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Arlington If you have questions about the following data or want more information, contact us at 202-965-3715. If you would like to be included in periodic e-mail updates on this or other neighborhoods, send your name and e-mail address to info@hananhomes.com. As of September 30, 2008, 437 single-family homes were for sale in Arlington with 142 homes under contract. In the third quarter of 2008, 340 homes sold. In the first half of 2008, 513 single-family homes sold in Arlington. In 2007 there were 1,296 homes sold, while there were 1,411 sales in 2006. The average sale price in the first half of 2008 was $705,519. This compares to $772,841 and $733,319 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $726,618 in the first half of 2008, $791,821 in 2007, and $749,726 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.
One of Arlington's most fashionable neighborhoods, Country Club Hills, offers custom-built homes from the late 1940s that include spacious Colonials, Tudors, ramblers, and Cape Cods. As of September 30, 2008, eight single-family homes were for sale in Country Club Hills with no homes under contract. In the third quarter of 2008, five homes sold. In the first half of 2008, five single-family homes sold in Country Club Hills. In 2007 there were 17 sales, while 11 homes sold in 2006. The average sale price in the first half of 2008 was $1,392,500. This compares to $1,629,806 and $1,606,091 in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average list price was $1,438,200 in the first half of 2008, $1,690,647 in 2007, and $1,707,545 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.
The number of condominiums and cooperatives that sold in the third quarter of 2008 totaled 343, with 111 under contract. There were 421 condos and coops for sale as of September 30, 2008. For the first half of 2008, 602 condos/coops sold, 1,774 in 2007, and 1,648 in 2006. The average sales price was $383,016 in the first half of 2008, $402,054 in 2007, and $394,488 in 2006. Listed below are the sales by price range.
The Waverly Hills neighborhood homes are brick Colonials, split-levels, ramblers, Cape Cods, and Arts and Crafts houses along with townhouses and condominiums. Most Donaldson Run homes were built just after World War II, and many are being renovated and enlarged. Columbia Heights West, around Carlin Springs, is red-brick and cinder-block duplexes, and brick townhouses and condominiums. Clarendon is full of Cape Cods, bungalows, and condos. Lyon Village is experiencing renovations of its cottages and ramblers and new townhouses have been introduced. Ballston is bursting with high-rise condominiums. Palisades Park is townhouses overlooking the Potomac. Rosslyn is glass tower offices and condominiums. Colonial Villages' 1,000 condominiums, coops and rentals were originally built in the 1930s in a garden-style complex. Cherrydale is filled with mail-order houses, some dating back to the turn of the century. Westover in East Falls Church has brick Colonials and Cape Cods. Shirlington is a condominium garden-style renovation from the 1980s. Glebe Road and Yorktown are brimming with Colonials. Bromptons, a townhouse community recently developed, sold units around $l million. Arlington County covers just less than 26 square miles and has a population under 200,000. Because it is right across the Potomac from and an easy commute to the heart of Washington, Arlington is a prime location in the metropolitan area. The county is split by Route 50 and Interstate 66, with the northern section considered the wealthier. There are no incorporated towns or cities within its boundaries. Arlington Cemetery and the Pentagon are the best known attractions in the county. Arlington Cemetery draws visitors not merely to revere those who served their country in the military and to view the row upon row of simple white stones but also to see the Memorial Amphitheater, Netherlands Carillon, Old Guard Museum, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknowns and the changing of the guard, the gravesites of President Kennedy and his brother Robert, and the Iwo Jima Memorial. The Arlington House is also open for visitors. Other attractions in Arlington are the Arlington Historical Museum, Fort D.F. Smith, Fort Myer, the LBJ Memorial Grove, the Arlington Planetarium, Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, and the Cherrydale Volunteer Firehouse. Most of the markers of the original District of Columbia can also be found in Arlington. It's almost impossible to count the number of neighborhoods in Arlington County and their range is just as extensive. There are over 50 civic associations. Several neighborhoods are listed on the National Register of Historic Places including Arlington Village, Ashton Heights, Buckingham, Cherrydale, Commons of Arlington, and Fairlington. Waverly Hills, a mile from the Ballston Metro, has a county bus which takes commuters to the Metro station every half hour. Country Club Hills, with over 500 homes, is filled with large lots and massive trees, rolling terrain, and is neighbored by woods, the Gulf Branch Nature Center, and the Washington Golf and Country Club. To the south of the country club is Donaldson Run, filled with parks and trees. Clarendon has seen tremendous growth in the last few years as has Lyon Village. Barcroft on Columbia Pike is known for its civic activism, family-oriented lifestyle, and its Barcroft Players with year-round shows. Rosslyn, once called a concrete jungle, is now attracting those who want almost no commute. The Clarendon/Courthouse has high appeal because of new communities sprouting up to take advantage of the new and revitalized shopping along Clarendon and Wilson Boulevards. Balston probably has more condominium dwellers in Arlington than any other neighborhood. Two areas that the 2005 Washingtonian identified as places to watch were Crystal City stretching south to Potomac Yards and South Arlington where the county has a 20-year plan to remake Columbia Pike between the Pentagon and Baileys Crossroads with new townhouses and condos. Shirlington and Fairlington with their close proximity to Interstate 395 are also beginning to feel growth spurts. The county provides its residents with a multitude of services and amenities. There are 1,100 acres of parkland which include 27 playgrounds. Thirty-six miles of multi-use trails and 50 miles of connecting bicycle trails cross through Arlington. There are 15 recreation centers including two YMCA facilities and two nature centers. The Theodore Roosevelt Island Park and the Potomac Overlook Regional Park are on the banks of the Potomac. Basketball courts abound, with 53 full and 11 half courts. For tennis