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This blog/website is still in the infant stages of its development. My desire is to make this a great resource for residents of Fairfax City and for people considering moving to the city. In my work as...
View ArticleOpen Houses in Fairfax City this Weekend
There are 11 Open Houses listed in the MLS for this weekend (all on Sunday afternoon), and you can see the whole list here. You can also do a search for open houses here. We may get a few snow...
View ArticleSales Statisitics Update for January
Sales in Fairfax City in January remained sluggish with only nine of the 166 houses on the market going under contract. That is a 5% rate of sale, which implies a 20-month supply of homes on the...
View ArticleCity Manager Proposes Increase in Property Tax Rate
City Manager Robert Sisson has proposed to the City Council that they raise the rate for Property taxes from the current $o.72 per $100 of value to $0.835, an increase of about 16% on the rate. This...
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Farr House
I came across this profile of the Farr House today from a local wedding planner. There are some good interior photos of the house and information on how much it costs to rent. It is owned and...
View ArticleMarket Update
The Fairfax City housing market sold at a rate of 12% last month. That means that it is taking the average house over 8 months to sell. This is down from a 14% rate in February and lags the Northern...
View ArticleFairfax City Real Estate Market Update
In June, the Fairfax City Real Estate market had it’s best month since June of 2007. 19% of the available inventory went under contract last month. The chart below has the statistics from the past...
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Neighborhood Profile: Barristers Keepe
Barristers Keepe is a small neighborhood in the City of Fairfax, Virginia consisting of 40 homes. It is a gated community; you need to key in a code to enter the neighborhood. The lot sizes are very...
View ArticleFairfax City Market Update
Below is a spreadsheet with the number of sales and listings in the City of Fairfax each month for the las 2.5 years. The September numbers show that 18% of the homes on the market in Fairfax City...
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Fairfax Boundary Study and the Housing Market
The Fairfax County School Board is once again looking at the High School boundaries in an effort to alleviate the overcrowding at Fairfax High School. Fairfax High School is a Fairfax City school. The...
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