There are a lot of newcomers around town. And these newcomers are helping reshape the city's neighborhoods and housing stock.
Are today's first-time home buyers passing up great deals because they insist on flawless "move-in ready" houses?
The minute Shelly and Trey Lackey drove into Chantilly's Greenbriar neighborhood 11 years ago, she thought, "Oh my goodness, I've been here before!" But "here" actually had been another Levitt and Sons community, in Willingboro, N.J.
By disguising the length of the room with stragetically placed furniture, designer Nancye Lewis-Overstreet makes the best use of this narrow space.
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