Mary Kern Homes, 109 S Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA (2026)

03/22/2023

Belonging Creates Communities;
Community Creates Belonging

I am honored to be recognized as a Top Producer by

To my wonderful clients: I am humbled to have been part of your home journey. Thank you for trusting that I would guide and assist you with integrity while providing excellent service throughout the entire process.

If you or know someone you know is considering a home transition or has questions about the process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me anytime. I’m always happy to help!

12/02/2022

Just returned from a wonderful time in Scotland and ready for the holiday season!

I’m turning up the holiday tunes and officially have Love Actually and White Christmas on auto-replay. No shame in my holiday game!🎄

…but admittedly, I’m still longing for those cozy fireplace cafe days.

It’s December!
Wherever you find yourself this month, I wish for us all the peace of belonging and the joy of togetherness. Super cheesy, I know, but there it is and I mean it. 😊❤️

11/30/2022

Contract activity in the Metro DC area fell by 42.9% compared to the same seven-day period last year. All six jurisdictions had significantly fewer contracts.
 Key Takeaways
* The 42.9% drop in contract activity is more than the previous week’s 37.6%, but less than any of the four weeks prior.
* The market continues to run anywhere from 17% - 30%, 25% below the activity of comparable times of 2018 and 2019 - homes are selling rather quickly.
* There were 25% fewer new listings that came on the market last week.

Why it Matters
* As we enter what is historically the quietest month of the year, we can expect a continuation of fewer contracts and fewer listings compared to last year.
* Many homes are still selling in less than a week and above list price – but not nearly as many as last year.

The Details
Northern Virginia was down 50.1% Prince William County was off 49.1% Washington, DC was down 46.6% Montgomery County was off 40.4% Loudoun County was down 37.5% Prince George’s County was off 27.2%

For more information, check out www.MaryKernHomes.com/Weekly-Meter
….or just send me a message to say hello!😊

11/02/2022

I texted my Baby Brother today, basically asking him to solve all my problems and give me the answers to life. Just another day of Sibling Stories.

His response?

“I love you.”

Yeah yeah. Super cute, I know, but that little stunt wasn’t solving anything in my world of procrastination. So he tried again. He came up with some other answers, things that were really legit and they were good, for sure, but nothing really….’stuck’.

Dude was not doing his duty of making my life easier. But he was…

Thing is, my Baby Brother never ever misses a chance to tell me he loves me. I think that’s the answer to all of it, ya know? He even puts up with my Hard of Hearing game when I make him repeat it again and again and again….and again. And he never skips a beat, “I love my Big Sister”.

There are probably much better topics to discuss: how Thanksgiving gets the shaft between Halloween & Christmas or the rumor of how our national bird was almost a turkey…we can chat about that another day.

It’s November.

The month to be thankful;
to remind ourselves that we can be thankful all the other days and months too.

The month tell those around us how truly thankful we are for each and every part they play in our lives.

Pet a Turkey.
Gobble Gobble.

I’m super duper thankful for you, Baby Brother! ❤️ 🖤

10/17/2022

When my dear friends called to say they’re moving their family from Florida to Virginia to dig deep roots, my heart leaped.

Then we got to work.

Running a successful business with four active kids is no small feat, and they needed a home in a community where the kiddos will thrive, the commutes are easy, and the local amenities are plenty.

Easy? Nope.
Impossible? Nope.
Accomplished. Heck Yes!!!

I couldn’t help it. Tears welled up in my eyes when I walked into the space that would become their home. I absolutely could not wait for them to see. To be in it. To feel it. I knew it was meant for them as soon as I walked in and when they stood in the foyer…they knew it too.

It just…happened.
And it was beautiful.

Congratulations to my fabulous friends and courageous clients for taking this leap and allowing me a front row seat as you start your next chapter. I’m so excited for you!!

10/04/2022

I recently spent four days at an ashram observing silence.

That’s right…no talking.at.all.
For four days.
All day. Everyday.

Prior to leaving, many of my friends exclaimed, “oh that sounds torturous,” or “I would never make it.”

Honestly, I had those doubts for my own self and full disclosure: I was a bit scared. I had never spent such concentrated time at an ashram, or monastery, or commune, or village of sorts.

Nonetheless, there I was in middle of nowhere, surrounded by gorgeous green nature, an amazing view of the beautiful blue ridge mountains, and absolutely no cell service whatsoever.

With my expectations and apprehensions left at home, surprisingly, it didn’t take too long to realize how easy it could be to just go with the flow. To flow with it until I found my own flow. With no specific agenda and nowhere to be, I was free to flow at my own pace - in fact, to see the yogis and swamis seemingly glide everywhere they went and fully arrive at every moment of their intention, it was easy to desire that level of flow.

