The Davenport Group

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We’re passionately committed to helping you and your family build a secure future in the home of your dreams.

06/14/2026

In Arlington right now, the highest offer is not always the winning offer.

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When there is a multiple-offer situation on a home in Arlington, the seller and listing agent don’t always go with the highest number. If the competition’s offers are similar, the listing party will often go with the offer they trust will close, and a lot of that comes down to who is representing the buyer.

We have worked with over 800 agents across the DC metro area. When we’re in a multiple-offer situation, and the listing agent on the other side has worked with us before, they know our deals close, and they know what we’re like to work with.

That relationship is what turns "you didn't get it" into "you're not the highest, but if you change these three things, we'd take your offer."

Half the time our clients win their homes in Arlington and Northern Virginia, it is because we are getting second chances that other buyers are not. Without a relationship with the listing agent, there is no callback.

The relationship piece is the foundation, but there is a longer list of things we do in advance of every offer to put our clients in the strongest possible position. That full playbook is what separates the buyers winning in this market from the ones who keep losing.

👉 Want to be sure your offers are getting their best shot of acceptance?
💬 We’ll walk you through it. See the comments for the link to grab a time on our calendar for a free, 1:1 Strategy Session.

06/12/2026

Thirty-five homes sold in Arlington between $2.4 and $2.6 million since the start of 2025, and most of them weren't brand-new construction.

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Here's what that data shows. The average home in that range had 5 to 6 bedrooms and just over 4,100 square feet above grade. Add the finished basement and you're usually around 5,700 total square feet, with 4 to 6 full bathrooms, a dedicated office, a guest suite, and a two-car garage. These aren't starter homes with nice finishes. They're built for families who need room to spread out.

Most sit in neighborhoods like Lyon Village or the established corridors west of Langston Boulevard, still 15 to 20 minutes from DC. And true new construction in these neighborhoods starts closer to $2.6 or $2.7 million, so at $2.5 you're usually buying a couple-year-old build or a high-quality renovation on a larger lot. For a lot of buyers, that's the sweet spot.

🔗 The booking link is here: https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

Tell us the neighborhood you're watching and we'll tell you what your budget covers there.

06/10/2026

I've been in $2.7 million homes in Arlington where the third floor is 10 degrees hotter than the first floor in July.

👉 Buying new construction in Northern Virginia? These are the most common questions we get asked before buyers sign.
🔗 https://thedavenportgrouprealestate.com/new-construction-faqs/

That is not a minor inconvenience. That is a design failure, and it is expensive to fix after closing.

The question to ask is simple: how many zones does this system run, and what's the tonnage? A large home should not be running on a single unit. Multi-zone systems exist because heat rises, layouts vary, and a home with three stories and an open stair needs to be designed for that reality.

If the builder can't answer the tonnage and zone question on the spot, that's a signal. Good builders know their mechanical specs cold.

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If you own a rowhouse in NW DC and you have a kid under 5, you've probably already thought about this.👉 Still not sure i...
06/09/2026

If you own a rowhouse in NW DC and you have a kid under 5, you've probably already thought about this.

👉 Still not sure if DC to Arlington is the right move for your family?
🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

DC public schools can be excellent, but access depends heavily on where you live and lottery outcomes. In Arlington, your address determines your school cluster and the majority of schools fall within the 7 to 9 range on GreatSchools.org. That kind of certainty is what most families are paying for.

Space is the other driver. A kid, a dog, and two people working from home changes the math on a rowhouse fast. For what most NW DC homes get you today, you're looking at a real yard, a garage, and a dedicated home office in Arlington in the $1.5M to $2M range.

NW DC has density, character, and walkability that some of Arlington is still catching up to. The families who thrive here left because Arlington gave them something DC couldn't, not because they felt like they were supposed to.

Most NW DC rowhouses have appreciated $50,000 to $100,000 over the last five years. If you put 20% down on a $1.8M home in Arlington, that's $360,000. Most families bridge that with DC equity plus savings. Some keep their DC home as a rental instead of selling. Running these numbers before you start touring is the key step.

