Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great holiday season and that 2012 is your best year ever!  Below is my Annual Update on the Reston real estate market.  Also, some reflection, thoughts and comments on what the coming year might hold.  I hope you find it informative and helpful.  In the future if you prefer to receive the newsletter electronically send your email address to jon@beneficialRE.com or better yet visit us in person at our offices on wonderful Lake Anne Plaza at the boat docks – coffee is always on! (more…)

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Fall 2011 Real Estate Market Update

I hope you had a great summer! The kids are back in school and football is in the air! Last year we moved our offices back to Lake Anne plaza, where it all started for us over forty years ago, and we could not be happier with the move. Lake Anne is the original reston town center, not to be confused with Reston Town Center. Lake Anne represents Robert Simon‟s original vision of a place where people of every age, income and family make-up could “Live Work and Play”. If you have not been to the plaza recently come and take another look. The plaza has never looked better. (more…)

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Historic Reston Photo Gallery

Take a few minutes to see these historic pictures of Reston as it was 30+ years ago.

*These pictures were taken by Jon, his mother and many donated by the family of Reverend William ‘Bill’ Scurlock – founder of the Washington Plaza Baptist church and Reston’s first minister.

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2011 Summer Real Estate Update

Greetings and happy summer to you and family! This is an abbreviated look at the Reston real estate market. Home sales are thriving in Reston and we are fortunate to live in Northern Virginia where home sales were up 4.9% in May. We continue to benefit from low interest rates and very little inventory of homes for sale across all categories. Business is booming at Reston Town Center, most local merchants and restaurants are doing well and there is a persistent ‘buzz’ of excitement over Metro coming to Wiehle Avenue in 2013. (more…)

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2010 Annual Real Estate Update

I hope you had a great holiday season and that 2011 is your best year ever! Below is my Annual Update on the Reston real estate market. Also, some reflection, thoughts and comments on what the coming year might hold. I hope you find it informative and helpful. In the future if you prefer to receive the newsletter electronically send your email address to jon@beneficialRE.com or better yet visit us in person at our new offices on wonderful Lake Anne Plaza at the boat docks – coffee is always on!

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2010 Fall Real Estate Update

I hope you had a great summer! As I write this I am feeling optimistic… it was great to see South Lakes beat Herndon in football for the first time in eleven or so years. But, honestly we support both schools (I am an HHS grad)… similar to those with family at Virginia and Virginia Tech. And how about those Redskins?! We‟re off to a decent start. I had the pleasure of meeting Albert Haynesworth at his amazing penthouse atop Midtown at Reston Town Center. I hope he sticks around as he seems like a nice guy and I was impressed. We are optimistic about real estate, especially in Reston, where it has been a very decent and productive year so far! (more…)

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