The Three-Legged Stool of Selling A Home
What will it take to sell your house in today’s real estate market? The age-old adage of “Location, Location, Location” still rings true – but since it is not cost…
Harrisonburg's Downtown Holiday Tour (Dec 2) features Old Town homes, modern apartments, historic business buildings
Tour Old Town Homes and visit downtown lofts and work spaces decorated for the holidays. Dec. 2 from 1-5 p.m. A SELECTION OF OLD TOWN HOMES The Mims House 560 South Mason…
Finding a rental property in Harrisonburg, Virginia
As shown above, my new web site provides the ability to search for rental properties that are currently available through our local MLS. As a recap, here are some other…
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County Home Sales Surge Forward in October 2012
I just published my monthly Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Real Estate Market Report. Download the full PDF here or read on for some highlights. Our local housing…
Taking your house off the market for the winter? Act now!
In the Harrisonburg Rockingham Association of Realtors MLS, your house must be off the market for 120 days before the "days on market" will start counting at zero again…
Median Price Per Acre in Rockingham County
Land values have declined over the past few years, and the median price per acre varies quite a bit based on the size of the parcel of land. The median price per acre of…
Home sales up 6% year-over-year in Virginia
Other good news includes.... Virginia’s median sales price increased 5.5% in 2012-Q3 Virginia’s total sales volume increased 9.8% in 2012-Q3. Virginia’s average days on…
VAR: CNN doesn't understand the concept of a bubble
From the fine folks at the Virginia Association of Realtors.... “Home prices may not return to peak until 2023,” is the CNN Money headline. The story is that housing…
Are all (price) segments of the local housing market recovering equally? Maybe not.
The under $200K segment of our local housing market has recovered nicely over the past 15 months --- improving from an average of 36 buyers per month up to 42 per month…
When to make a price adjustment?
As I mentioned last month, after we have your house on the market for a month or two, if we aren't having many showings (or we're not satisfied with the feedback from…
A glimpse into a rezoning request, via Aspen Heights
Aspen Heights is a planned college student housing community on Port Republic Road. Or, as described by the Aspen Heights marketing team.... A neighborhood of craftsman…
Harrisonburg townhouse market may finally be stabilizing!
The townhouse market has been hit especially hard in recent years: The pace of sales dropped 77% (!!!) between 2005 and 2011. The median sales price dropped 14% between…