🔗 Book a 1:1 strategy session: https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

06/08/2026

The best new construction buyers we've worked with in Arlington over the past several years aren't the ones with the biggest budgets. They're the ones who came in informed. They knew what questions to ask. They knew what to look for. They knew when something wasn't right, and they weren't afraid to walk away from a home that didn't fit.

100 videos. 100 days. One takeaway.

Want a real conversation about whether new construction is the right move for your family?

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We made this series because most new construction buyers don't get the information they need until they're inside the transaction and it's too late to change the outcome. Across 100 videos, we covered:

📍 Financing and how the builder's preferred lender compares to outside options
📍 Negotiation on price, closing costs, upgrades, timeline, and warranty terms
📍 Builder warranties and what's covered behind the standardized document
📍 How to evaluate build quality beyond the visible finishes
📍 Timing of the build, the final 30 days before closing, and the first year of ownership
📍 The contract details that protect the buyer when something doesn't go as planned

100 days. No fluff. No sales pitch. Just clear, direct answers from a team that does new construction transactions every day in Arlington.

If you're thinking about buying new construction in Arlington, go back through the series and watch the videos that apply to your specific situation. And if you want to talk through whether new construction is the right path for your family, that conversation is the one we'd be glad to have with you.

The Davenport Group is the #1 real estate team in Arlington by sales volume for 2025.

Thank you for following along.

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

06/08/2026

If you own a rowhouse in DC and you have a kid under 5, you've probably already thought about this.

👉 Here's what most families don't expect about the move:
🔗 https://discoverarlingtonvirginia.com/blog/moving-from-dc-to-arlington-with-kids-2026

They don't expect to keep the trail. One client bikes from Westover to the Metro on the W&OD every day. Same commute, different streets.

They also don't expect how different the neighborhoods feel from each other. Westover, Yorktown, and Donaldson Run are in the same county and feel like different cities. Walking them before you decide changes everything.

For the families who wanted what Arlington offers, the schools, the space, the 15-minute distance from DC, it's exactly right.

🔗 Full guide: https://discoverarlingtonvirginia.com/blog/moving-from-dc-to-arlington-with-kids-2026

06/07/2026

Here's what we wish we'd known before our first new construction purchase in Arlington. Nobody walks you through these lessons before you sign. We're walking you through them now.

Want to make sure you're prepared on all four before you go under contract on a new construction home in Arlington?

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

We've helped hundreds of clients close on new construction homes across Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church. Four lessons come up over and over with buyers who didn't have the right preparation, and each one costs money, time, or leverage when it isn't addressed before signing.

📍 The process takes longer than you think, even when the home is already built. Inspections, lender timelines, title work, and builder punch lists all need to happen before closing, and any one of them can slip. Build more flexibility into your moving plan than you think you need. The buyers who get caught are the ones who scheduled the closing-day movers and the school-start date around the original timeline.

📍 The price on the listing is the starting point, not the final number. Almost every new construction home in Arlington closes below the original list price. If you're not negotiating, you're paying the builder's opening number rather than the market clearing price. Negotiation isn't optional on new construction. It's the standard.

📍 Not every builder is the same. Two new construction homes can look identical from the outside and deliver completely different real-world quality behind the walls. The builder's reputation, track record on warranty work, and willingness to address punch list items after closing all matter more than the visible finishes. The same address with a different builder behind it is a different home.

📍 Don't skip the details in the contract. Deposit structures, delay clauses, warranty terms, change order procedures, and dispute resolution provisions are all written by the builder's legal team to protect the builder. These are the provisions that protect you when something doesn't go as planned. Read every page before you sign, and have someone experienced read it with you.

Four lessons. None of them are obvious until you're inside them. We walk every new construction client through all four before they sign anything.

The Davenport Group is the #1 real estate team in Arlington by sales volume for 2025.

Have a new construction purchase in front of you and want to make sure you're protected on all four before you sign?

