Fairfax Real Estate Overview

Average Listing Price for the most recent week available is based on daily list price data for resale and new homes on Trulia and is compared to the same period one week prior.

Median Sales Price is based on sales during the most recent 90-day period available and is updated each week to include recent transactions from public record data sources. The Median Sales Price is the price at which one-half of the homes sold for more than that amount and one-half of the homes sold for less than that amount.

Homes for Sale includes resale and new homes on Trulia.

Recently Sold is a count of all known arms-length residential sales in the last 9 months according to public records.

Open Homes refers to listings on Trulia with scheduled open house times.

Foreclosures includes properties in the pre-foreclosure, auction, and bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process.

The average price of new and resale homes listed on Trulia based on daily averages for the most recent week. Average listing prices are updated on a weekly basis.

The median price of residential sales for the most recent 90-day period for which sales are available from public deed records. The median price is the price at which 50% of the homes sold for more than the median price and 50% of the homes sold for less than the median price. Median sale prices are updated on a weekly basis as new sales information becomes available.

Most Popular Neighborhoods are calculated each week based on search behavior on the Trulia website.

Movers 'n Shakers are selected based on the week-over-week percentage change in Average Listing Price.

Crime statistics for 2006 (most recent year available) are reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Uniform Crime Report.