April 27, 2015
Housing sales are down in the Washington suburbs
The number of closed sales was lower in most suburban counties last month, but prices were almost entirely higher.
Long & Foster says the biggest drop in sales was in Loudoun County, down 16 percent from a year ago. Arlington was the only county to see a sales increase, up 6 percent, and remains the region’s most expensive county, with a median selling price last month of $570,000, up 11 percent from a year ago.
Sales in Alexandria City fell 3 percent compared to a year ago. In Fairfax County,…