Found 21 blog entries tagged as Prince William County real estate.

New Construction in Northern Virginia: Loudoun vs. Fairfax vs. Prince William (And Where Buyers Actually Get Value)

By Chris Colgan · The Colgan Team, powered by PLACE at Real Brokerage · August 2026
22+ years selling Northern Virginia real estate, across Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Arlington, and Fauquier counties.

Thousands of new homes are coming to Northern Virginia. Plenty of them look like great buys on the builder's website. Then you factor in the price, the lot, and what can legally get built on the other side of your fence — and the list gets a lot shorter.

I've been selling in this market for 22 years. Below is the honest comparison of new construction in Loudoun County, Fairfax County, and Prince William County — what it…

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The move marks a major new chapter for one of Northern Virginia’s most visible real estate teams and social media brands.

I am excited to officially announce that the Chris Colgan Team has joined Real Brokerage.

The move brings our team of 28 real estate agents to Real and expands the company’s presence throughout Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Our team is currently on pace to close approximately $150 million in real estate sales this year, serving buyers, sellers and investors across Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington counties, as well as Alexandria and the surrounding D.C. region.

This is a major milestone for our company, but it is also the beginning of our next chapter.

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Summary: More than 1,000 new homes are planned across four Prince William County communities in Gainesville, Woodbridge, Manassas and Nokesville. According to a July 22, 2026 announcement from Hines.com, the projects will include single-family homes, townhomes, stacked townhomes, duplexes and affordable dwelling units, with the first finished lots expected as early as late 2026.

The short verdict: These projects will create more choices for Northern Virginia buyers, but the bigger story is where the region’s next wave of growth is heading. AI, data centers and digital infrastructure continue to create jobs and investment, and housing demand is following that growth deeper into Prince William County.

More than 1,000 homes sounds like a massive…

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While much of Northern Virginia has quietly crossed the million-dollar line, there's still one new community in Manassas where you can buy brand-new in the $600s — in the Colgan High School district. Here's the honest breakdown

 

 

The short version

  • What it is: Independent Hill, a new Ryan Homes community in Manassas (Prince William County), with townhomes from the low $600s and single-family homes from the upper $800s.
  • Why it matters: Brand-new detached homes in Fairfax now average well over $1 million, and Arlington has crossed the $1M average. Prince William's median sits near $570,000 — one of the last approachable entry points in core NoVA.
  • The schools: Zoned for Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School (Niche "A" overall,…

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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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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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If you grew up in Manassas or have spent any time near the Sudley Road corridor, you know the Mathis Shopping Center. It's been a fixture in that part of the city for decades. But according to Inside NoVA, that's all about to change — and in a big way.

On Monday, April 21st, Manassas city officials presented a final master plan to the City Council for the redevelopment of the Mathis Shopping Center property. What's being proposed isn't just a facelift. It's a ground-up reimagining of 14.9 acres sitting between Mathis Avenue, Sudley Road, and Portner Avenue — right on the edge of downtown Manassas.

The City Already Owns It

This one is worth understanding from the jump: Manassas purchased this property in 2024 for $16 million. That means the city…

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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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Most people assume the Northern Virginia real estate market goes quiet in February. The numbers from this month proved otherwise.

Pending contracts surged across nearly every county. Buyers in Prince William and Fairfax came off the sidelines hard. And out in Fauquier — a market most people aren't watching closely — the median sold price jumped 19% year-over-year in a single month. That's not noise. That's a signal.

I'm Chris Colgan, and I've been covering this region's real estate market from the inside for over 18 years — more than $1 billion in closed transactions, a team based out of Marshall, Virginia, and roots in western Prince William County that go back to when Catharpin Road was the edge of everything. Every month I pull the Bright MLS…

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I have been selling homes in Northern Virginia for over 20 years. I know which communities deliver on their promise and which ones look good on paper until you are living there. Glenkirk Estates is the real thing. You are eight minutes off I-66, walking distance to a pool with a waterslide, five minutes from Conway Robinson State Forest, and around the corner from GodShot Coffee. The families who buy here stop looking.

I have watched this neighborhood grow from raw development land into one of Prince William County's most consistently in-demand addresses. Homes here move in about 10 days on average. Spring weekends regularly produce multiple offers. And the buyers who get here first — the ones who understand what this community actually delivers at…

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