Alexandria, VA – As 2025 winds to a close and Northern Virginia begins to sparkle with twinkling lights, many of us are reflecting on what home truly means. Over the past few years, we’ve seen lasting shifts in how people live, work, and connect — and those changes continue to reshape what buyers are looking for in our local real estate market.

At The Seward Group, we’ve spent another bustling year helping clients navigate this “new normal,” and one thing is clear: today’s homebuyers are thinking differently.

Location Still Matters — But in New Ways

With flexible and hybrid work arrangements now a fixture for many professionals, buyers are prioritizing lifestyle convenience over sheer proximity to an office (notwithstanding that the federal workforce has been called back to the offi

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