Will It Be Harder to Sell Your Home Or Buy The Next One?
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…
Prices of Single Family Home Sales Relatively Close to Harrisonburg
Here is a break down of a year's single family home sales by price range: Under $100K = 7 sales (2% of the market) $100K - $200K = 78 sales (20%) $200K - $300K = 182…
107 Apartments, Retail, Office Space Proposed on Lucy Drive
view larger image The owners of two parcels on Lucy Drive are applying for a rezoning to allow for a mixed use development to be built on the corner of Lucy Drive and…
Fewer Than 1 In 4 Home Buyers Spend Over $300K
So much that can be unpacked here... Selling a $300K home? Fewer than 1 in 4 buyers (21%, to be sure) buy homes over $300K in our local market. Narrowing it even further…
Housing Inventory Levels May Have Peaked For The Year
The number of options that you have today, as a buyer, may be the most options you'll have at any given point between now and the end of the year. As shown above…
How Are Your City of Harrisonburg Tax Dollars Spent?
I found the infographic above to be helpful. The largest portions of our local tax dollars are being spent on Education, Public Safety and Public Works! If you found the…
Risk, Reward and Buying College Student Housing Rental Properties
If you are looking to purchase a rental property for your JMU student to live in while they are a student at JMU, there are two basic paths you could go down.... Option 1…
Is It Time To Adjust The List Price Of Your Home?
We should have another solid 60 days of strong buying activity (contracts being signed) before things start to slow down into the Fall, and then slow down even further in…
What Counts As A Bedroom?
You don't have to be a math major to count bedrooms, right? Well, technically, that's true -- but counting bedrooms for real estate purposes can become a bit nuanced…
Should You List Your Home in August or September or October?
Generally speaking, you should list your home sooner rather than later. As shown above, we are likely to see a declining number of buyers signing contracts between August…
With Few Homes On The Market, You May Have To Compromise A Bit
The odds are, you'll have to compromise on SOMETHING when you are buying your next home. The question becomes -- what are you you willing to compromise on? The easiest…
How To Determine The Square Footage Of Your Home
So -- are you trying to figure out the square footage of your home? Here are a few methods that are not certain to give you the correct answer.... Check the tax records…