The Uber waiting room, updating dated decor and Family STEM Night

Local Real Estate News

• Convenience stores and Japan’s housing agency are teaming up to serve the country’s aging population. (via CityLab)
• D.C.’s newest apartment amenity? The Uber waiting room (via Urban Turf DC) 
• Closets as big as some apartments (via NYTimes)
• #Preach: Don’t resist your real estate agent’s suggestion to upgrade that dated decor (via WashingtonPost)

Are the Washington Redskins coming to Reston? Plus, D.C. median home price hits $566K

Local Real Estate News

• Will Reston be the new home of the Washington Redskins? (via Reston Patch)
• Pet-friendly amenities to invade more than 70 developments in Washington, D.C. (via Curbed DC)
• In D.C., the median listing price for a home is $566K (via Curbed DC)
• Long read: For Olympic host cities, wins and losses last forever (via Curbed DC)

Clinton campaign office coming to Lake Anne; Update on St. Johns Wood and One Reston Town Center

Pedestrian bridge to Reston-Wiehle metro station

Local Real Estate News

• What makes Reston even more attractive than Tysons for developers (via Bisnow)

Three important Reston real estate development updates, thanks to RestonNow:

• Clinton campaign to open office at Lake Anne Plaza
• The debate on how Bozzuto will update the St. Johns Wood apartments continues
• Reston’s future tallest tower has a name: One Reston Town Center

SCAPE offers active, retired armed forces free art programming; Reston development continues

Local Real Estate News

• Sunrise Valley Drive continues march toward new development (via RestonNow)
• Unbelievable: 20% of homes purchased in D.C. in 2016 were all-cash transactions (via UrbanTurf DC)
• Less than 15% of new rentals built in D.C. since 2014 were affordable (via Curbed DC)
• It’s a great time to refinance — and everyone’s doing it (via realtor.com)
• 3 ways buyers can come out on top in a sellers’ market (via Inman News)
• Why lead paint still haunts industrial cities in the U.S. (via CityLab)
• 5 Things to know about playing Pokémon Go in Fairfax County

Where will mortgage rates go?; Community meeting on new development Aug. 4

Local Real Estate News

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  Trying to answer the eternal question, “Where will mortgage rates go?” (via realtor.com)

• Tiffs between luxury homeowners can escalate into bruising legal, financial and emotional combat (via WSJ)
• Fannie Mae asked consumers if student loan debt is keeping them from owning a home. Here’s what they said.
• Home inspections pave the way to smoother real estate transactions (via Real Estate Book)

Family Splash on Friday at RCC, Fairfax Co. “Discovery Trail” Map Guide

Local Real Estate News

• Less than 15 percent of new rentals built in D.C. since 2014 were affordable (via Curbed DC)
• Quiz: Where in D.C. should you buy your first home? (via Curbed DC)
• File this under the #nicetodream category: The driveway is becoming the main event — some boast their own roadside attractions, extensive landscaping and even a pro race track. (via WSJ)
• In that same file: A shortage of developed land is driving up lot prices in affluent areas like Beverly Hills, Southampton, Miami and Chicago. (via WSJ)

King Pollo coming to Hunter Woods Plaza; Get involved with local police dept.

Local Real Estate News

• Local Peruvian chicken chain King Pollo is renovating a retail space at 2254G Hunter Woods Plaza, according to RestonNow.
• The head of the Fairfax County government’s tourism-promotion organization says his county is poised to supplant Arlington in getting the most tourist and convention dollars in Virginia — if that county can create a convention center to capture them.(via Inside NOVA)
• Housing Forecast: What to expect in the second half of 2016 (via Forbes)
• These real estate markets, while not in bubble territory, may be getting too hot (via REALTOR Magazine)
• Are you throwing your money away when you rent?(via Forbes)
• How a condo association could kill a sale (via WSJ)