After a one-month burst in December where the Fairfax County single-family homes market again joined the seven-figure club, the market in January flew a little less high.
The average sales price of single-family homes that sold across the county during the first month of the new year stood at $977,209, according to figures reported by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS.
By Brian Trompeter
Charts, diagrams and figures are valuable, but there’s nothing like a field trip to check out conditions on the ground.
By Brian Trompeter
A proposed mixed-used development around the West Falls Church Metrorail station has drawn plaudits from “smart-growth” advocates, but neighbors still have doubts about traffic impacts and parking availability.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County supervisors on Feb. 7 honored staff, students, teachers and community members who were involved in the county’s Historical Marker Project.
By Brian Trompeter
Donald Paul Francisco brought energy and enthusiasm to bear Feb. 6 when he performed for Our Savior Lutheran Church and School students at the Woman’s Club of Arlington.
It’s been more than 80 years since a Major Leaguer hit .400. But new Del. Holly Seibold did it her first year in Virginia’s political big leagues.
Seibold (D-Vienna-Oakton) managed to get two of her five bills through the Republican-led House of Delegates and into the friendlier confines of the state Senate during her first weeks in office.
(Updated at 4:55 p.m.) A man has died after being pulled by a Metro train at the Dunn Loring station this afternoon, prompting a suspension of service between Vienna and West Falls Church.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Rail Operations Control Center and Transit Police Department received a report shortly before 1:30 p.m. that a person was being dragged by a train.
A person was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries this morning (Wednesday) after a house fire at the edge of Clifton.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units reported fire showing when they arrived at the house in the 6800 block of Compton Heights around 9:45 a.m.
The Fairfax County School Board amended its new capital projects plan last week to prioritize finding solutions to overcrowding at McLean’s Kent Gardens Elementary School,
The Fairfax County Public Schools Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) was approved unanimously last Thursday (Feb. 9) late in a five-and-a-half-hour meeting mostly spent debating new calendars for the next three school years.
Fairfax County staff is now recommending that Lake Accotink in Springfield not be dredged, but instead allowed to naturally develop into a wetland.
New findings released by the county late last week concluded that dredging the 55-acre man-made lake is no longer the best option “due to…significant community and environmental impacts and excessive costs.”
