Josh Whitlow had completely redone the downstairs of his home in Ashburn with, new paint, crown molding, wet-bar, all new carpeting, and projection movie system with surround sound. Then the basement flooded.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Brambleton, construction, foreclosure, home, real estate

Josh Whitlow and his dog Roxy sit in the family room of his home in Brambleton. Whitlow and his wife painted all the walls in the home, changed all the ceiling light fixtures and hung all the curtains.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Brambleton, construction, foreclosure, home, real estate

Josh Whitlow with his dog, Roxy, at his home in Brambleton that was recently foreclosed on. Whitlow did all the landscaping and laid the gray stone wall in the garden.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Brambleton, construction, foreclosure, home, real estate

A view of Creighton Farms, which has been under construction since 2006.

Photo: Derek Kravitz, Washington Post

Tagged: Aldie, Creighton Farms, real estate

The front entrance and view from Route 15 of Creighton Farms, a luxury, gated development in Aldie.

Photo: Derek Kravitz, Washington Post

Tagged: Aldie, Creighton Farms, real estate

Like many other Loudoun homeowners, Joni Holeman saw a downfall in her real estate assessment for 2009.

Photo: Joel Richardson, Washington Post

Tagged: home, real estate

County economist Jack Brown presented this illustration to attendees at a Loudoun County economic and housing forecast summit sponsored by the Dulles Area Association of Realtors on Dec. 17. The map shows that the Leesburg and Sterling areas were particularly hard-hit during 2008.

Photo: Illustration Courtesy of the Loudoun County Office of the County Assessor

Tagged: Dulles, foreclosure, home sales, Leesburg, real estate, Sterling

The Taylorstown Store, which sits at the junction of Taylorstown and Loyalty roads

Photo: M.J. McAteer

Tagged: real estate

Foxton Cottage is one of the oldest stone houses in Loudoun County.

Photo: M.J. McAteer

Tagged: real estate

Tami Carlow, from left, Anne Larson, Tara Linhardt and McKenna Carlow, 6, and Shea Carlow, 3, gather at the Taylorstown Store.

Photo: M.J. McAteer

Tagged: real estate

Luda and John Eichelberger, here with their dog Casey, moved into a log house a five-minute walk from the Taylorstown Store late last year.

Photo: M.J. McAteer

Tagged: real estate

Llangollen Farm, an estate west of Middleburg, sold for $22 million in 2007.

Photo: Steven E. Schwartz

Tagged: real estate

The Lakes at Red Rock, near Leesburg, combines single-family houses and townhouses around a lake that predates the development.

Photo: Ann Cameron Siegal, Special to The Washington Post

Tagged: Leesburg, real estate

Mt. Zion Baptist Church in St. Louis, in Loudoun County.

Photo: Tim Richardson, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: Middleburg, real estate, St. Louis

Habitat for Humanity houses, near Banneker Elementary, were built after the town won a long fight for a sewage system, which was completed in 1982.

Photo: M.J. McAteer, Washington Post

Tagged: Middleburg, real estate, St. Louis

One-time jockey Albert Bland is considered the unofficial mayor of St. Louis.

Photo: M.J. McAteer, Washington Post

Tagged: Middleburg, real estate, St. Louis

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, founded in 1893 in a village begun by freed slaves. Now the area attracts Hispanics and retirees.

Photo: M.J. McAteer, Washington Post

Tagged: Middleburg, real estate

Rick Crossley is a foreclosure auctioneer who travels around Northern Virginia on Thursdays to conduct auctions outside county courthouses. This particular Thursday, he's standing outside the Loudoun County courthouse. No one is there to hear his pitch, which is not unusual. In the past three months, Crossley has conducted some 200 auctions and has only sold one property.

Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post

Tagged: foreclosure, housing market, loudoun county courthouse, real estate

Rick Crossley stands outside the Loudoun County courthouse to conduct a foreclosed property auction. No one is there to hear his pitch, which is not unusual. In the past three months, Crossley has conducted some 200 auctions and has only sold one property.

Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post

Tagged: foreclosure, housing market, loudoun county courthouse, real estate

Rick Crossley is a foreclosure auctioneer who travels around Northern Virginia on Thursdays to conduct auctions outside county courthouses. This particular Thursday, he's standing outside the Loudoun County courthouse. No one is there to hear his pitch, which is not unusual. In the past three months, Crossley has conducted some 200 auctions and has only sold one property.

Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post

Tagged: foreclosure, housing market, loudoun county courthouse, real estate

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