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What Does $8M Buy You in DC?
What does eight million dollars buy you in DC? We ran the numbers for the DMV and found two sales this past year that sold for around eight million dollars. One was a new build in Bethesda’s Edgemoor neighborhood for $7.8M and the other a...
Thinking About Renting Your House Instead of Selling? Read This First.
If your house is on the market but you haven’t gotten any offers you’re comfortable with, you may be wondering: what do I do if it doesn’t sell? And for a growing number of homeowners, that’s turning into a new dilemma: should I ...
What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Rise in New Home Inventory
You may have seen talk online that new home inventory is at its highest level since the crash. And if you lived through the crash back in 2008, seeing new construction is up again may feel a little scary. But here’s what you need to rememb...
DMV Weekly Market Update: Sept 8, 2025
Wow! The fall market inventory rush is here. This week’s new listings are up 130% over last week’s new listings. Just in time for the lower mortgage rates the banks have for today’s buyers. Curious about what we are s...
History Shows the Housing Market Always Recovers
Now that the market is slowing down, homeowners who haven’t sold at the price they were hoping for are increasingly pulling their homes off the market. According to the latest data from Realtor.com, the number of homeowners taking their ho...
What Are Comps?
Have you ever had your agent say, 'I’ll pull some comps,' and you’re like… cool. But what even are comps? They’re just homes like yours that sold recently — same size, style, area. It’s how we figure out what your place is actual...
Should You Still Expect a Bidding War?
If you’re still worried about having to deal with a bidding war when you buy a home, you may be able to let some of that fear go. While multiple-offer situations haven’t disappeared entirely, they’re not nearly as common as they used t...
From Frenzy to Breathing Room: Buyers Finally Have Time Again
If you tried to buy a home a few years ago, you probably still remember the frenzy. Homes were listed one day and gone the next. Sometimes it only took hours. You had to drop everything to go and see the house, and if you hesitated even slight...