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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't like is that all new builds are McMansions or multifamily units.  You don't see[b] starter homes [/b]being built any longer and that sucks.[/quote]

I see lots of condos being built[/quote]

Condos are multifamily homes which I addressed.  Starter homes that are HOUSES are no longer built.  The best you can find are some from the 80's and most in this region seem to be from the 40's-70's.  You can't buy a new small SFH.[/quote]

You're right.  So many developers are buying up older, smaller SFHs that a lot of families would love to live in and then tear them down/replace them with giant mansions for the wealthy.  Sure, families can buy starter condos, but when so many people aren't buying until their mid-30s, a condo doesn't seem as attractive.  Not to mention, a lot of people still want the ability to buy a small detached home, but are getting pushed farther out to do so.  What happens is you end up with a bunch of rich people, renters, and manadated affordable housing in places like N. Arlington.  Regular middle class families just aren't buying there anymore and I see other areas in N. Virginia going in that same direction.[/quote]

But it's not like developers have a secret channel to buy these older, smaller SFHs.  If the families looking for houses would love to live in them, why don't they buy them? Smaller homes regularly come up in my 22043 neighborhood, and Arlington is certainly full of them, as is McLean.[/quote]

People do. Not every smaller home is a candidate for renovation/ updating. Some of the older homes in arlington can't be saved. I like seeing new construction in place of old derelict homes. You just hope it's a good design.

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