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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4210 marble lane - the house in question was purchased for 488k in 2019 with a FHA mortgage. The next door neighbor from the video at 4208 purchased in 2016 at a very similar price. With the recent run up, they’ve appreciated 200-300k.

In a HCOL area, you can’t come in having high expectations of neighbors with this level of home. This is a low cost starter house type neighborhood that you move out of as soon as you can. Some folks just aren’t able to so they are stuck with the downsides of a low income neighborhood. It’s like living in the projects and complaining there’s crime to the news.

The 4210 folks would’ve been better off selling and buying in Aldie or similar using the joint family $$.  [/quote]

Low income projects? This isn't Sterling or Centreville. Some homes in this neighborhood  have been selling in the 900's recently. [/quote]

no one said it was for low-income projects.

Before 2020, these were lower-middle-class homes. PP is spot on - these were semi-starter homes or if they weren't starter homes they were for working class people or older people who didn't earn much but had 'time in market' on their side.

In 30 years when the entire crop of 1960's built homes here have to be torn down, none of these shitboxes will have the same dimensionality as before.

Wouldn't be surprised if many of these lots became subdivided or you started to see duplexes here by the 2050's.

This area would look so much nicer, and be more affordable, if there were more new england duplexes or triple deckers here.

For example, this is a multi-fam in concord ma (a significantly nicer town than almost any in Virginia) that is far superior to buying in at 900 in Fairfax.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/111-Central-St-Concord-MA-01742/166019446_zpid/[/quote]

I live across the street in Poplar Tree so I am very familiar with Greenbriar. It is not a low income neighborhood. It is solid middle class. Sure there are people still around who bought cheap 15+ years ago and could never afford to buy there now, but that could be said about any neighborhood including yours. Sales prices lately in Greenbriar are in the 700-900k range, about the same as a nice townhome. You need a reality check if you think spending near a million dollars at current interest rates is low income. People buy there because they want a SFH, access to Rocky Run/Chantilly HS and it is centrally located to shopping and amenities. It's certainly more desirable than Brookfield neighborhood, which I would say is actually low income since the sales prices there are much lower in the 500k-750k range, plus that associated elementary is Title 1.

I'm curious if you would also claim Kings Park West neighborhood, which is recommended frequently on this website, is low income. That one has an HOA but the sales price trajectory and age of the neighborhood are practically identical to Greenbriar.[/quote]

+1.  This person is spot on.  Don’t live around there but accurate assessment of the neighborhood [/quote]

Backing up the greenbrier neighborhood’s value because there’s even worse neighborhoods out there isn’t a convincing argument. It’s like saying Anacostia near st Elizabeth’s is fine because there’s worse further east. Bottom line it’s an undesirable neighborhood. The comparison to a townhouse doesn’t make sense either, it’s trading off land value for the value of the dwelling. [/quote]

Go away, you clearly don't know what you’re talking about. [/quote]

Great reasoning! Not my fault you live there. [/quote]

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