http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/ A real estate blog providing information about the DC Metro, Northern Virginia (NOVA) real estate scene with particular focus on Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County Virginia: contemporary real estate issues, what's new and cool with technology, opinions, market updates, national news of interest, general advice for buyers and sellers, news about the local Habitat, occasional wine subjects and answers to your most pressing real estate technology questions. Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:49:51 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Our monthly charts are updated with January through March housing data for Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun). See Market Conditions under Topics. Additional detail can be found at: Metropolotan Regional Information System (MRIS) and Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS@reg; (NVAR) Housing... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000867.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000867.html Fairfax County Market News Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:49:51 -0500 Answer coming soon!... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000866.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000866.html Blogging Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:53:46 -0500 All of our monthly charts are updated with December housing data for Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties). See Market Conditions under Topics. Additional detail can be found at: Metropolotan Regional Information System (MRIS) and Northern Virginia Association... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000865.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000865.html Fairfax County Market News Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:26:47 -0500 All of our monthly charts are updated with November housing data for Northern Virginia (Fairfax and Loudoun counties). See Market Conditions under Topics. Additional detail can be found at: Metropolotan Regional Information System (MRIS) and Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS@reg;... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000863.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000863.html Fairfax County Market News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:16:12 -0500 Even with the average price decline this month, Fairfax prices are holding up much better than the surrounding jurisdictions. Inventory is decling due to declining new listings not new contracts and sales. November year to year shows a modest 5.3%... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000851.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000851.html Fairfax Trends: Single Family Detached Prices Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:03:00 -0500 November year over year price decline is approximately 12% with a 15% decline since January of 2006. Inventories remain high and demand has diminished considerably since the summer. We may not have all the foreclosures and bank owned properties reflected... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000793.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000793.html Loudoun Trends: Single Family Detached Prices Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:41:00 -0500 November shows a slowdown in price decline. Prince William is still struggling with about a 17 to 18 month supply of inventory on hand compared to 11 months for Loudoun and a bit over 9 months for Fairfax. November year... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000846.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000846.html Prince William Trends: Single Family Detached Prices Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:40:00 -0500 Sean Taylor You will be missed! by a Redskin fan... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000862.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000862.html In the News Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:40:16 -0500 All of the monthly charts were updated this morning with October data for Loudoun and Fairfax counties. Check the list of charts under the Market Conditions topic. The public accessible tables can be found on the MRIS Reports and Statistics... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000861.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000861.html Fairfax County Market News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:22:40 -0500 To declare that social media is exploding in our society is an understatement. The Washington Post published an article yesterday in the Business section about the many "start ups" that have emerged in the DC area seeking to take advantage... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000860.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000860.html Blogging Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:26:10 -0500 The monthly charts (Fairfax and Loudoun) are updated today with September MLS data (look for the charts under Topics-->>Market Conditions). There is no good news with one exception: Loudoun average price actually increased 5% over August. Go figure...in fact,... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000859.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000859.html Fairfax County Market News Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:32:34 -0500 Here's a note I received from a recent listing client that settled on their sale October 1st: Dear Merv, Many thanks for a job well done! From taking and editing excellent photos, creating an appealing virtual tour, maximizing the places... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000858.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000858.html Featured Clients Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:09:24 -0500 September is showing a continued downturn in price trends for single family, detached homes under $1,000,000 in the three largest counties in Northern Virginia. Interesting to note is Prince William sales are significantly lower than assessed value while Loudoun and... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000857.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000857.html Market Conditions (with charts) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:30:57 -0500 After over a year of collecting daily market data and applying them to the table and charts, I came to the conclusion since nothing moves very fast that a weekly sample is just as good and consumes less of my... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000856.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000856.html Fairfax County Market News Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:42:38 -0500 The chart showing Fairfax Single Family homes less than $1,000,000 is updated with August data. Fairfax prices seem to be holding up better than its sister counties, Loudoun and Prince William. Prices remain relatively flat month to month but, the... http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000853.html http://askmerv.choice3realty.com/000853.html Fairfax County Market News Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:10:39 -0500