Better than expected July home sales Northern Virginia

According to this FOX 5 Northern Virginia Real Estate News report, "There's a glimmer of hope for the housing market mess that's hit millions of Americans. Sales of existing homes did better than expected in the month of July, and experts say that's fueled in part by a hot foreclosure market" - reports Melanie Alnwick, of Fox 5's News.



One of the Northern Virginia Real Estate Market experts they spoke with was yours truly, and Lawrence Yu, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors.

Loudoun County First to Offer Online Local Law Enforcement Reports from Neighborhoods

Following is a Loudoun County official announcement, from the Loudoun Sheriff's Office...

"Loudoun County, Virginia- The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is now offering residents the ability to find why, where and when deputies were called to their neighborhood. The agency is the first in the state of Virginia to join forces with crimereports.com to allow residents to go online and view recent crimes in their community. Residents can now access local crime incident data in near real-time on the http://www.loudoun.gov/crimereports website or by clicking on the link located on the Loudoun Sheriff’s Office website at http://www.loudoun.gov/sheriff.

“One of the goals of the agency is to inform the public regarding safety issues in their communities. As Loudoun County continues to grow, it becomes more and more difficult to reach out to every community,” said Loudoun County Sheriff Steve Simpson. “This system will help us keep the community better informed without affecting manpower. It is our opinion that a well-informed community is a safer community,” he added.

The information is presented on Google Maps where users can review up-to-date crime information for any location under the jurisdiction of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Residents can also receive free e-mail crime alerts that are sent when crimes occur close to home or near any other address of interest. Users control the e-mail crime alerts they receive by specifying the address, the crime types, and the distance from the address from which they wish to receive alerts. The CrimeReports service is free to the public, allowing them easy access to neighborhood crime data in near-real time, however, it is important to understand that due to the timeliness of the reporting, investigations will not yet have been completed, and the information will be preliminary and subject to change during the course of the investigation. Crime incident data will be updated nightly by the Sheriff’s Office.