By Brian Trompeter
Employees and retirees of Fairfax County Public Schools got a Christmas present – or perhaps better put, a New Year’s Day present – their counterparts one locality to the east did not.
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By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County Planning Commission members unanimously recommended Dec. 14 that county supervisors approve a proposal by JBG Tysons Hotel LLC to convert the former Sheraton Premiere hotel in Tysons into a residential building with up to 544 multi-family units.
Washington Dulles International Airport hasn’t had quite the year-over-year bump up as has its sibling Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2023, but regional aviation leader still have had reason to smile.
Dulles now has the largest number of airlines operating simultaneously in its 61-year history, said Paul Bobson, the Airports Authority’s vice president of airline-business development, speaking at the December meeting of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
By Brian Trompeter
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) “megaprojects” have expanded travel options for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians and the agency is hoping some additional Express Lanes will increase capacity and fill in missing links.
Listings coming onto the region’s housing market the week ending Dec. 18 showed a holiday dormancy, although they were higher than at the same point last year.
That’s according to Bright MLS, which reported that the 597 new listings for the week represented a 19.4-percent drop from the week prior but were up 3.6 percent from a year ago.
By Brian Trompeter
Astronaut Tom Jones, who spent 53 days in space on four Space Shuttle missions, wants the world to know how special that space program was and what it accomplished.
Were Northern Virginia its own independent country – and let’s not give regional leaders any ideas – it would have the world’s 48th largest economy.
That’s according to new figures from the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, which calculates the total annual gross domestic product of the counties and cities comprising Northern Virginia at $276 billion.
The average sales price of single-family homes across Fairfax County bumped up 9 percent year-over-year to stand at more than $1 million in November, while the other two segments of the market posted declines, according to new data.
On the sales front, the 734 transactions recorded for the month represented a decline of 13.7 percent from 850 a year ago, as home-buyers continue to face affordability and availability challenges.
By Brian Trompeter
The cost of golfing, RECenter admissions, pool usage, commercial photography at one park, and riding trains and carousels will increase Jan. 1 following the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) Board’s Dec. 13 approval of a slate of fee adjustments.
After falling below $1 million in September for the first time since last winter, the average sales price of single-family homes across Fairfax County was back in seven-digit territory two months running and stands at its highest point in four months.
That’s according to new data reported by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS, as analyzed by the GazetteLeader.