A Northern Virginia native, Scott McCaffrey has four decades of reporting, editing and newsroom experience in the local area plus Florida, South Carolina and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. He spent 26 years as editor of the Sun Gazette newspaper chain. For Local News Now, he covers government and civic issues in Arlington, Fairfax County and Falls Church.
Those seeking to rent apartments in the Tysons area these days are shelling out more – sometimes much more – compared to a year before.
With median rental rates of $1,996 for one-bedroom units and $2,835 for two bedrooms, January’s rental costs were up 6.9 percent from a year before, according to a new data analysis from Apartment List.