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Why is the Real Estate Market Slow?
Let’s be honest. The real estate market is slow. It’s interesting, I will see on social media where agents are talking about how busy they are and how things are crazy exciting. It comes across a little bit as fluff or disingenuous. Showi...
What Is It Like to Live in the Palisades, DC? A Day Along MacArthur Boulevard
The Palisades is a long, narrow neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC, stretched along the Potomac River with MacArthur Boulevard as its main street. This guide follows a typical day: where residents head for trails and the river i...
Why Consistency Wins in Real Estate Sales and Marketing in the DC Metro Area
Some people say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Matt Cheney, a Compass real estate advisor serving Washington, DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, strongly disagrees ...
Northwest DC 20016 Housing Market: Home Prices in Wesley Heights, Spring Valley and Beyond
Northwest DC's 20016 zip code stretches across a large part of upper Northwest Washington, from the residential streets of Spring Valley, Wesley Heights, and American University Park to the shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue near ...
Foxhall and Foxhall Crescent: Space, Privacy, and the C&O Canal Connection
Foxhall DC is a name that covers more than one kind of home. In the 20007 zip code, west of Georgetown, buyers who search for Foxhall are often looking at one of two very different places. Matt Cheney has closed more than $79M in career sales...
Who Does a Real Estate Agent Call Back First? How Client Priority Works
Who Does a Real Estate Agent Call Back First? Every busy agent knows the moment. Two calls come in, only one can be returned first, and a decision has to be made. In his latest reel, Matt Cheney gives a direct answer: the first call back goe...
DMV Market Update: Oct 26, 2026
New listings adjusted down since last week but are not off dramatically from this time last year. What we do have is a market above the the seller market threshold. Anything less than a three month supply is considered a selle...
Rosslyn VA Then and Now: How Have Development and Home Prices Changed Since 2021?
Rosslyn sits on the Virginia side of the Key Bridge, directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown, and its skyline has been changing for years. In November 2021, Matt Cheney filmed Episode 37 of his On-Site series in the neighborhood t...