Why home prices are lower in north VA than in MoCo, MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NoVa isn't as pretty

Maybe, but only if you are comparing MoCo to NoVa. Virginia as a whole wins the beauty contest, hands down, and I am MD/MoCo resident. NoVa does feel too cramped for my taste. In MoCo you might think you are in a nature reserve in many suburbs as there are lots of green spaces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoVa isn't as pretty

Maybe, but only if you are comparing MoCo to NoVa. Virginia as a whole wins the beauty contest, hands down, and I am MD/MoCo resident. NoVa does feel too cramped for my taste. In MoCo you might think you are in a nature reserve in many suburbs as there are lots of green spaces.

Md's eastern shore is the prettiest area in both states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoVa isn't as pretty

Maybe, but only if you are comparing MoCo to NoVa. Virginia as a whole wins the beauty contest, hands down, and I am MD/MoCo resident. NoVa does feel too cramped for my taste. In MoCo you might think you are in a nature reserve in many suburbs as there are lots of green spaces.

Md's eastern shore is the prettiest area in both states.

Barf. Smells like pesticides and chicken poo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NoVa isn't as pretty

Maybe, but only if you are comparing MoCo to NoVa. Virginia as a whole wins the beauty contest, hands down, and I am MD/MoCo resident. NoVa does feel too cramped for my taste. In MoCo you might think you are in a nature reserve in many suburbs as there are lots of green spaces.

Hmmm. Annapolis or Richmond?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000). I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000). I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.

What are the sat scores for the top 4 schools in MOCo and Fairfax? Be interesting to compare.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax does not have agricultural reserve land that's been put aside, and they've been building like gangbusters for years. Maryland has older housing, esp in MoCo, and a limited amount of land set aside to build new homes. More homes = lower prices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000). I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.

What are the sat scores for the top 4 schools in MOCo and Fairfax? Be interesting to compare.

I'd. E curious about this as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000). I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.

What are the sat scores for the top 4 schools in MOCo and Fairfax? Be interesting to compare.

I'd. E curious about this as well.

Whitman 1897
Poolesville 1862
Churchill 1851
Wootton 1818
MoCo 1631

TJHSST 2198
Langley 1851
McLean 1821
Madison 1789
FFXCo 1672

Because it is a large magnet, TJ has a bigger impact on the test scores of other schools in FCPS than the Blair/RM magnets have on the scores of other schools in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Rockville hs has adult illegal immigrants in 9th grade raping 14 year old students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was searching for house on sale using zillow, and noticed that north VA (fairfax, falls church) has more homes for sale and the home prices are more reasonable compare with what you can find in Montgomery county, MD. Both regions are close to DC. I guess the effect of DC on both regions are pretty much the same. I heard of many bad things about Moco, such as increasing property tax rate, sanctuary city controversy, weakening public education system, etc. I also hear good things about north Virginia, like good education qulity, etc. Then why are there more houses on market in north VA, and cheaper? Does this meaning that people are leaving VA. And more people are move in MoCo?

Because more international Asian investors buy in MoCo. They MoCo schools have better reputation
and that creates greater interest among the investors.

So why are SAT scores going up in NoVa and down in MoCo? I know a few schools like Wootton are largely Asian but it seems like there are more Asians in Fairfax (over 207,000 per 2015 Census estimates) than in Montgomery (about 148,000). I hope those "international investors" in MoCo don't get burned.

+2. Lots of actually Asians buying in NOVA for TJ. Hence the Tech Corridor. Also agree that TJ lopsodes the SAT scores. It is the highest in the country, but the rest of NOVAs are lower, because 30 or more 2200+ SAT kids are pulled from each of the top high schools.

On average, top MoCo and top FCPS should perform the same. Except TJ, which is a different league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rockville hs has adult illegal immigrants in 9th grade raping 14 year old students

I believe FFX has 19 yr old freshmens, too.

[Anonymous]

FFX has gun stores next door to ES and daycares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to compare apples to apples. Not all of Fairfax county is the same.

Bethesda/Chevy Chase = McLean
Potomac = Great Falls or Vienna
Kensington = North Arlington
Silver Spring = Alexandria
etc.

Falls Church is also odd. Falls Church City is VERY different from Falls Church, but it is not easy to get a good read out on a website for just Falls Church City, which is its own little town and not part of FFX.


Do you live here? I don't get your comparisons at all.