In the past seven days, 73 homes were sold in Alexandria, according to Homesnap. These ranged from 1 BD/1 BA condos to $1M+ historical townhomes.
Taking a look at the local market as a whole, during the week of July 11, there were 167 new listings, totaling 471 homes for sale. The median list price is $499,000.
In the past seven days, 37 properties in Alexandria were reduced in price, according to Homesnap. In total, there are 471 homes for sale, including 309 condos, 107 townhomes and 55 condos. The median list price is $499,000.
Below, find several recently reduced properties:
The short-lived resurgence of drive-in movie screenings in Alexandria during the pandemic seems to be winding down as the organizers of the Alexandria Drive-In announced the event will be discontinuing after this Saturday’s screening of Shrek.
The closing marks the end of short-lived fad when movie theaters were unsafe due to COVID-19. The Alexandria Drive-In launched last August with Jurassic Park and within four days all six initially scheduled movies were sold-out.
This past week, 49 properties were recently sold in Alexandria, according to Homesnap.
The median list price was $468,949, and the median sales price was $670,000. Additionally, homes spent an average of 50 days on the market.
The housing market is all over the news these days. In case you’ve missed it, it’s hot with homes selling quickly and for over asking price.
If you’re hoping to wait it out, renting could be a good option. According to Homesnap, there are nearly 200 homes listed for rent in Alexandria.
Earlier this week, the Alexandria City Council overrode the objections of the School Board and voted to reallocate funding away from the school resource officer (SRO) program — eliminating the program.
SROs are police officers stationed inside T.C. Williams High School, Francis Hammond Middle School and George Washington Middle School and specialize in handling kids with emotional and education issues, search and seizure on school grounds, and school shooting situations. The program started in 1997.
Throughout June, we highlighted a number of recently sold properties in Alexandria. Now, we’re taking a look back at some of the most expensive homes sold throughout the month.
But first: As of June 27, 466 homes are listed for sale in Alexandria, according to Homesnap. That includes 299 condos, 59 detached homes and 108 townhomes. The median list price is $485,000 and the median sales price is $682,500. In the past four weeks, there have been 256 homes sales.
This coming weekend is the Fourth of July, and unlike last summer when — well, you know — travel is on the table for many Alexandrians.
Nationally, 47 million Americans are expected to travel this weekend, many of them by car, according to Travel and Leisure. It’s an estimate in line with pre-pandemic figures.
A new Duke Street overhaul that aims to make the street more transit-friendly is starting its community outreach phrase.
The Duke Street in Motion plan aims to create a corridor of more reliable and frequent bus service along Duke Street between the King Street Metro station and Landmark Mall — where developers is in the early phases of redeveloping the site into a mixed-use corridor and hospital.
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Welcome to your regular recap of recently sold properties in Alexandria.
This past week, 66 homes were sold, according to Homesnap. Although the median sales price for the past four weeks is $649,900, a number of properties are selling for well over $1 million — even $1.5 million.
