Arlington County is collecting feedback on a pilot program meant to improve pedestrian safety by causing turning vehicles to slow down.
Respondents have until Wednesday to submit their thoughts on the impacts of the centerline hardening project, which installed raised speed humps and flexible delineator posts at five busy intersections.
Here in Arlington, real estate is a spectator sport. Let’s take a look at some of the most and least expensive townhouses sold last month (August 2024).
Most expensive townhouses sold
This regularly scheduled column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. If you would like to work with Eli and his team in Northern Virginia and the greater D.C. Metro area, you can reach him directly at [email protected].
Question: How does home value appreciation vary in Arlington by property type?
Answer: The Arlington VA housing market has appreciated by an average price of 49% and a median price of 39% over a ten-year period, but that appreciation is not evenly distributed across all property types.
Detached Homes Appreciate Over 60%
Those who spend the most on a home benefit from the highest appreciation rates, with detached home appreciation of 60%+ over the course of a decade, and new detached homes appreciating the most of any property type, at 65%.
Condos Appreciate 1-2% Annually
The worst performing category over ten years in Arlington is the one-bedroom condo, with appreciation close to 1% annually and just 15% over ten years. Two-bedroom condos perform moderately better, with an average annual appreciation closer to 2% at 28% over ten years.
Townhouses are the Goldilocks Property Type
More expensive than condos and less expensive than detached homes, townhouse/semi-detached properties fall right in the middle of cost and ten-year rate of appreciation, coming in at 40% over ten years. (more…)
A candidate in the 2025 Virginia governor’s race is slated to visit Arlington this week for a conference on issues impacting women.
U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) is scheduled to serve as the keynote speaker at Rep. Don Beyer’s eighth annual women’s conference, titled “The Time is Now.”
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A four-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel helped stop a fire in a Fairlington townhouse from spreading last week.
Shravani Bobde was awakened around 2 a.m. on Thursday to one of her dogs, Archie, incessantly licking her arm. Smelling smoke, she got up and began searching her bathroom, home office and other rooms for its source.
St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington is hosting its monthly run & walk social on June 18th (Thursday) at 6:30pm. The 3 or 4 mile run (or walk) will start in the back parking lot (off N. Stafford St.) and end at St. Agnes. Participants can enjoy complimentary pizza afterwards. Drinks are BYOB. Extra points if you wear Catholic school swag. Thank you Father Oetjen, who started off our May run from Court House to/from the Marine Corps War Memorial with a prayer (and ran a competitive pace). Also, thank you to the Notre Dame and Georgetown alumni who wore their schools’ colors!
Please RSVP at the link, so we know how much pizza to get. Thank you!
A woman was seriously injured when a car was driven into a Pentagon City salon over the weekend.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Posh Salon, on the ground floor of the Lenox Club apartment building at 401 12th Street S.
Parking Pricing Changes — “Arlington County announced that the prices to park along the Rosslyn-Ballston and Richmond Highway Corridors will be adjusted starting on Sept. 23. This new adjustment marks the third price change related to the project… The new round of changes includes: Increases at approximately 51% of metered parking spaces in the project area. Decreases at approximately 11% of spaces.” [DC News Now]
Car Crime in Crystal City — “1500 block of Richmond Highway… between approximately 2:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on September 18, the suspect(s) entered a parking garage and stole one vehicle, attempted to steal another vehicle and tampered with approximately 14 vehicles some of which had a window smashed. Clothing items were reported stolen from the vehicles.” [ACPD]
Ballston Building Sold at Discount — “A Brookfield joint venture recently sold a Ballston office building for less than $28 million, representing a two-thirds loss of value since the property last changed hands just before the Covid-19 pandemic — but a great deal for the bargain-seizing new owner. The nine-story building sits at 4075 Wilson Blvd, a couple blocks from the Ballston-MU Metro station… Sweetgreen on the ground-floor recently renewed its lease for 12 years and ‘will welcome a very cool neighbor soon.'” [Washington Business Journal]
Public Safety Award Ceremony — “Arlington County first responders were honored for their bravery and service to the community on Friday night. 7News Anchor Victoria Sanchez emceed the Public Safety Awards which acknowledged the superior action taken during the barricade situation and subsequent explosion in Arlington in December 2023.” [WJLA]
Beyer Statement on Middle East — From Rep. Don Beyer: “Further escalation and retaliatory strikes in Lebanon and Israel, or a protracted and deadly ground war is not the path to safety for the Israeli, Palestinian or Lebanese people. A deal to release hostages and secure a ceasefire, and a broad diplomatic settlement is the best way to ensure security and stability in the region, which should be the overriding interest of both Israel and the United States.” [Twitter]
Arlington on WSJ Front Page — “My daughter and I are on the front page of the Wall Street Journal from when I voted on Friday!” [Twitter]
Early Voting in Arlington — “More than 2,000 Arlington voters cast ballots Friday [9/20], the first day of early voting in Virginia. Most (1,576) did so at the Ellen Bozman Government Center in Courthouse, with an additional 470 at the satellite center at Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center, according to Arlington election officials. As of Sept. 1, Arlington had 158,972 active voters.” [Gazette Leader]
Early Voting in F.C. — From the Falls Church News-Press: “Over 3 percent of eligible voters — nearly 3 percent of all registered voters — turned out on the first day of early voting in the City of Falls Church.” [Twitter]
It’s Monday — Expect drizzle starting around 11am, with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 72 accompanied by a southeast wind at 7 mph. The drizzle will continue into Monday night, while skies remain cloudy and the temperature drops to around 62. [NWS]
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Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Sep 20, 2024.
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Here are the events planned for Sunday:
Showers are possible between 2pm and 5pm, with an increased chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Expect mostly sunny skies, a high near 82, and south winds of 3-7 mph. On Saturday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely between 8pm and 2am with mostly cloudy skies, a low of around 65, and southeast winds at 6 mph. Precipitation chances are 30% during the day and 60% at night. New rainfall amounts may range from a tenth to a quarter-inch, with higher amounts in thunderstorms. See more from Weather.gov.
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋
New, temporary cellphone restrictions are in place at Arlington Public Schools, ahead of a potential permanent policy by year’s end.
That’s the basis for this month’s Mike Mount cartoon, which suggests that the ban might be effective during school hours but will otherwise struggle to change young people’s well-ingrained communications habits.
Arlington’s top prosecutor is stepping up measures “to ensure safe and fair elections” in November.
The Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington and Falls Church announced today (Friday) that it has established a task force “to rapidly respond to and investigate any reports of voter intimidation, interference, or fraud.”