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

06/06/2026

37 active listings. 30 pending. 115 closed since 2025. Here's what the data tells us about new construction in Arlington right now.

Want a real read on whether a specific new construction home in Arlington is fairly priced before you make an offer?

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo&month=2026-06

The new construction market in Arlington is more active than most buyers realize. The data tells three stories at once.

Active inventory: 37 new construction homes are on the market right now, with another 14 coming soon. The median asking price is around $2.5 million. The average days on market for active listings is 63 days. That number obscures the spread underneath it. Some homes are getting offers in the first two weeks. Others are sitting at 90 plus days with multiple price reductions. The difference between the two groups comes down to builder, quality, and how the price was set against the local market.

Active demand: 30 new construction homes in Arlington are under contract or pending right now. Buyers are showing up. The product that is priced fairly and built well is getting absorbed. The market is not waiting on every listing equally.

Closed comps: 115 new construction homes have closed in Arlington since 2025. The median closing price was $2.4 million. The average home sold about 2 percent below the original list price. That 2 percent tells you something specific about the market: builders are pricing high, informed buyers are negotiating, and homes are closing somewhere in between.

What the data adds up to: there is room to negotiate on new construction in Arlington, but only if a buyer knows which homes are fairly priced and which are not. The market is rewarding quality builders with strong reputations. The rest are competing on price. Knowing which side of that line a specific home falls on is the work to do before making an offer.

06/05/2026

Six years ago, our first client appreciation Nationals Game needed 30 tickets. This past Saturday, we needed close to 400.

To every client we've worked with over the years, thank you for trusting us. To the nearly 400 of you who came out Saturday, we're twice as grateful.

Huge thanks to our co-sponsors: Spencer Lin at Movement Mortgage, Tim Coe at Goosehead Insurance, and Jim Fletcher at Square One Home Inspections.

To our team, who made the whole day run, thank you.

Six years in, this is still our favorite weekend of the year. ⚾️

06/05/2026

There are four mistakes we see new construction buyers make in Arlington. Always the same four. They cost money, leverage, or both, and every one of them is preventable with the right preparation.

Want to walk through how to avoid the four most common new construction buyer mistakes in Arlington before you sign anything?

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

We've helped hundreds of clients close on new construction homes across Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church. The same four mistakes come up over and over in conversations with buyers who didn't have the right representation, and a meaningful percentage of them result in real financial losses. Here is the list, in the order they tend to compound.

📍 Not comparing lenders. The builder's preferred lender might offer a competitive rate. It might not. One phone call to an outside lender for a side-by-side comparison frequently surfaces a meaningful gap, and the savings on a new construction loan compound over the life of the mortgage to hundreds of dollars a month. Buyers who skip this step lock in a worse rate for thirty years to save a single hour of effort.
📍 Not reading the contract. New construction contracts are written to protect the builder, not the buyer. The standard contract contains provisions on timeline flexibility, deposit refundability, change order terms, warranty exclusions, and dispute resolution that buyers typically do not understand without an experienced agent walking them through the language. Signing without understanding is signing away leverage the buyer did not know they had.
📍 Not looking past the finishes. A well-finished kitchen, a polished bathroom, and a staged living room do not tell a buyer anything substantive about the lot, the builder's track record, or whether the asking price is fair. Evaluation has to happen on the variables underneath, not the variables on the surface.
📍 Not having an agent who knows new construction. Resale and new construction are fundamentally different transactions. Negotiation strategy, evaluation framework, contract review, and contract-to-close management all run on different playbooks. Having an agent who does new construction every day, and who works with the local builders specifically, materially changes the outcome.

The four are preventable. Recognizing they exist is most of the work. We walk every new construction client through all four before they sign anything.

The Davenport Group is the #1 real estate team in Arlington by sales volume for 2025.

Have a new construction contract in front of you or coming up, and want a clear read on whether you're protected on all four mistakes?

🔗 https://calendly.com/thedavenportgroup/discoverycall?utm_source=FBVideo

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