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In other parts of Northern Virginia, the housing industry has taken a sudden upward surge since the economy is improving.
But here in Rappahannock the market was never depressed. In fact, Piedmont Board of Realtors president Eileen Day says there’s always been a bigger demand than supply simply because Rappahannock is such a desirable place to live. “I find out when I go other places and say I’m from Rappahannock, people say, “Oh, that’s the place to be!’ ” she comments.
“Out in Rappahannock people don’t have to buy. They’re doing it because they want to,” she adds. This is in contrast to the denser areas to the immediate east where people move to commute to D.C. or buy new homes to get out of crowded apartments and congested suburbs. In Rappahannock buyers have been traditionally weekenders and investors, she added.
While Fauquier County currently faces a building boom on the “D.C. side of Warrenton" to house the commuters, Rappahannock has served for several decades as a rite for weekenders who want to get further away from the city for a few days on a regular basis.
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