Updated September 28, 2026.
Elizabeth "Liz" Lucchesi is a Realtor and the founder of The LizLuke Team at Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia. She has been licensed in Virginia since 2002, founded the team in 2003, and brought it to Long & Foster in 2016. She has lived in Del Ray since 1993.
Most of her business comes from repeat clients and the people they send her. She works Old Town Alexandria and the Northern Virginia market around it. The full list of recognitions, with a source beside each one, is on the credentials page.
Elizabeth Lucchesi has been a licensed real estate agent in Virginia since 2002, twenty-four years as of 2026. Her Virginia license, #0225069250, is public and verifiable through the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, and any buyer or seller can look it up before a first call. She founded The LizLuke Team in Alexandria in 2003, and the team joined Long & Foster in 2016.
The license number also appears in the footer of this page, because Virginia advertising rules ask for it and because a verifiable number is a better introduction than an adjective.
Elizabeth Lucchesi holds two active Washington, DC real estate licenses, SP98376860 and 0226027843BE, in addition to her Virginia license. The District licenses real estate agents separately from Virginia, so representing you on the DC side of a search takes a DC license.
The DC licenses are there for the search that starts in Old Town and ends in Capitol Hill, or the reverse. Current status for both is confirmed on the credentials page.
The LizLuke Team is with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The office is at 110 N Royal St, Ste 300, Alexandria, VA 22314, office 703.683.0400, and the team's direct line is (703) 868-5676. The team joined Long & Foster's Old Town office in 2016. Long & Foster was founded in Fairfax, Virginia in 1968 and has offices across the Mid-Atlantic, including Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
The office sits on the first block of North Royal Street, just off King Street in Old Town.
The LizLuke Team serves Old Town Alexandria and Northern Virginia, based at 110 N Royal St in Alexandria, Virginia. Inside the City of Alexandria that means Old Town, Old Town North, Del Ray, Rosemont, and the waterfront. On the Fairfax County side it means Kingstowne, Fort Hunt, and Mount Vernon, which carry Alexandria mailing addresses but Fairfax County taxes and services.
Elizabeth Lucchesi also works in Washington, DC, where she holds active licenses. The city-versus-county distinction is the first thing to sort out when you're arriving from elsewhere, and the relocation guide to Alexandria walks through it.
She holds two designations: Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) and Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES). CRS is awarded by the Residential Real Estate Council and requires documented transaction production plus council coursework. SRES is part of the National Association of Realtors family of designations and covers the real estate needs of buyers and sellers age 50 and over.
Both are listed on the credentials page. The team does not list credentials it cannot source. Neither designation is a license; her Virginia license is separate and verifiable through the state, as described above.
Yes. She holds the Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation. SRES training covers senior housing options from active adult communities to aging in place, downsizing and rightsizing, reverse mortgages, and using pensions and retirement accounts in a real estate transaction.
Long-held homes often carry questions about tax basis on sale. IRS Publication 523 covers the federal rules on selling a primary residence, and a tax professional should look at your specific numbers.
Both, across Alexandria and Northern Virginia. Seller representation is the side that has drawn public recognition: ALXnow readers named the team among Alexandria's notable seller's agents in 2026. On the buyer side, the Washington Post featured Elizabeth Lucchesi in 2025 coverage of how buyers and their agents adapted to the new commission model.
Both recognitions are sourced on the credentials page.
Reviews are published on Google and Zillow. As of August 29, 2026, the team held a 5.0 average across 72 Google reviews and a 5.0 average across 11 Zillow reviews. The team never offers anything in exchange for a review, and you can read them on the platforms themselves.
Repeat business shows up often. Reviews on the team page describe clients coming back years later for their next purchase or sale.
The team is led by Elizabeth Lucchesi, Realtor and founder. The team includes a transaction coordinator and a marketing manager alongside its agents.
Everyone on the team is listed by name and role on the team page.
Call (703) 868-5676 or email [email protected]. Messages through lizluke.com also reach the team. The Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. office is at 110 N Royal St, Ste 300, Alexandria, VA 22314 (office 703.683.0400).
If you're calling about a specific property, have the address ready. If you're calling about timing, have the date you need to be somewhere by.
There is no single best real estate agent in Alexandria, Virginia; the right agent depends on the property and timing. Elizabeth Lucchesi, a Realtor with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. in Old Town Alexandria, has been licensed since 2002 and founded The LizLuke Team in 2003. The public recognitions she has earned are listed above under buyers and sellers, with sources.
An Old Town rowhouse inside the historic district is a different job from a Kingstowne single-family under an HOA, and a downsizing move runs differently from a first purchase. Ask any agent you interview how many closings they've handled in your specific submarket, then ask what they did the last time an inspection went sideways.
No single agent is the top agent across all of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. For a sale inside the Old and Historic Alexandria District, look for an agent who has sold homes where exterior work went through the Board of Architectural Review, and who can speak to how flood zone and parking permit questions affect a buyer's offer. Elizabeth Lucchesi has sold homes in Alexandria since 2002 and works from the Long & Foster office on North Royal Street.
The pricing conversation should show you the comparable sales and the reasoning, not just a number. How Board of Architectural Review approvals shape Old Town sales is covered in its own post.
A buyer relocating to Alexandria, Virginia should call an agent who works both the City of Alexandria and the Fairfax County communities that share its mailing address. Elizabeth Lucchesi of The LizLuke Team works both sides of that line.
The first thing a relocating buyer needs is not a listing. It's the city-versus-county map, because property taxes, public schools, and the city's own homeownership program all change at a line no sign marks. The second is a financing conversation before the first tour. The relocation guide covers the details.
