Why is Loudoun county so expensive?

[Anonymous]

Coming from Arlington, I’ve barely ever heard of Loudoun, more less visited. Had a coworker from out there, thought he lived in the goons.

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Anonymous wrote:But why is Loudoun so expensive? The new builds are like 1.4million for a house that backs another house. Why do people pay that to move out there?

Did you get priced out of Loudoun so this is your topic to cope? Cause that’s what it sounds like…

Loudoun is poor man Fairfax. No wonder why you see so many young families. South asians are understandable, as there are many tech jobs in that area. No one in Arlington/real NOVA has heard of a single one of their schools.

It’s a shame that established institutions like Langley even have non-division friendly matches against these inferior loony Loudouners. They should battle it out amongst each other’s, maybe we’ll be kind enough to invite them to states.

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Anonymous wrote:But why is Loudoun so expensive? The new builds are like 1.4million for a house that backs another house. Why do people pay that to move out there?

Similar houses in FFX are far more expensive. I live in Loudoun and want to move back to FFX. I will probably not be able to afford what I have here. You aren't comparing apples to apples. I live in a neighborhood with small yards that have lots similar in size to my old Burke Centre house but the houses are nothing alike. Many of the nice houses in FFX are barely over 2k sq ft. Most single family homes in Loudoun are at least 3k and more. My house in Loudoun is light years newer and better designed than the BC house.

[Anonymous]

Tons of close by jobs, close families and great neighborhoods packed with kids. Schools are excellent too (outside of a few older schools)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But why is Loudoun so expensive? The new builds are like 1.4million for a house that backs another house. Why do people pay that to move out there?

Did you get priced out of Loudoun so this is your topic to cope? Cause that’s what it sounds like…

Loudoun is poor man Fairfax. No wonder why you see so many young families. South asians are understandable, as there are many tech jobs in that area. No one in Arlington/real NOVA has heard of a single one of their schools.

The tech jobs aren't in Loudoun. We still get more house/land for the money in Loudoun. All houses are expensive now op. You are probably comparing older FFX houses built in the 70s to houses in Loudoun built in the last 10 years. It's not a reasonable comparison.

[Anonymous]

Idk, never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Idk, never heard of it.

Ok 18:58.

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Anonymous wrote:No I agree.. Middleburg is really nice and there are some beautiful rolling hill areas with beautiful homes. It's more the subdivisions that seem over priced and lackluster. And yes I live in a boring suburb, but it is my opinion that my boring suburb is a better value than most boring Loudoun county suburbs. Just wanted to know what the draw was to move out there given that house prices seem pretty high currently.

It takes you 30 minutes to drive to your CVS. Here in Purcellville, Walgreens is 3 minutes away.

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HHI is not even that high, you can barely live on $115k. The only reason it’s the highest is because townhomes and SFHs were built on literal pastures and farms, thus there are very few ‘poor’ low income families. Everyone is decently well off, not many are below the poverty line or super rich. Yes there are exceptions, Youngkin has a huge estate in Middleburg. The income disparity is much larger in Fairfax, and it has been suburbanized for decades. You have places like Great Falls, and places like Falls Church. Schools are also all over the place, you have Langley and Edison, whereas every school in Loudoun is ‘average’.

I agree with this

[Anonymous]

If I was going to move to Loudoun I would want a decent size yard but 900k gets you a 10 yr old house with no yard in an average school pyramid.

You can get a sfh with a good sized yard in Fairfax county in a good school pyramid for that much.

[Anonymous]

As others have said, it’s the square footage OP. The homes are larger in Loudoun. The price per sqft is still higher in Fairfax. A lot of people we know in our age group moved out there several years ago. We stayed in Fairfax due to work commutes. I would have had to take 50 every day which is just soul crushing. Had we known COVID was going to happen we probably would’ve made the move out there. My spouse is now fully remote and I only go in 2-3 days with a flexible schedule. But it does seem like you would still be driving a lot to get kids to activities and such since there isn’t as much built up yet in places like Aldie where the really new homes are now. The prices really went up out there during the pandemic. It will be interesting to see if they stay that high. I guess they will with so many people now working along the Dulles corridor or fully remote. People who bought out there 5 years ago probably feel pretty good about it. But I know they wish there were more food options really close by. I would have a hard time giving up the convenience of the grocery store, the gym, kid activities all being within 5-15 min even at rush hour.

