NAR Data Analyzes Northern Virginia Buyer Preferences

ALL BUYERS MARRIED COUPLE SINGLE FEMALE SINGLE MALE UNMARRIED COUPLE OTHER CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN HOME NO CHILDREN IN HOME Quality of the neighborhood 71% 70% 86% 50% 10% * 79% 65% ADULT COMPOSITION OF HOUSEHOLD CHILDREN IN HOME (Percent of Respondents)

Convenient to job 66 67 59 67 10 100 70 65

Overall affordability of homes 41 39 41 33 * 100 35 44

Convenient to friends/family 36 34 50 33 50 * 30 41 Quality of the school district 37 45 9 33 60 * 61 22 Design of neighborhood 32 32 32 50 30 * 28 36 Convenient to shopping 38 39 41 33 * * 42 35 Convenient to schools 33 39 23 17 50 * 62 13 Convenient to vet/outdoor space for pet 18 16 18 33 70 * 14 21

Convenient to entertainment/leisure activities 35 32 45 50 30 * 24 43

Convenient to parks/recreational facilities 32 35 27 17 80 * 39 27

Availability of larger lots or acreage 14 15 5 17 60 * 18 12 Convenient to health facilities 10 11 9 * 30 * 8 11 Home in a planned community 8 8 9 * 30 * 10 7 Convenient to public transportation 36 39 32 * 10 * 35 39 Convenient to airport 20 20 18 17 30 * 20 22

Walkability 33 33 27 33 30 * 34 32

Access to bike paths 18 19 18 17 40 * 21 18

Other 3 4 5 * 20 * 3 4

* Less than 1 percent. Source: National Association of Realtors® Research Division 2019 Northern Virginia Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

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Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, gender(sex), disability (handicap), familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity of any prospective client, customer, or of the residents of any community.

Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients’ and customers’ opportunities and my business.

Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded, expanding my client’s and customer’s opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.

Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information.

Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.

Refuse to tolerate non-compliance.

Learn about those who are different from me and celebrate those differences.

Take a positive approach to fair housing practices and aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law.

Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.