I learned a ton in such a short amount of time….easy stuff like, I don’t need to speak as often as I do, not all my thoughts and opinions need to be vocalized, but I also relearned so many ways of communicating kindness, intentions, and interacting with others. I learned to slow down and listen…really listen…to the wonderful world around me.

I learned to respect my need for stillness.

Silence is often so loud and uncomfortable for me, so learning to push through that to get to the beauty and peace that it truly offers was so worth it. It took me getting away into the middle of nowhere to slow down, calm down, become friends with Silence, and to hear all the amazing secrets it had to tell me.

It was such a wonderful experience and turns out, it wasn’t so scary after all.

It’s October.

The month of scary things.

The month to conquer your fears and rid yourself of the scary things that keep you from finding your joy.

Boo! 👻….see? Look how brave you are! Not even I was able to scare you.😉

09/21/2022

Delivering exciting news is a huge perk of my job and it never ever ever gets old.

09/02/2022

September is International National Sourdough Month!

Happy !

Since the time I was in kindergarten drawing my favorite food and insisting that, “it’s not called toast….it’s called sourdough toast!”, my little heart stood by that truth and never wavered on what it loves.

September is also the month that so many special little humans head to back school, with the heartbreaking realization that summer is over …but also that the silver lining of friends, playgrounds, and fun lessons await them.

Whether you’re walking your Little to school for the first time and watching them trot off with a backpack they haven’t yet grown into, or dropping your Little off at an airport with a weathered backpack to cross an ocean for an exciting new world to grow into - the excitement and heartbreak is all swirled together in that unwavering truth of knowing what we truly love.

In either case, if you packed them some sourdough toast, I’ll bet they’d thank you.😉🍞

It’s September.

Find what you love.
Learn what you love.
Share what you love.
Tell those you love.

eat sourdough toast.

07/29/2022

What do you do when you live There but want to live Here?

Easy….call me.

My awesome clients visited Old Town Alexandria ONE time for 3 hours and fell in love.

I get it. Entirely.

They trusted me to find their home site-unseen, while they packed up their lives and headed East.

New coast.
New town.
New home.
New adventure!

07/14/2022

You ever have one of those interactions that are so easy you actually forget there are difficult people out there?

That’s exactly how I felt when meeting this client for the first time. Nope, strike that…that’s how I felt after our initial phone conversation!

She’s moving to the DC area for the first time and already I was excited for her arrival.

She now has her new home, new job, new neighborhood, and a Nats game under belt. I’m so excited for her DC adventures!

If you’re moving to the DC area and don’t exactly know where to start, please reach out to me - we’ll find the place where you know you belong.

07/02/2022

Recently, I felt like the World grabbed me by the ankles, flipped me up, and shook me down for all I’m worth. Everything in my pockets came tumbling out…chapstick, joy, keys, strength, loose change…

All in the shake down.

I had a choice: grasp at straws and wait to be right-sized again, or get to work from the bottom up. Pick up my keys, my joy, my chapstick, my strength…leave the loose change… and face the World.

Maybe I’m a bit wobbly, but I think I’m Good. And you know what? When the World feels mean, it only takes one small kind act to right-size it, and me, again.

So here’s my intro into July. Hair totally out of place, caught off guard, completely windblown, likely running late, and probably needing to brush my teeth after a (delicious) garlic pizza.

C’est la vie, yeah?

We’re here.
That’s all that matters.

Burst into July like it’s YOUR birthday and everyone needs to know about it.

Because they do.
Because you’re special.
Because This is your Special Day.

06/27/2022

Total new contract activity was down 31.9% compared to the same seven-day period last year, and once again all 6
jurisdictions tracked posted decreases.

Until recently, the impact of rising mortgage rates was largely confined to homes priced under $1,000,000, but last week the reduction in contract activity was across the board in all price categories. As an example, the number of homes priced under $750,000 was down 31.7% and was down 32.6% above that price level. The market is adjusting to a new reality of higher financing costs, but it remains to be seen how long-lasting these new, higher rates will
be. In the meantime, we can expect lower contract activity compared to last year’s record-high numbers – and even compared to 2019. But inventory remains low, so there is still upward pressure on homes prices.

Loudoun County was down 39.6%, Northern Virginia was off 37.0%, Prince William County was down 34.9%, Montgomery County was off 29.3%, Washington, DC was down 28.3% and Prince George’s County was off 20.1%.

This time last year, there were 1,968 contracts and the average days on market was 18.0. In 2020, there were 1,686 contracts with an average of 27.4 days. Further, in 2019, there were 1,612 contracts with an average of 31.3 days. In 2022, there were 1,338 contacts in 19.1 days.

For more information, check out www.MaryKernHomes.com/Weekly-Meter
….or just send me a message to say hello!😊

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