Fairfax, VA Housing


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Housing in Fairfax, VA is considerably more expensive than the national median value of $338,100. The median house value in Fairfax is $654,200, which indicates that it is a desirable location to live. However, the appreciation rate for housing in Fairfax over the past year was only 3.59%, much lower than the US average of 8.27%. This means that while housing in Fairfax is still expensive, it may not be an ideal investment at this time.

The median home cost in Fairfax is $654,200. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 55.5%. Home Appreciation in Fairfax is up 8.6%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Fairfax real estate is 50 years old
The Rental Market in Fairfax
- Renters make up 29.0% of the Fairfax population
- 0.5% of houses and apartments in Fairfax, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingFairfax, VirginiaUnited States
  9,294.0139,647,020.0
  5442
  $654,200$338,100
  8.6%16.6%
  32.2%57.0%
  55.5%101.1%
  $9.45$10.98
  $5,638$2,690
  68.7%57.4%
  2.2%11.2%
  29.1%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  0.5%1.9%
  0.0%0.4%
  0.0%0.7%
  0.0%0.4%
  1.2%3.6%
  0.5%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  0.2%2.6%
  0.0%2.4%
  0.3%2.8%
  0.1%3.9%
  0.2%4.5%
  0.8%11.3%
  1.6%13.0%
  4.7%20.1%
  7.0%13.6%
  17.6%8.3%
  45.4%9.7%
  18.2%3.9%
  3.7%2.2%
  0.0%0.8%
  0.3%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.0%0.2%
  7.0%13.6%
  7.0%13.6%
  7.9%13.6%
  8.7%13.2%
  12.1%14.8%
  7.9%13.6%
  28.8%10.0%
  2.6%4.7%
  0.3%12.2%
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I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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