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Property Tax Reassessment After Buying A Home: Why …
The mortgage itself is only one of your financial responsibilities as a homeowner. Your monthly payment also includes insurance and…
Buying A Home With A Private Well: Water …
Before making an offer on any home, it’s incredibly important that you do your due diligence in researching and understanding…
A Better Plan. The Same Question.
The plan keeps changing. The question at every presentation does not. Here are the options, what each one costs, and…
What Stays With The House When You Move? …
During a home sale, it’s not always clear what items belong to the seller and what items stay with the…
Hudnall on Reston National: It’s the Process, Not …
Part 2 of the Reston Observer's podcast series. What we covered, a short refresher on the two tracks every plan…
Buying A Home With A Septic System: What …
Around a quarter of homes in the United States use a septic system for sewage disposal. Septic is a private…
Alcorn on Reston National: "I Don't Buy That"
In Part 1 of the Reston Observer's four-part series, Supervisor Walter Alcorn walks through the county process step by step.…
How To Estimate A Home’s Utility Costs Before …
Utilities are a major but often-overlooked expense by home buyers who are budgeting for a new house. If you’re relocating…
Unpermitted Renovations: What Home Buyers Need To Know …
It can be incredibly frustrating to find a perfect house only to discover that work was done on the property…
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…
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McLean’s Estate Tier Takes a Breath [August 2026]
The estate tier took a breath this August — giving back July's snap-back as the luxury buyer stepped away —…
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Vienna a Tale of Two Tiers [August 2026]
Two tiers, two directions. Vienna's detached market is the corridor's rock — full list, quick sales, its strongest August in…
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Property Tax Reassessment After Buying A Home: Why Your Tax Bill Could Change
The mortgage itself is only one of your financial responsibilities as a homeowner. Your monthly paym…
Buying A Home With A Private Well: Water Testing, Maintenance, And Questions To Ask
Before making an offer on any home, it’s incredibly important that you do your due diligence…
A Better Plan. The Same Question.
The plan keeps changing. The question at every presentation does not. Here are the options, what eac…