Reston’s Pyramid Just Inverted
The prized peak stepped back. The overlooked base filled up. This fall, the leverage flipped upside down.Data Source: BrightMLS (closed sales & inventory) · Freddie…
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Governed Growth. What I Filed With Fairfax County.
A fourteen-question submission on the Reston National applications — now part of the county record. This isn't about saving a golf course. It's about whether…
Reston’s June: Three Different Markets. One Handoff.
Reston isn't one housing market. It's three — and in June, each one one answered the same question differently. Hud's Compass shows three different reads on the…
One Reston Golf Course. Five Precedents. The Future of Every Planning and Zoning Amendment in Fairfax County
Buying a property with plans to develop it is not a free pass from the process — not for a homeowner, and not for a…
Two Billionaires Are Fighting Over Your Listing. Neither One Is Fighting for YOU.
Inside the Zillow–Compass lawsuit, the quiet birth of a National MLS, and the one small rule that started all of it.This entire national fight — the lawsuit,…
Reston East Is Not an Empty Office Park
Fairfax County counts 35 parcels in the Reston East study area. There are 70 separate deeds. Forty-one of them can never be assembled — and…
Herndon’s June: the Corridor’s Sharpest Handoff
Something happened in Herndon in June that didn't happen anywhere else on the Rt. 7 corridor. It's in the Detached numbers, and it changes how…
Fairfax County’s June: The Month the Jaws Opened
Rates held. Active inventory climbed. Pending contracts fell 17% in a single month. Here's what the county numbers hide — and what's next. Hud's Compass shows…
The Symptom and the Disease: What the Zillow – Compass War is Really About
Your home stopped being a house. It became their data — and the revenue stream they are fighting over.On May 20th, a Chicago-area MLS pulled…
Who Pays and Who Profits: The Financial Impact to “Re-Imagine” Reston National Golf Course
What 812 Fairfax County Tax Records Reveal About Developer Profit,Homeowner Equity Loss, 93 Underwater Families, and the Trade Fairfax County Should Consider on the Community's…