enthusiasts, there are 81 courts; the Arlington County Tennis is famous for its excellent courts and instructors. The county provides 57 baseball diamonds and 42 rectangular fields. Indoor pools are located at the three high schools, and the pool at the Upton Hill Regional Park reopened in the spring of 2005. An outdoor ice skating rink is located at Pentagon Row. Arlington has nine theater companies. Arlington celebrates Neighborhood Day with an annual parade in May. The county is served by two hospitals - Northern Virginia Community Hospital and Virginia Hospital Center. Among the major shopping areas in Arlington are Ballston Common, Crystal City, Fashion Center at Pentagon City, Pentagon Row, and The Market Common at Clarendon. One of the largest Costcos on the East Coast is at Pentagon Center. Army-Navy Country Club is located in Arlington. Three large farmer's markets are located in the county - Arlington Farmers Market at North Courthouse Road and North14th Street, Ballston Farmers Market, and Columbia Pike Farmers Market on the corner of South Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike, along with smaller neighborhood markets. The Arlington County Fair is in mid August. Arlington, Virginia, has 22 public elementary schools and six middle schools. The three public high schools are Wakefield, Washington-Lee, and Yorktown, which are supplemented by H-B Woodlawn, an independent study program, as well as career and continuing educational centers. Among the private schools in the county are Our Savior Lutheran School, St. Anne's Elementary, and St. Thomas More, serving pre-k or kindergarten to eighth grade. Early education schools include Embassy School, Walker Chapel, and the Fairfax Academy of Early Learning. The county is also the home to several higher education institutions with George Mason University's Arlington campus, Marymount University, and a graduate education center for George Washington University. Eleven branch libraries are located throughout Arlington. The Metro stations on the Orange Line in Arlington are East Falls Church, Ballston-Marymount University, Virginia Square-George Mason University, Clarendon, Court House, and Rossyln (which is on both the Orange and Blue Lines). The five Metro stations solely on the Blue Line are Arlington Cemetery, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Crystal City, and Reagan National Airport. Arlington Transit is the county's bus system. National Airport is located in Arlington. By the time Captain John Smith arrived, Native Americans had been living in the area now known as Arlington for at least 13,500 years. Members of the Necostin tribe were the inhabitants upon Smith's arrival. By 1675 the Susquehannocks, who were driven south by the Iroquois federation, invaded Virginia. The following year the Bacon's Rebellion against the colonial government occurred. By 1722, the Iroquois gave the land of today's Arlington and Alexandria to colonial Virginia. Seven patents granting over 10,000 acres of land had been issued by that time. The area was being settled and tobacco warehouses were established. (See history of Alexandria). Gerard Alexander, great-grandson of John Alexander, built Abingdon, the first mansion in Arlington, at the site of today's National Airport. During its early years, Arlington was a part of three counties until Fairfax County was established in 1742. In 1765 Fairfax Parish, which included the land north of Hunting Creek, was established. John Parke Custis, George Washington's stepson, bought Abingdon and other land from Gerard Alexander. In 1789 Alexandria and today's Arlington County were ceded to the federal government to become part of the ten square miles to become the District of Columbia. Although it was formally accepted by Congress in 1801, it was retroceded by 1847. The first bridge to cross the Potomac was built in 1797 near the site of the Falls Warehouse. In 1808, after two bridges were destroyed by floods, a high chain suspension bridge was constructed. It was replaced by a steel suspension bridge in 1853 but retained the moniker of Chain Bridge. The Long Bridge, at the location of the railroad bridges and parallel to 14th Street Bridge was constructed in 1808. In 1802, John Parke Custis' son, George Washington Parke Custis, inherited the northern 1,100 acres of his father's estate and built his own mansion. He changed the name from Mount Washington to Arlington after the original Custis estate in Northhampton County, Virginia. Mary Anne Randolph Custis, heiress to Arlington, married Lt. Robert Edward Lee in 1831. When GWP Custis died in 1857, Lee and his wife inherited and he became executor. Lee accepted the command of the seceded Virginia's military forces after declining to be part of an invasion of the South. Union troops occupied Lee's estate in May of 1861. When Federal troops seized Arlington and its surrounding area, they built several forts for the protection of Washington. Lee's estate was confiscated in 1864 for failure to pay taxes in person, and the property was purchased by the US government for $26,800. One of the first uses of the property was dedication of space for the resettlement of former slaves. Freedman's village, as it was called, remained on the property from 1863 until 1888. When Alexandria became an independent city in 1870, Alexandria County, as Arlington was then called, drew government officials to build homes and summer cottages or hunting lodges in the area. By the turn of the 20th Century, much of the county was lawless with gambling houses, saloons, and race tracks, focused mostly in Jackson City (present-day Pentagon Lagoon and Roach's Run) and in Rosslyn, known then as Dead Men's Hollow. By 1910, however, county officials restored order. The trolley lines coming into the county drew residents willing to commute further south and west. In 1920, the name of Arlington was finally established for the county. Arlington Cemetery was well established by the 1930s. The estate's property was home to the Arlington Experimental Farm, 400 acres to promote improved methods of agriculture and development of new and better crops and breeds of animals, between 1900 and 1940. It was also home to the Arlington Radio Towers between 1913 and 1941. The automobile brought even more development to the county, and by 1932 a county board was established along with the first county manager form of government in the US. The depression and both World Wars brought a demand for housing. The opening of the Pentagon in 1943 required the employment of over 36,000 military and nonmilitary personnel. In 1940 the population of Arlington was just over 57,000; the 2000 census indicated almost 190,000 residents.
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