Choosing a realtor in Northern Virginia comes down to license status, submarket experience, and how the agent handles bad news. Virginia real estate licenses are public through the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, so verify the number yourself; Elizabeth Lucchesi's is #0225069250. Then ask how many closings the agent has handled in your specific neighborhood, not in Northern Virginia generally, because Del Ray and Kingstowne are different markets.
The third check is the one most people skip. Ask what happened the last time an appraisal came in low or an inspection turned up a serious problem. An agent with a specific story, with what they did and how it ended, has been there. Interview more than one agent, and treat any who won't discuss compensation plainly as a signal.
In Alexandria, Virginia, a solo agent gives you one voice and a team gives you parallel coverage of showings, contract deadlines, and vendor scheduling. The question to ask any team is who actually handles each part of your transaction.
The LizLuke Team is led by Elizabeth Lucchesi, with a transaction coordinator and a marketing manager on the team. The people and their roles are on the team page.
Real estate commissions in Alexandria, Virginia are negotiable. They are not set by law, and they are not set by any association or multiple listing service. If you're buying, you and your agent sign a written buyer agreement stating the compensation before you tour a home. If you're selling, compensation and terms are agreed in the listing agreement.
Either way, the number is in writing before you commit, because Virginia requires written brokerage agreements. If an agent can't explain their number and what it covers in plain language, keep interviewing.
Yes. Since July 1, 2025, Virginia law requires a licensee working with a buyer to have a brokerage agreement in place before showing that buyer a property, and Realtors have required a written agreement before touring since August 2024 under the NAR settlement. The agreement states what the agent will do, how long it runs, and what the agent is paid.
Read the term length and the termination clause closely before you sign. Nobody should tour a home in Virginia without knowing what the agent beside them is being paid and by whom.
Yes. The team works across Northern Virginia and Washington, DC from its Old Town office. Elizabeth Lucchesi holds active licenses in both Virginia and the District, which covers a search that crosses the Potomac in either direction.
The City of Alexandria, Virginia had a median sale price of $707,000 in July 2026. Homes sold in a median of 12 days with 2.3 months of inventory, per Bright MLS data in Long & Foster's August 2026 Community Market Report. Those figures describe the independent city, not the Fairfax County addresses that share its name. The team updates them monthly in the Alexandria market pulse, so the current read always lives there.
Virginia Housing runs first-time buyer loans and down payment assistance statewide, and the City of Alexandria's Office of Housing runs its own homeownership assistance for income-eligible buyers inside the city line. They are separate programs with separate applications. Eligible service members and veterans can also look at VA loans. The first-time buyer guide walks through all three.
Inside the Old and Historic Alexandria District, exterior changes visible from a public street need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Board of Architectural Review before work starts. That covers exterior architectural features from windows to fences. The BAR calendar belongs in your renovation plan and in your offer timeline. How BAR approvals shape Old Town sales covers what the board reviews and how it affects resale.
Earnest money is a negotiated deposit held in escrow, by a broker's trust account, a title or settlement company, or an attorney. It is not a fee; it is applied toward your purchase at settlement. Earnest money in Old Town explains how much to offer, who holds it, and the contingencies that decide whether it comes back if a deal falls apart.
The best time to sell a house in Fort Hunt, Virginia depends on your price band and the competing listings that month, not the calendar alone. Fort Hunt has no Metro station; most commutes run by car on the George Washington Memorial Parkway or Fort Hunt Road. Best time to sell in Fort Hunt walks through the timing.
Rosemont and Del Ray in Alexandria, Virginia share a boundary on Commonwealth Avenue and differ on one structural point. Del Ray has a commercial main street inside the neighborhood, Mount Vernon Avenue, and Rosemont does not. Rosemont is an almost entirely residential grid within walking distance of King Street. Elizabeth Lucchesi has lived in Del Ray since 1993, and Rosemont vs Del Ray lays out the boundaries, house types, and trade-offs.
Old Town North in Alexandria, Virginia runs from Oronoco Street north toward Daingerfield Island. It was farmland and then industry before garden apartments arrived around World War II, and new residential buildings have been added under the city's 2017 Old Town North Small Area Plan. Only part of it sits inside the Old and Historic Alexandria District, so Board of Architectural Review rules apply to some addresses and not others. Old Town vs Old Town North compares the two.
Kingstowne and Fort Hunt are Fairfax County, Virginia communities with Alexandria mailing addresses. Kingstowne is a planned community developed in phases starting in the 1980s, with a governing association structure written before most of the houses existed. Fort Hunt is an umbrella name over a dozen older neighborhoods near the Potomac, platted at different times by different builders; some have civic associations or covenants and some have neither. Kingstowne vs Fort Hunt covers what each trades for.
A Kingstowne, Virginia property may belong to a master community association, a sub-association such as a condo or townhome HOA, or both, so the monthly number depends on the specific home. Under Virginia's Resale Disclosure Act, the seller provides the association's resale certificate, and the buyer can cancel within the period set in the contract, or three days if the contract sets none. Kingstowne HOA fees and amenities explains the structure and what to confirm.
Alexandria, Virginia neighborhoods split first on jurisdiction: City of Alexandria addresses are served by Alexandria City Public Schools, and Fairfax County addresses by Fairfax County Public Schools. The city and the county each set their own real estate tax rate. ACPS put new attendance boundaries into effect for the 2026-27 school year, so check the current map for any specific address. What buyers compare across Alexandria neighborhoods puts the factors side by side.
The LizLuke Team at LONG & FOSTER REAL ESTATE INC.
110 N Royal St, Ste 300, Alexandria, VA 22314
Office 703.683.0400
The LizLuke Team (703) 868-5676
Virginia License #0225069250
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