Centreville Home Sales: April, 2013
In April 2013, 93 Centreville homes sold between $880,000-$128,300.
Centreville Home Sales: April, 2013
Chantilly Home Sales: April, 2013
In April 2013, 15 homes sold between $575,000-$70,000 in the Chantilly area.
Chantilly Home Sales: April, 2013
Clifton Spring Homes Tour
An English garden, 18th-century furnishings and a pool with waterfalls are among the delights awaiting all those attending the 41st annual Clifton Spring Homes Tour. It’s slated for Thursday, May 16, from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and the fun includes a marketplace and silent auction at the Paradise Springs Winery. The silent auction ends at 5 p.m., but the marketplace goes until 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 on tour day; single-home admission is $10.
Housing Market: ‘Sell and Buy’ 4/24/2013 CV
Sustained low interest rates and rising prices have energized the marketplace.
The local real estate market is thriving, with Realtors reporting multiple offers on homes in some areas and dwindling inventory of homes for sale. At least two things are contributing to this change in the market. First, interest rates have been in the basement: Freddie Mac reported a 30-year fixed-rate of 3.57 percent for March this year, as opposed to 3.95 percent in March 2012 and 4.84 percent in 2011 (for reference, March 2005 was 5.93 percent).
What Housing Slump?
Real estate experts explain the rise in luxury condominium sales
When a retired couple decided it was time to leave their sprawling suburban home, they wanted to downsize without giving up luxury. As a result, they purchased a high-end condominium and hired Bethesda, Md., based interior designer Kelley Proxmire of Kelley Interior Design to create a serene and sophisticated space.
Centreville Home Sales: March, 2013
In March 2013, 73 Centreville homes sold between $1,070,000-$100,000.
Centreville Home Sales: March, 2013
Chantilly Home Sales: March, 2013
In March 2013, 24 homes sold between $975,000-$55,000 in the Chantilly area.
Chantilly Home Sales: March, 2013
Local Real Estate: February 2013 Sales $650,000~ $699,999
Local Real Estate: February 2013 Sales $650,000~ $699,999
Local Real Estate: February 2013 Sales $700,000~ $749,999
Local Real Estate: February 2013 Sales $700,000~ $749,999
Sully District Station Honors its Own
MPO Mary Hulse is Officer of the Month.
MPO Mary Hulse is an example of a police officer doing her job and doing it well. And at the March 13 meeting of the Sully District Station’s Citizens Advisory Committee, she was honored as that station’s Officer of the Month.
Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence
Rocky Run Middle wins state honor for fourth time.
Rocky Run Middle School has just won the 2013 Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence. But according to school Principal Matt Eline, “We were just doing what we do all the time.”
Mathcounts: First in Regionals, Second in States
Rocky Run’s team has stellar year.
Rocky Run Middle School’s MathCounts team didn’t win the state championship this year. But it did capture second place, which is a big achievement, in itself.
Racing to Help Others
Some 1,100 people participated in the Rev3 Run Rogue 5K and 1K, Saturday, March 23, at Fairfax Corner, raising an estimated $10,000 each for Life with Cancer and Accelerated Brain Cancer Cure.