Northern Virginia home listings surged 63% in March over 2024
Northern Virginia home listings jumped 63% in March, far outpacing national trends as job cuts hit the region. Experts weigh in on what's behind the spike.
Northern Virginia business leaders’ confidence drops in Q2
Business confidence in Northern Virginia declined in Q2 2025, with leaders citing federal layoffs, inflation and supply chain issues, a new survey shows.
Savills announces new D.C.-region leaders
Amy Kaufman Brendler and Jon Glass have been appointed executive vice presidents and co-leads of commercial real estate brokerage Savills’ Washington, D.C., region, which includes the McLean office, the company announced Monday. Tom Fulcher, who was named mid-Atlantic region lead for Savills in 2021, will be stepping back from his regional leadership role, according to […]
5 Virginia companies among 27 firms targeted by China for further trade constraints
BANGKOK (AP) — China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump‘s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs. The new tariff matches the rate of the U.S. “reciprocal” tariff of 34% on Chinese […]
Top Five April 2025
1 | Booz Allen fires subcontractor who wrote document about DOGE access to Treasury McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton fired a subcontractor who warned the U.S. Treasury Department about the Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Treasury’s payment system. (Feb. 11) 2 | U.Va. board votes to continue gender-affirming […]
Woman accused of running high-end brothels in Northern Virginia and near Boston set to be sentenced
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in that state and the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia is set to be sentenced. Han Lee and two others were indicted last year on one count of conspiracy to persuade, entice and coerce one or […]
NOVA launches initiative to help recently unemployed federal workers
Northern Virginia Community College on Wednesday announced the launch of an initiative to help recently unemployed federal workers and contractors transition to their next careers. Known as NOVAnext (new employment, exploration and transition), the initiative is designed to help workers to explore how their skills and experience can match in-demand jobs available in the region. […]
Completed home sales decrease in Feb. for NoVa, Hampton Roads
Housing sales in February decreased year-over-year in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. Inventory and median selling prices increased in both regions. Northern Virginia Closed sales in Northern Virginia decreased year-over-year in February, according to Northern Virginia Association of Realtors data released March 11. The median home price and active listings rose compared to the same […[...]
Reports of NoVa housing market’s demise are greatly exaggerated, experts say
“See the rats run,” a Facebook post put up Saturday reads. It’s illustrated with a map purportedly of Arlington County — a map covered with dozens of ovals indicating where houses are on the market. Many of the ovals are labeled “coming soon” or “new.” In the wake of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s […]
Jan. housing inventory, prices increase in NoVa, Hampton Roads
Housing sales last month increased year-over-year in Northern Virginia but dropped in Hampton Roads, although inventory and sales prices rose in both regions. Northern Virginia Home sales, prices and inventory in Northern Virginia rose year-over-year in January, according to Northern Virginia Association of Realtors data released Tuesday. Last month, 833 homes sold in Northern Virginia, […]
Statewide home sales, inventories rose in November
The fall 2024 housing market has outpaced the fall 2023 market across the commonwealth, according to statewide November sales data released Dec. 20 by Virginia Realtors. “For two months in a row now, Virginia has seen double-digit growth in closed sales,” Ryan Price, the trade organization’s chief economist, stated in a news release. In November, […]
If Trump cuts federal workforce, Warner predicts ‘disaster’ for Va.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said Thursday he hopes President-elect Donald Trump won’t pursue massive cuts and relocations in the federal workforce — because if he does, it would be a “disaster for Virginia’s economy,” particularly in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. “We would get hit worse than any other state,” Virginia’s senior senator said. Warner, [&he[...]