Where Do We Focus First? Selling Your Home? Or Buying The Next Home?
If you are getting ready to sell your home AND buy your home, it can sometimes be difficult to determine where to start... Do you start by finding a house you want to…
New Condos For Sale at Founders Way in Harrisonburg, Virginia
New condos are now being offered for sale at Founders Way in Harrisonburg, Virginia. These brand new condos, just minutes from downtown Harrisonburg, offer low…
How Early Should You Make Loan Application?
Here are the three sequences I see buyers follow most frequently.... As Late As Possible Guess at what you can buy using online mortgage calculators. Start viewing…
Spring and Summer Looked A Bit Different This Year In Our Local Housing Market
We always (I mean, always!) see more contract activity in the spring than the summer. More buyers contract to buy homes between March and May than between June and…
Advanced (and fun) Mapping Techniques with the Rockingham County GIS
The Rockingham County GIS (geographic information system) is run by InteractiveGIS and they pointed out a fun feature to me recently... In a nutshell, you can select a…
City of Harrisonburg Home Sales Slow But Prices Rise
Focusing in just on the City of Harrisonburg for a moment... Home Sales Slow -- There have only been 379 home sales in the past 12 months in the City of Harrisonburg, as…
Harrisonburg vs Rockingham County Inventory Levels
Perhaps the City inventory levels were just so low that they didn't have far to fall? Multiple things to note here (above) regarding City vs. County inventory levels…
Local Home Sales, Contracts, Prices Surge In Summer 2020
Happy Monday Morning! Temperatures are cooling, and fall will soon be upon us! It looks like the high temps will be in the 70's all week - except Friday when we're…
Welcome to The Townes at Congers Creek!
Welcome to The Townes at Congers Creek! Construction is beginning on brand new, upscale townhouses with garages are located off of Boyers Road, just minutes from Sentara…
When The House Purchase Price Is Not The Whole House Purchase Price
A first time buyer looking to buy a detached home (not a townhouse or duplex) under $225K might find themselves considering mostly homes that are at least 50 years old…
Only 1 in 10 Home Buyers Spends More Than $400K
Lots to observe / conclude here... Selling a home over $400K? Fewer than 1 in 10 buyers (9%, to be sure) buy homes over $400K in our local market. Narrowing it even…
Is It Time To Adjust The List Price Of Your Home?
We should have another solid 60 days (maybe 75) of strong buying activity (contracts being signed) during September and October before things start to slow down in…