Honestly, most people should take Zillow estimates with a grain of salt – they can often be inaccurate and incomplete, and really don’t reflect what’s happening at a very local level.  BUT, sometimes Zillow has some interesting data. This chart (via link) from Zillow, for instance, is actually pretty good at providing home [...]

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What does $350k-385k buy in Arlington Virginia?

Trulia recently had a feature article about what kind of real estate $350k buys around the country.  While you can get a very grand home in other parts of the country for that much, here in Arlington Virginia you have a choice of these sorts of properties priced at or a bit above $350,000:

a one [...]

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Real Estate Inventory Issues all around Arlington County Virginia

My buyers are waiting for the next great home to come on the market in Arlington Virginia. They’ve seen everything else. They were out of town when the good houses came on the market. They lost the bidding war. The house wasn’t perfect enough.
Listen, homes are selling. Inventory is dropping. [...]

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Investment $$ in the Arlington VA ‘hoods

Arlington County has announced some plans to continue improving these terrific neighborhoods of ours.  Cherrydale, Leeway, Ft. Meyer, Aurora Highlands, Barcroft, Columbia Heights, Dominion Hills, Arlington Ridge, and Old Dominion are all scheduled to benefit from sidewalks, streetlights, trees, play areas, and/or road narrowing — at a total investment cost of $3.3 million.  See here [...]

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Arlington Virginia in a nutshell

You’ve probably seen this video already, since it seems to have gone viral.  But if you haven’t seen this video yet, now’s the time.  It’s perfectly hilarious, and a perfectly on-target send-up of (North) Arlington, Virginia.
(yes, the star and creator of the video grew up in McLean, Virginia — perhaps there’s some Arlinton-envy going on?)

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Arlington Virginia Schools are a BIG draw for home buyers!

Arlington Public Schools issued the following news release today:
Arlington Tops Newsweek Rankings —
All Four High Schools Place in Top One-Half Percent of the Nation.  The most recent Newsweek ranking of high schools in the nation places all four Arlington Public Schools high schools in the top one-half percent of high schools in the United States.

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What’s selling in Arlington, Virginia

Let’s take a look at what’s happened over the past two months (April 2-today) for houses in different price ranges across Arlington County.

In the past 2 months, there have been 92 homes placed on the market priced under $599,000.    Of these, 57% are now under contract or sold already, and only 43% remain actively for [...]

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A concise re-cap of the Arlington Va Spring Market to date

My office is abuzz.  People who haven’t been busy all Fall are actually spending time there, pounding computer keyboards, preparing contracts, arranging home showing tours, going to settlements.  My buyer clients who act quickly (and offer list price or more) get the home of their dreams.  Others are disappointed and have to wait for the [...]

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