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Anonymous wrote:As others have said, it’s the square footage OP. The homes are larger in Loudoun. The price per sqft is still higher in Fairfax. A lot of people we know in our age group moved out there several years ago. We stayed in Fairfax due to work commutes. I would have had to take 50 every day which is just soul crushing. Had we known COVID was going to happen we probably would’ve made the move out there. My spouse is now fully remote and I only go in 2-3 days with a flexible schedule. But it does seem like you would still be driving a lot to get kids to activities and such since there isn’t as much built up yet in places like Aldie where the really new homes are now. The prices really went up out there during the pandemic. It will be interesting to see if they stay that high. I guess they will with so many people now working along the Dulles corridor or fully remote. People who bought out there 5 years ago probably feel pretty good about it. But I know they wish there were more food options really close by. I would have a hard time giving up the convenience of the grocery store, the gym, kid activities all being within 5-15 min even at rush hour.

Ashburn resident here. We have all of that within 5-10 mins lol.

This area isn’t all farms like it was 10 years ago

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Anonymous wrote:As others have said, it’s the square footage OP. The homes are larger in Loudoun. The price per sqft is still higher in Fairfax. A lot of people we know in our age group moved out there several years ago. We stayed in Fairfax due to work commutes. I would have had to take 50 every day which is just soul crushing. Had we known COVID was going to happen we probably would’ve made the move out there. My spouse is now fully remote and I only go in 2-3 days with a flexible schedule. But it does seem like you would still be driving a lot to get kids to activities and such since there isn’t as much built up yet in places like Aldie where the really new homes are now. The prices really went up out there during the pandemic. It will be interesting to see if they stay that high. I guess they will with so many people now working along the Dulles corridor or fully remote. People who bought out there 5 years ago probably feel pretty good about it. But I know they wish there were more food options really close by. I would have a hard time giving up the convenience of the grocery store, the gym, kid activities all being within 5-15 min even at rush hour.

Ashburn resident here. We have all of that within 5-10 mins lol.

This area isn’t all farms like it was 10 years ago

Right, but Ashburn isn’t that new anymore. Plenty of homes there from the 90s and early 2000s. Those homes aren’t $1.4 million which is the price OP mentioned. I’m talking about places like Hartland and Willowsford. There’s nothing out there yet.

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Anonymous wrote:But why is Loudoun so expensive? The new builds are like 1.4million for a house that backs another house. Why do people pay that to move out there?

Did you get priced out of Loudoun so this is your topic to cope? Cause that’s what it sounds like…

Loudoun is poor man Fairfax. No wonder why you see so many young families. South asians are understandable, as there are many tech jobs in that area. No one in Arlington/real NOVA has heard of a single one of their schools.

What are you even trying to say? being racist with south Asians? Expect young families to buy million dollar houses and condos in Arlington? Why do you even care?

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Anonymous wrote:As others have said, it’s the square footage OP. The homes are larger in Loudoun. The price per sqft is still higher in Fairfax. A lot of people we know in our age group moved out there several years ago. We stayed in Fairfax due to work commutes. I would have had to take 50 every day which is just soul crushing. Had we known COVID was going to happen we probably would’ve made the move out there. My spouse is now fully remote and I only go in 2-3 days with a flexible schedule. But it does seem like you would still be driving a lot to get kids to activities and such since there isn’t as much built up yet in places like Aldie where the really new homes are now. The prices really went up out there during the pandemic. It will be interesting to see if they stay that high. I guess they will with so many people now working along the Dulles corridor or fully remote. People who bought out there 5 years ago probably feel pretty good about it. But I know they wish there were more food options really close by. I would have a hard time giving up the convenience of the grocery store, the gym, kid activities all being within 5-15 min even at rush hour.

Ashburn resident here. We have all of that within 5-10 mins lol.

This area isn’t all farms like it was 10 years ago

Right, but Ashburn isn’t that new anymore. Plenty of homes there from the 90s and early 2000s. Those homes aren’t $1.4 million which is the price OP mentioned. I’m talking about places like Hartland and Willowsford. There’s nothing out there yet.

You need to get away from 50 and stay along 7. Think Lansdowne, River Creek, Belmont Country Club, Beacon Hill. Those homes aren't new but they tend to be really nicely maintained/updated/etc. and many are well > 1 million, some over 2 million. The 7 corridor has everything... all the stores, all the kids activities, etc. We used to live along 50 and now live along 7, it's so much better.

Another note... there is a lot of nice new construction going into western Loudoun at the price point you're describing (Round Hill, Purcellville). As a PP noted, Purcellville has some decent local stores (two grocery stores, drug stores, library, small gyms, restaurants, community center, etc.) and almost everything nearby in Leesburg.