Do You Know Your Neighborhoods Walk-Ability Score?

Do you know your neighborhoods Walk Ability Score? Do you know what a Walk-Ability score is? Why should you care about Walk – Ability?

Let’s start at what a “Walk Ability” score is and why it’s so important in today’s Northern Va real estate market. “Walk Ability” scores look at things such as public transportation, grocery store locations, libraries, hospitals, doctor’s offices, dinning and shopping locations as compared to where you live. The more amenities you have near  to where you live the better your score. For example, if you lived in the town of Leesburg, VA your score would be 98 out of 100. This is an excellent and well-deserved score considering the many different shopping, dinning, public transportation, and school option available to you within just a few miles (reasonable walking or biking distance). Where as a town in a more rural setting would not have as many of the same amenities and would require a trip in the family car to reach the same type of services that Leesburg, Va has available.

So, why is this important and why should you care? The bottom-line is “TREND”. Back in the mid 1990’s thru early 2000 many families had no issues with living 45 minutes and more from work. A new term was coined for these types of neighborhoods ”Ex-burbs”.  As a Realtor I spent a great deal of time taking families out to Purcellville, Berryville, Middleburg and Hamilton all in search of the perfect house with lots of land. That trend has completely been reversed. Smaller homes that are closer to work and amenities are the new norm in home buying. Much of this can be directly attributed to the spike in gas prices as well as the dreaded Northern VA traffic jams.

What does this mean for your bottom-line? For the most part the further away your home is to a major work center, shopping center, and schools the longer you can expect your home to stay on the market and less you will get for your home in comparison to a more walkable neighborhood.

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Take care,

Chuck

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