“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read on for homeowner tips you should consider for this Fall Season.
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Will The Housing Market Cool Off This Fall?
Today’s hot housing market is one of the peculiar outcrops of the pandemic. Housing supply was already low before Covid-19, but it was further hampered as lockdowns took place and people began looking for new homes, driven by a host of reasons—from the desire to leave populated cities to better home offices or just fear of missing out.
The Federal Reserve’s steps last year to keep the financial markets liquid and to ensure mortgage rates stayed low have continued. But the low mortgage rates pale in comparison to soaring housing prices in the past year.
Paolo Velez and Angel Barretto, two local DC chefs, were recently named by Food & Wine Magazine as some of the Best New Chefs of 2021! Read more about their award from Washingtonian, HERE and view all the top chefs HERE.
Amazon Is Fueling A Higher-Education Boom in Northern Virginia
University campuses are proliferating in Northern Virginia to meet demand for tech talent thanks to the addition of HQ2 in Alexandria. Read more about how this is impacting the area HERE, from Arlington Magazine.
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