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By Brian Trompeter

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed July 11 to reduce by an overall 29 percent the amount of parking required at a major redevelopment near the West Falls Church Metrorail station.

The Fairfax County real-estate market stayed above the billion-dollar mark in June, according to new data, as the average sales price among single-family homes remained above $1 million.

A total of 1,312 properties went to closing during the month across the county, down about 18 percent from a year before, according to figures reported July 11 by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS.

By Brian Trompeter

A small, but significant, piece of the development puzzle near the West Falls Church Metrorail station received a unanimous support July 12 from the Fairfax County Planning Commission.

As a student at Annandale High School and Edison Academy, Jose Florian promised his mother that, after graduation, he would take college courses.

But how to do that when also needing to work full-time?

You take your wins where you can find them in today’s real-estate market. And for Northern Virginia, there was a bright spot or two in the June sales data.

Month-over-month sales across the local region were up 3.6 percent from May to June, while at the national level, month-over-month sales dipped 3.3 percent.

By Brian Trompeter

Eight candidates – including three incumbents and five challengers with a wide array of experience – will vie Nov. 7 for six available Vienna Town Council seats.

By Brian Trompeter

Citing higher legal-overhead costs and more staff time needed to review police body-worn-camera video footage, Vienna Town Council members on July 10 unanimously agreed to spend 15 percent more on the town’s legal services.

By Brian Trompeter

Residents who spoke at July 10 and 12 public hearings on Code Create Vienna, the town’s biggest comprehensive zoning-ordinance rewrite since 1969, told Vienna Town Council and Planning Commission members they wanted better tree preservation, more affordable (or at least not as astronomically priced) housing, darker night skies and the conversion of a former Beulah Road mulching site into park space.