A Tempo by Hilton Is Coming to One Loudoun — and It's Going to Change the Game in Ashburn

If you've been paying attention to what's happening at One Loudoun lately, you already know that Ashburn's most popular entertainment district is in the middle of a serious glow-up. New restaurants, new retailers, luxury apartments going up — the whole north side of the development is being reimagined. And now, the most exciting piece of the puzzle has been officially confirmed: a Tempo by Hilton hotel is coming, and it is going to be a game-changer for Loudoun County.

Whitestone Capital broke ground on the 169-room, seven-story Tempo by Hilton at One Loudoun in May 2026. The hotel is being developed in partnership with Kite Realty Group — the Indianapolis-based REIT that owns and operates One Loudoun — and is targeting a late fall 2027 opening. It…

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Selling Your Home in Northern Virginia: What You Need to Know Right Now

Selling Your Home in Northern Virginia: What You Need to Know Right Now

If you're thinking about selling your home in Northern Virginia, the spring 2026 market is sending a clear message: serious buyers are out there, inventory is climbing, and the days of simply putting a sign in the yard and waiting for offers are over. This market is shifting. It still rewards sellers — but only the ones who come in prepared, priced right, and marketed aggressively from day one.

The short answer: Yes, it is a good time to sell in Northern Virginia — but the market has shifted and preparation matters more than it has in years. Across Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington, and Alexandria, homes are selling in 16 to 23 days with median prices ranging from…

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Northern Virginia’s Real Estate Boom: My 2026 Predictions

Overview

In the last few months, Northern Virginia’s housing market has been surprising buyers and sellers alike by acting not as one homogeneous real estate sector, but as many markets, split by each county. This can feel overwhelming for those looking to purchase a new home and those trying to offload an old one. That's why the Colgan Team is breaking down the current market trends pulled from data by Bright MLS — the number one resource for realty companies in the mid-Atlantic.

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In brief: Inventory is up everywhere, but prices are split, with some counties having rises and others flattening. Days on the market are stretching, and buyer psychology is shifting in a span of mere months. Below is a narrower breakdown of each micromanaged…

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Northern Virginia Real Estate Market Report: April 2026

Spring finally showed up — and so did sellers, buyers, and some numbers that tell a very different story depending on which county you're watching.

I'm Chris Colgan, Northern Virginia realtor and founder of Real Nova Network. Every month I pull the Bright MLS data across the counties I've worked in my entire career — Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, Alexandria, and beyond — and translate what it actually means for people buying, selling, and living here. April 2026 had some genuinely interesting crosscurrents worth unpacking.

The headline: the D.C. metro market is healing faster than the headlines suggest, but it is not healing evenly. Some counties are in outright seller's market territory. Others are quietly giving buyers…

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A Whole Foods Is Coming to Sterling — And It's a Bigger Deal for Loudoun County Than You Think

If you've been watching the retail landscape in Northern Virginia shift over the past few years, here's the news you didn't see coming: Whole Foods Market is headed to Sterling.

According to the Washington Business Journal, Amazon — Whole Foods' parent company since 2017 — filed plans this week with Loudoun County to open a new location at 46300 Potomac Run Plaza, right off U.S. Route 7. The space was previously occupied by a Regency Furniture store, which closed its 45,000-square-foot Sterling showroom last year. Whole Foods is slated to take approximately 31,815 square feet as the anchor tenant in a planned redevelopment by Kimco Realty.

This would be only the second Whole Foods location in all of Loudoun County. The first opened in Ashburn back…

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Here’s Why Some Northern VA Homes Aren’t Selling — and Others Are Flying Off the Market

Northern Virginia locals might have noticed that some for-sale houses in the area sit on the market for what feels like ages, whereas others are sold in a flash. At first, it might seem like a pricing issue. Yet, contradictorily, I’ve seen places set at a reasonable price linger far too long on the property market, while overpriced houses receive multiple offers in a mere handful of days.

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With my decades of experience helping folks in Northern Virginia’s real estate sector, I want to tell you the real reasons behind this strange phenomenon. If you’re thinking of selling your home, this insight might save you a few months of market frustration.

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Complicated Home Showings

Oftentimes, sellers shoot themselves in the foot before a…

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Moving to Northern Virginia in 2026: What I Tell Every Relocation Client Before They Buy

I've sold real estate in Northern Virginia for 22 years. I grew up here — literally in Lawnvale, a small community in western Prince William County off Catharpin Road — and I still live here today in Haymarket with my family. I've closed over $1 billion in transactions across every county in this region, and the single most expensive mistake I see relocation buyers make is treating Northern Virginia like one market.

It isn't.

It's five completely different real estate markets stitched together by highways, Metro lines, and the gravitational pull of Washington DC. Pick the right county for your lifestyle, commute, and budget and you'll love it here. Pick the wrong one and you'll be sitting in traffic on I-66 every morning wondering what went wrong.

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The Wild New Concept Replacing Lord & Taylor at Tysons Corner Center

That massive old Lord & Taylor space at Tysons Corner Center has been sitting vacant for six long years. At one point, there were talks of a mixed-use tower going up in its place. But instead, we are getting something much more exciting—and it tells us exactly where the Northern Virginia retail and real estate market is heading.

Welcome to Dick's House of Sport

Dick’s House of Sport is officially coming to Tysons One Place, slated to open in Fall 2027. If you haven't heard of this concept, it is not your average sporting goods store. This is a fully immersive, experiential retail destination.

Imagine walking into a store and finding a massive rock-climbing wall, a multi-sport practice cage, and state-of-the-art golf simulators. They even feature…

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A Complete Guide to Northern Virginia (2026): Everything You Need to Know Before You Move

Most people who move to Northern Virginia pick the wrong neighborhood. Not because they didn't research — they did. They Zillow'd obsessively, read the school ratings, watched the YouTube tours. They still got it wrong, because nobody told them that Northern Virginia isn't one market. It's six counties, a dozen distinct real estate submarkets, and about fifteen different versions of what "a good commute" means depending on where you're working and what time you leave the house.

I've been fixing that mistake for 18 years. I'm Chris Colgan — Northern Virginia native, founder of Real Nova Network, and the agent behind 32 million YouTube views on a channel built entirely around helping people understand this region before they commit to it. I grew up in…

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Xavo Motor Club Moving Forward in Ashburn: Loudoun’s New 128,000-Square-Foot Car-Centric Destination

Big things may finally be happening in Ashburn.

After more than two years of speculation, planning, and behind-the-scenes movement, Xavo Motor Club appears to be advancing toward construction in Loudoun County. Hiring for construction crews is reportedly underway, signaling that this long-anticipated automobile-centric club could soon become reality.

This article is based on reporting from The Burn — you can read the original here.

Where Is Xavo Motor Club Being Built?

The project is planned for 44970 Russell Branch Parkway in Ashburn, inside the Commonwealth Center development. That puts it just east of Topgolf and right next to XCAL Shooting Sports & Fitness — already a high-profile entertainment and lifestyle corridor in Loudoun…

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