The Inventory Illusion: What the Nat'l Headlines Miss

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄

All four market segments in Fairfax County and Loudoun County are under one month of supply heading into spring 2026, contrary to National statistics.

The summer 2025 inventory “peak” had buyers hopeful and sellers nervous. But both counties peaked at 1.5 to 2 months — still a seller’s market by definition. Then winter came and the market compressed 54% in six months.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦 7 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀:
• Summer 2025 inventory reality
• February 2026 four-segment snapshot
• Fairfax vs. Loudoun divergence
• Ten years of price context
• 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬

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Michele Hudnall | Equity-First Strategist
Real Estate of NVA | RealEstateofNVA.com
@realestateofnva | 703.867.3436 | michele@realestateofnva.com

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