Blog :: 2026

Prep & Presentation

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Prep & Presentation 

The historical trend of a summer cool down mostly remained true through July and into August as people across the region enjoyed summer plans and traveled. Numbers aside, however, conversations with future home sellers were abundant. Over the past several weeks, many people have reached out and indicated that they [...]

Planning For the Future and Now

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Planning For the Future and Now

Historically speaking, the month of June has often represented the time period when most closed transactions occur throughout the year. The time when home sales finally settle and come together after months of busy activity in April & May, when data points like new pending sales and new listings are at [...]

Halfway Home

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Halfway Home

Halfway through 2026, and decent body of work to draw some conclusions from. Year to date, it's been a busier year with activity indicators pointing upwards compared to 2025. New pending sales, new listings, and closed transactions are all higher than the were a year ago so far. Notably, recorded showing requests from agents [...]

Spring Surge

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Spring Surge

After a tepid few months in the DC region which saw some shifting dynamics, the arrow has pointed up in a big way. Over the past month, there has been a surge across the board. Homes of all types and submarkets saw growth in new inventory and activity across the board. No regional disparities either - the surge has continued [...]

The Silver Tsunami

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The Silver Tsunami

Much has been written recently about the "Silver Tsunami", and its impact on the real estate market. Concepts or strategies like "aging in place", "downsizing", or "right-sizing", once seemed to dominate the headlines, but a new economic concept has seemed to really show impact recently as a result - that is, the [...]

Spring Solutions

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Spring Solutions

If you take a look at the broad market numbers in the section below, you might notice a theme from recent years: strong activity, though lower inventory across in the board in the spring market. Reporting from the field, this has checked out. New listings were down across all home types and scopes, though showing activity [...]

Winning in the Margins

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As things evolve - we adapt.

Broadly speaking, our local market remains strong with steady demand, though a bit of a reset has been underway. Competitive offer situations still occur but those appear more condensed to certain criteria's, unlike prior years. The days of automatic bidding competitions feel like they are being replaced by a [...]

4 Takeaways From 2025

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As we look to the year ahead, some quick reflection on 2025. Sending gratitude once again to everyone that I had the pleasure of working with this past year, both new and repeat clients, as well as those who have continued to support or keep in touch. Incredibly [...]

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