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Published September 29, 2026 in Deal of the Week

This home asks $325 per square foot. Homes for sale around it are asking $402.

By Doug Dane
Real estate, Alexandria, VA

That's why it made the list. 121 buyers have already saved it on Zillow. That's 338% more saves than the average of this week's finalists in Alexandria, VA. All 121 get an alert the second the price drops or someone else puts in an offer. Right now, you're ahead of all of them.

The numbers
Views on Zillow
Saves on Zillow
Homes analyzed
Fig 0.1 · The home. Listing photos go out with the address. Squinting won't speed that up.
The home
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,700 sq ft
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About 5 days listed. Address: ▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬
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Text me for the address — (703) 215-2271Opens your messages. No forms. We don't do forms.

In short
  1. $325 per square foot against $402 for homes around it.
  2. Ranked first of 569 active homes scored in Alexandria, VA this week.
  3. 2 beds, 2 baths, about 1,700 sq ft. About 5 days listed.
  4. Listings here have been up about 47 days.
  5. Price and address are held back. Text DEAL and they come to you.

Here's what we think happened.

While listed, it earned 121 saves and 1,141 views on Zillow. It ranked first on Zillow saves for the number of days it has been listed.

From the listing: “Delightful one-level living in a spacious expanded rambler in Groveton Heights, close to shopping, transportation, parks, all on a generous double lot (.31 acre) that is fully fenced in the rear.”

Saves on Zillow · Alexandria, VA
  1. 1This home121 saves
  2. 2Finalist average27 saves
Zillow saves. Finalist average = the mean of this week's finalists in the area, this home included.
What stands out
  1. New ceramic tile floor in foyer, kitchen, utility room and hall bath.
  2. The versatile Family Room off the Kitchen can be used as a third bedroom, office, guest room, playroom, home-schooling area.
  3. The Family Room has a brick fireplace with a wood-stove insert, built-in shelves and picture windows both front & back.

What they saw when they opened the listing.

It's inside this circle · No pin, on purpose
Map of the approximate area, drawn as a circle rather than a pin
Fig 03.1 · The area

Then they did what you're about to do. They checked the neighborhood.

Asking $/sq ft nearby
The middle asking price per square foot of the homes for sale here now. Asking, not sold.
This home's $/sq ft
This home's own price per square foot, rounded to the nearest $5.
Avg. days listed
The clock every listing in the area is running against.
Active homes
Everything for sale here right now — the full set this pick was scored against.

The math. At $402 per square foot, the median ask nearby, 1,700 square feet would list for $683,400. This one asks less.

Want the address?

It's ready to go. The address, the photos, the numbers behind the numbers.

Text DEAL to (703) 215-2271Text me

One text and it's yours, usually within the hour. (You're texting me, an actual person. I answer like one.)

What comes back
  1. The address, and the listing it belongs to.
  2. The photos, unblurred, all of them.
  3. The numbers this page is built on, including the ones we would not publish.
  4. A straight answer on whether it is actually right for you — including no.

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