Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Real Estate Not So Bad in D.C. Area

I read today that even though the housing market is pretty stinky nationwide, there are a few places throughout the country where it is easier to sell a house. That is good news for me. One of the easier places to sell a house is in the Washington, D.C. area, which is where we are currently living. We just got word today, that my husband will be transferred from here, back to Indiana. It took us six months to sell our house back in Indiana last year. I am hoping that the powers-that-be will be looking down on us in the next several months while we try to sell our house here, in the greater D. C. area. We are currently living in one of the most affluent and fastest growing areas in Virginia, so hopefully that will be in our favor. With all the bad news spewing out of every news outlet, it is about time people hear news that has even a tiny grain of hope in it. Northern Virginia has jobs and houses that are selling and that is a good thing. Also working in our favor is the fact that the schools here are quite good. The high school in the community where we live is ranked 159th in the nation, so that's not too shabby either. At any rate, I have hope that our home will be one that gets sold quickly at a reasonable price. That's all we can hope for and really all that we need.

2 comments:

Big foot said...

The bad time real estate market in D.C. area is coming.

The relative good real estate market in the D.C. area is the result of Bush's big government and big military spending. Once the new president is in town, with the inevitable federal budget cuts, the hot air in the D.C. real estate market will then bust.

Hippopop said...

Wow,your're killing me! Your comment may be true, but I am trying to think positively and not all of the industry here is exclusively tied to the government or the military. Things aren't great here--there are houses that have been for sale for a year or more--it's just not as bad as other places.