Wishing a wonderful and blessed holiday season to you and yours and once again a
special thank you to everyone that I've had the opportunity of working with this year.
It's been a pleasure as always. For those of whom I've since gotten started with, or for
those who plan to begin after the New Year, I look forward to helping you all reach
your selling and buying goals in [...]

Taking a look at the numbers through a different lens. Recent questions have come
up regarding how market activity compares amongst the different home types
(detached/single family homes, townhomes/rowhomes, condos), so let's take a look.

Overall, it was pretty active month in the area across the board. Two key metrics in
particular, new pending sales and new listings, saw noticeable increases both YoY [...]

The highly anticipated meeting by the Federal Reserve ended with the announcement
that many were expecting, a sharp .5% interest rate cut. It's been awhile - this is the
first rate cut to the Federal Funds Rate since March 2020, and though this does not
set mortgage rates, they are closely connected. For those paying close attention to
mortgage rates, however, you'll know that they have actually been dropping for [...]

As many of you might already be aware, the housing market in the DC metro area
(similar to other major markets as well) has two peaks in the calendar year: The
Spring Market which typically now begins in February and runs through mid-June, and
the Fall Market which begins in mid/late August and runs through November,
sometimes past Thanksgiving. Seasonal trends have mostly held true again this [...]