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Housing Data and Statistics

NVAR partners with George Mason University to bring local housing data to its members.

Local Market Data at Your Fingertips

The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® reports on home sales activity for Fairfax and Arlington counties; the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church; and the towns of Vienna, Herndon, and Clifton with data provided by George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis and Bright MLS.

NVAR releases monthly market statistics to deliver local market data for the cities and counties in the NVAR region. Every month, we issue a press release, infographic, and video that you can share and include in your client presentations.

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2025 NVAR Regional Housing Market Forecast 

Each year, the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® (NVAR), in conjunction with the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University (GMU-CRA), issues a consensus forecast for the NVAR region’s housing market.

2023 Housing Economic Impact Report

In 2023, the residential real estate industry located in the NVAR service area sparked $17 billion in local economic activity and supported over 88,400 jobs, paying almost $6.5 billion in labor earnings.

 


Monthly Market Statistics

  • Market Statistics: May 2017

    Fairfax – Home sales and prices in Northern Virginia climbed, with buyers undeterred by looming interest rate increases. Homes remained on the market an average of just 32 days, about 16 percent lower than last May, according to sales data about the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® footprint of Arlington and Fairfax counties, Cities of Falls Church, Fairfax and Alexandria.

  • Market Statistics: April 2017

    Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County Home Sales Projections to Watch through January, 2018 Cited, Reports the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® and GMU’s Center For Regional Analysis.

  • Market Statistics: March 2017

    The Northern Virginia March housing New-Under-Contract numbers are nearly 18 percent higher than one year ago, new contracts with a contingency are up 1 percent and new pending contracts are up 6 percent, reports the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®.
  • Market Statistics: February 2017

    The Northern Virginia February housing market sales numbers, with 1,192 homes sold,  were in lockstep with the favorable January sales numbers, reports the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®
  • Market Statistics: January 2017

    With mortgage rates still a bargain for now, as the new administration gets its sea legs, 1,110 homes sold in Fairfax and Arlington counties as well as the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax. Posting a 10 percent increase in sales, compared to this region’s 1,007 homes sold in January 2016, begins the year on sure footing.
  • Market Statistics: December 2016

    December Sales, Prices, Actives Reflect the Expected Seasonal Ebb,
    New Under-Contracts Up 15 percent for Decisive Buyers,
    Reports the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®
  • Market Statistics: November 2016

    Homebuyers in Northern Virginia this past November were not kicking tires. The November housing market gained compared to November 2015 in the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors® region
  • Market Statistics: October 2016

    People Stay in Homes on Average for a Decade Now, First-Time Buyer Programs Assist Millennials, reports the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors®

  • Market Statistics: September 2016

    ‘Election year housing market jitters never quite materialized’; inventory still lean

  • Market Statistics: August 2016

    Hungry Buyers Get Serious In Spite of Lean Inventory, Stable Sales Prices Continue; August Housing Sales Spike 11 percent
Market Statistics (Sales)
Market Statistics (Rentals)

    Northern Virginia Quarterly Rental Statistics are available as PDF documents.

    Find more information here.

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