Fairfax County entered August with fewer Houses coming to market. Ordinarily, a decline in New Listings could help reduce Active Inventory. That is not happening so far. The market continues to carrying forward much of the inventory that accumulated during the spring and summer rather than materially drawing it down. Let's take a look at Fairfax County housing inventory in early August 2026. Fairfax County Inventory Tracker | Active House inventory remains 17% above the same week in 2025 as...

Two noteworthy reports released last week provided updated information on the U.S. labor market and the mortgage-rate environment. The July 2026 Jobs Report showed a loss of 23,000 jobs, substantially below the forecast for 83,000 jobs to be added. At the same time, revisions showed that job creation during May and June was considerably lower than initially reported. Separately, Freddie Mac's latest weekly mortgage rate survey reported an average 30-year fixed mortgage rate of 6.69%, the...

For much of the summer, Buyer activity in Fairfax County has followed a remarkably consistent pattern. This week's Northern Virginia Real Estate Market update on Buyer Activity and days on market data shows shows an apparent shift in the former, with the latter holding course for higher days on market and inventory level. Newly listed Houses received the overwhelming majority of Buyer attention while the growing inventory of longer days on market Houses remained comparatively overlooked. ...